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Post by Sarfrin on Oct 23, 2021 15:09:10 GMT
Treading on the hot water pipe, jumping and banging into the light wiring. |
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Post by deez on Oct 23, 2021 16:23:33 GMT
Drunkenly pulled up the carpet on my stairs and have been trying to strip back the stairs to wood. How deadly is the lead paint I'm paint stripping off?
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Post by Dougs on Oct 23, 2021 17:21:40 GMT
Ach, it'll be fine...
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Post by khanivor on Oct 23, 2021 17:57:51 GMT
Aye, leads only really bad for developing brains.
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Post by mrpon on Oct 23, 2021 21:00:42 GMT
I'd recommend bofa.
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Post by minimatt on Oct 24, 2021 4:58:11 GMT
Drunkenly pulled up the carpet on my stairs and have been trying to strip back the stairs to wood. How deadly is the lead paint I'm paint stripping off? I think you're good so long as you don't lick it. Or the paint. |
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 27, 2021 14:07:10 GMT
Got a few quotes for repairing the garage roof which is damp/leaking slightly and bowing on the joists. Between 3-5k because of materials doubling etc. Ouch. The good thing is the garage isn't attached to the house and is down the bottom of the garden.. bad thing is that I intended to use it for gym.. and yeah when it's damp ain't gonna happen.
The dilemma is to wait it out and see if prices go down, or fix it now for peace of mind. Alternatively just wait it out and get it properly insulated in a few years, but then risk the roof ruining everything, and sorting any damage out..
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 27, 2021 14:49:12 GMT
Could you not have a crack at doing that yourself?
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 27, 2021 14:53:26 GMT
The whole roof needs stripping back to do a proper job. I wouldn't even know where to start...
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Post by nexus6 on Oct 27, 2021 14:58:53 GMT
take some pics and upload them. Lets see what's what
Of the roof, mind
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Post by khanivor on Oct 27, 2021 15:24:26 GMT
Unless you need to replace the joists it should be piss easy. If you need to replace any framing then it becomes harder in so much as you need to make angled cuts on a chop saw.
Which is also piss easy
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Post by minimatt on Oct 27, 2021 15:26:46 GMT
Did see that wholesale price of timber has gone back down, though that hasn't fed through yet - merchants round here still have c24 and chipboard at ~20-30% over "normal".
That said, general inflation looks to be high anyway so we may find consumer prices don't ever really come down again.
But yeah, I'd say repairs, even fairly substantial, to a flat garage roof are worth a crack at DIY if you've the time. Worst case scenario you strip it back, realise it's too big a job for you, but with all the knackered bits stripped a professional can at least give you an easy & accurate quote.
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Post by smoothpete on Oct 28, 2021 10:29:25 GMT
We had our gravity hot water system replaced with an unvented tank system, it's brilliant, would recommend, A+. The hot water pressure is 1000% better than before. The downside of this is that I just tried to rinse a spoon in the kitchen sink, and through force of habit turned the tap on full blast, and both me and the kitchen are soaked
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Post by elstoof on Oct 28, 2021 12:01:42 GMT
Mains pressurised hot water is the bollocks, I like it so much I had it installed twice (because Aspect did such a shit job I had to get Pimlico to rip it all out and do it properly)
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Post by cubby on Oct 28, 2021 12:16:56 GMT
We're at the top of a hill so our pressure is balls. We can just about get 1 bar in our combi boiler, but keep having to top it up if you even walk past a radiator and think about bleeding it.
Latest development in our kitchen light situation is that it also blinks once if you turn the hot tap on upstairs. So probably something to do with the boiler?
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Post by mrpon on Oct 28, 2021 12:17:59 GMT
Have you seen Parasite?
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Post by dogbot on Oct 28, 2021 13:04:22 GMT
Whilst I'm all for having a go at stuff myself, I'm not sure if I'd dare try to replace a roof. YMMV. That said, I did save £3500 (that was the quote we got) by building a 12'x10' concrete pad in the back garden for the Mrs' greenhouse that is on the way. With a little bit of help and advice from a builder neighbour. Easily, the hardest part was wheelbarrowing the concrete the 25 yards from the road into the gaden. My poor back.  |
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Post by elstoof on Oct 28, 2021 14:00:45 GMT
Just Chuck a massive tarp over the garage
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 28, 2021 14:28:15 GMT
Honestly there is no way in hell I'm replacing a garage roof by myself lol. Tarp is probably a better shout until we get around to sorting it out. Staple it to the sides. Jobs a good-un.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 28, 2021 14:35:37 GMT
My summerhouse roof felt needs replacing. How hard could it be?!
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Post by khanivor on Oct 28, 2021 14:40:10 GMT
Unless it’s structural all you essentially have to do is rip off the old roof, lay plywood down to cover the bits that let you see into garage then nail shingles to the top. Stick a vent or two in and job’s done.
Guessing a grand on materials and a really excessive forty hours for labor, unless you’re making over sixty quod an hour is a more efficient use of your previous time on Earth then paying someone else to do it
Also, don’t forget the bragging rights plus sense of satisfaction and adoration at your handiwork every time you look at the garage, let alone go into it, for years to come. Money can’t buy that
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 28, 2021 14:59:04 GMT
Like I said the joists are bowing so it is structural. Are you near the midlands as I'd love to see you come over and do it for bragging rights lol
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Post by nexus6 on Oct 28, 2021 15:32:21 GMT
Like I said the joists are bowing so it is structural. Are you near the midlands as I'd love to see you come over and do it for bragging rights lol Seriously Snack - take a couple pics and put them up here. Hide the bodies first if needs be. I designed and constructed a roof for my brothers shipping container workshop - it spans over the container to posts on the other side to create an outdoor covered space for working. It's all just wood and nails and bolts and swearing. Your advantage would be that there is already something there to copy. DO IT. DO IT. DO IT.   |
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Post by nexus6 on Oct 28, 2021 15:36:11 GMT
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Post by nexus6 on Oct 28, 2021 15:36:48 GMT
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Post by khanivor on Oct 28, 2021 15:54:14 GMT
Like I said the joists are bowing so it is structural. Are you near the midlands as I'd love to see you come over and do it for bragging rights lol m I’m in Tennessee, so not really super close How much are they bowing? It is a garage, after all. Doesn’t go through nearly the same stresses as a house, so they can take a little give Even if you need to do some framing there’s a reason folks who left school at 16 can be framing roofs that same year. As you have existing structure, all you have to do is copy paste |
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Post by elstoof on Oct 28, 2021 15:59:27 GMT
Honestly there is no way in hell I'm replacing a garage roof by myself lol. Tarp is probably a better shout until we get around to sorting it out. Staple it to the sides. Jobs a good-un. Fuck staples, brick on each corner |
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Post by khanivor on Oct 28, 2021 16:25:07 GMT
Fuck tarp, bin bags and gaffer tape
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Post by Sarfrin on Oct 29, 2021 0:02:35 GMT
Fuck bin bags and gaffer tape, tissues and hairspray.
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Post by Sarfrin on Oct 29, 2021 0:03:08 GMT
Fuck tissues and hairspray, spiderwebs and prayers.
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