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Post by H-alphaFox on Nov 23, 2021 16:12:45 GMT
Even sanding is overly difficult, stuff is like cement.
We managed the kids rooms and hallway by sanding it down as best we could and the plastering over it. The walls have, lets say a rustic charm to them. Gave up on the rest after that, too difficult.
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Post by khanivor on Nov 23, 2021 16:13:55 GMT
We have popcorn ceilings over here. No lovely little swords, it’s basically tiny chuckles cemented into the ceiling. Awful, awful stuff. A fucking nightmare of ‘just burn the whole fucking thing down’ proportions.
Then you have cunts who put it on their walls. Ain’t no feeling like skinning your knuckles on an interior wall…
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Post by nexus6 on Nov 23, 2021 16:15:38 GMT
Even sanding is overly difficult, stuff is like cement. We managed the kids rooms and hallway by sanding it down as best we could and the plastering over it. The walls have, lets say a rustic charm to them. Gave up on the rest after that, too difficult. I am sure you are well aware of the potential asbestos content in this type of finish, depending on date of application, but it's always worth repeating. |
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Post by Zomoniac on Nov 23, 2021 16:16:45 GMT
We had an offer accepted a house, every wall and ceiling was artex. We were planning on major internal renovations, including pulling walls out. When we checked the age of the house we concluded it was almost certainly full of asbestos and promptly withdrew the offer.
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Post by khanivor on Nov 23, 2021 16:18:49 GMT
I’d be tempted just to Sheetrock right over the top of it. The expense abs labor would be greatly preferable to removing it
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Post by H-alphaFox on Nov 23, 2021 16:24:56 GMT
Even sanding is overly difficult, stuff is like cement. We managed the kids rooms and hallway by sanding it down as best we could and the plastering over it. The walls have, lets say a rustic charm to them. Gave up on the rest after that, too difficult. I am sure you are well aware of the potential asbestos content in this type of finish, depending on date of application, but it's always worth repeating. Yeah, I don't think it's a problem. The house isn't that old, just poorly made. Still anything is possible in Spain 10 years ago. There were a load of plaster tubs in the shed, I think the Old fellah did it all himself. Either way it's horrid stuff and will leave it for the next lot to sort out. At this stage I just want to clean them. |
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Post by Danno on Nov 23, 2021 16:27:36 GMT
You know that lazy plastering technique where you just run a paint roller over it to create a textured effect on the wall. Never bloody do it, it's awful. The last owners had done this and my god what a mess. It has drawn blood from everyone of us, a nightmare to plaster over and even worse to sand off plus you can't clean your walls. On that note anyone have a tip for cleaning walls so sharp they'll shred a sponge? Karcher. |
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Post by technoish on Nov 23, 2021 18:50:11 GMT
Our builders just put a mesh on top and plastered over our artex in the room we use as a walk in wadrobe. They were going to do something similar in the baby's bedroom but the ceiling fell down while they were prepping. So they pulled it all down and did it modern  |
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Post by technoish on Nov 23, 2021 21:10:46 GMT
Replaced bathroom extractor fan, didn't electrocute myself. Even upgraded it to one that comes on automatically when humidity goes above 60%. Ooh. Any useful references? What's the model/range? Think a bearing's gone in ours since it squeals on occasion. Silent 100 design chz. A fairly quiet one! Comes in diff versions, I got the top one that is basically automatic. |
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Post by H-alphaFox on Nov 24, 2021 10:01:33 GMT
You know that lazy plastering technique where you just run a paint roller over it to create a textured effect on the wall. Never bloody do it, it's awful. The last owners had done this and my god what a mess. It has drawn blood from everyone of us, a nightmare to plaster over and even worse to sand off plus you can't clean your walls. On that note anyone have a tip for cleaning walls so sharp they'll shred a sponge? Karcher. I genuinely think that is the only option, bit ridiculous. |
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Post by nexus6 on Nov 24, 2021 10:52:56 GMT
I genuinely think that is the only option, bit ridiculous. Have you seen these guys that do youtube vids of cleaning interiors of cars? They spray a foam in the cupholders that they squiggle about a bit and then it pulls out as a putty/gel in one go. That might work as your'e not shredding your hand over the surface? |
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Post by H-alphaFox on Nov 24, 2021 10:55:42 GMT
Looking that up now, sounds interesting.
edit, looks cool definitely may use it on the car but may be even more impractical and costly on walls.
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Post by nexus6 on Nov 24, 2021 11:04:14 GMT
Looking that up now, sounds interesting. edit, looks cool definitely may use it on the car but may be even more impractical and costly on walls. What is the product then? I have never googled it...but interested |
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Post by H-alphaFox on Nov 24, 2021 11:11:17 GMT
The one I watched used a number of products, Elmers purple stuff, baking soda, a spray of Lysol and art glue.
Bit of a process.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2021 11:11:35 GMT
Hardly a manly thing, so this thread will do. Just swapped my wiper blades. The Youtube videos were surprisingly useless as my car was completley different to them all so I just had to wing it in the end. Still, a few seconds of grunting and it was all over... or so my wife tells me, I was asleep |
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Nov 25, 2021 8:50:22 GMT
We have a marble mantlepiece surrounding our electric fire in the living room (don't judge it was there when we moved in). It's fucking freezing in the winter because I think there's a lack of insulation behind it. It's in a chimney breast where the actual chimney has been removed.
Because the marble gets so cold I think it's cooling the rest of the living room. I'm going to trying covering the base (coldest part) with some blankets to see if it makes a difference.
Does anyone else have any suggestions, bare taking down the whole fucking thing.
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Post by henroben on Nov 25, 2021 9:05:54 GMT
We have a marble mantlepiece surrounding our electric fire in the living room (don't judge it was there when we moved in). It's fucking freezing in the winter because I think there's a lack of insulation behind it. It's in a chimney breast where the actual chimney has been removed. Because the marble gets so cold I think it's cooling the rest of the living room. I'm going to trying covering the base (coldest part) with some blankets to see if it makes a difference. Does anyone else have any suggestions, bare taking down the whole fucking thing. It's not the lack of insulation that's the problem, it's the fact it's made of marble. Marble conducts heat very well, and also has a high thermal mass, basically it sucks heat out of the room very effectively and also holds a lot of heat. This is one of the reasons why it was used as a fire surround in the first place, apart from it looking pretty, you can have a fire burning all day and the surround won't get dangerously hot. Is also why pastry counters tend to be made of marble, keeps everything nice and cool. Covering the base with blankets will potentially slow down some of the heat transfer, but you're basically living with a large heat sink... On the plus side, once your room cools down enough at night, the marble will release its heat back into the room. |
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Post by henroben on Nov 25, 2021 9:11:40 GMT
Even sanding is overly difficult, stuff is like cement. We managed the kids rooms and hallway by sanding it down as best we could and the plastering over it. The walls have, lets say a rustic charm to them. Gave up on the rest after that, too difficult. If it's Artex then the way to get rid of it is to use a wallpaper steamer - score the surface and then just hold the steamer there for 30 - 60 seconds. The Artex will soften and start to revert back to a gloopy liquid and you can scrape it off. Because it's reverting back to a liquid, any potential asbestos is safely held within the matrix, so no more dangerous than putting it up in the first place. It's a messy and tiring job, especially on ceilings, but it does work - I know because I've done an entire house's worth, ceilings and walls! Make sure you put down lots of plastic sheeting on the floors if you're going to try it though ;-) |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 25, 2021 10:12:01 GMT
Sound advice as ever Ben!
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Post by H-alphaFox on Nov 25, 2021 10:26:15 GMT
Steaming didn't work at all, it wouldn't even penetrate it. It's like some sort of plastic cement.
In any case not bothered about getting rid of it now, that ship sailed long ago.
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Post by elstoof on Nov 25, 2021 12:22:11 GMT
Biggest belt sander you can find and a versaflow face mask
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Post by Goban on Nov 25, 2021 12:50:25 GMT
My lovely (shithole) house, built in 1780, is currently getting torn apart to insulate it.
I specify and plan this sort of crap for other people all the time, it's a whole different ballgame doing it to you own home. My poor house /sob
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Post by nexus6 on Nov 25, 2021 13:47:35 GMT
My lovely (shithole) house, built in 1780, is currently getting torn apart to insulate it. I specify and plan this sort of crap for other people all the time, it's a whole different ballgame doing it to you own home. My poor house /sob I find it's because I give an actual fuck about my own house |
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Post by Goban on Nov 25, 2021 14:10:50 GMT
Hahahaha, yeah, that's probably it.
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Post by Sarfrin on Nov 25, 2021 19:46:44 GMT
We have a marble mantlepiece surrounding our electric fire in the living room (don't judge it was there when we moved in). It's fucking freezing in the winter because I think there's a lack of insulation behind it. It's in a chimney breast where the actual chimney has been removed. Because the marble gets so cold I think it's cooling the rest of the living room. I'm going to trying covering the base (coldest part) with some blankets to see if it makes a difference. Does anyone else have any suggestions, bare taking down the whole fucking thing. It's not the lack of insulation that's the problem, it's the fact it's made of marble. Marble conducts heat very well, and also has a high thermal mass, basically it sucks heat out of the room very effectively and also holds a lot of heat. This is one of the reasons why it was used as a fire surround in the first place, apart from it looking pretty, you can have a fire burning all day and the surround won't get dangerously hot. Is also why pastry counters tend to be made of marble, keeps everything nice and cool. Covering the base with blankets will potentially slow down some of the heat transfer, but you're basically living with a large heat sink... On the plus side, once your room cools down enough at night, the marble will release its heat back into the room. Well now I know why our living room is so bloody cold. |
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Post by cubby on Nov 25, 2021 20:00:14 GMT
I had no idea you used marbles to put around a fireplace. Always wondered what they were for
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2021 21:15:41 GMT
I have a gas fire in my new house. It seems to have a fan on it, which makes a lot of noise.
Anyone know if it just needs cleaning or is it fucked?
I don't know where the fan is. It doesn't seem to work with the fan off.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2021 7:35:05 GMT
It's probably the corpse of a huge trapped spider. Hopefully her eggs hatched and made it to various corners of your house
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Post by askew on Nov 26, 2021 7:38:46 GMT
It's probably the corpse of a huge trapped spider. Hopefully her eggs hatched and made it to various corners of your house Well hello there! |
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Post by tonyferrino on Nov 26, 2021 10:42:15 GMT
Does anyone have any experience with hanging the IKEA electric blinds (or any roller blinds I suppose) inside a uPVC window trim? We have curtains which we would like to keep for the warmth, but we want to black out the light better for movies/sleeping etc. Is it practical to hang the roller box inside the frame?
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