mrpon
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Post by mrpon on Sept 13, 2024 9:32:32 GMT
Ideally, do it properly. But I guess you're a brush under the carpet guy.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 13, 2024 9:32:55 GMT
In our last house the tiles were a bit cracked/coming loose because the people before laid the tiles on chipboard floor with undersized joists, anyway when we came to sell, to hide the issue we laid vinyl over the top, everything I found online and the supplier also said the grout lines would show and you'd be able to feel them in bare feet/socks but we went for a fairly thick vinyl and the grout lines never showed through in the year or so we had the floor down for. The supplier used this and they used an adhesive: yours4floors.co.uk/product/lifestyle-floors-silvertex-galaxy-stone-vinyl-flooring/ |
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Post by damagedinc on Sept 13, 2024 9:33:24 GMT
Luckily Im ok on the clearance at the door thresholds. I'll also be putting it under the kickboards which have space.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 13, 2024 11:22:51 GMT
Been thinking about the same. My kitchen floor is a mix of sprung floor and concrete. Taking the tiles up would be a massive pain in the arse.
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mrpon
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Post by mrpon on Sept 13, 2024 11:27:58 GMT
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Post by nexus6 on Sept 13, 2024 12:40:12 GMT
Question to the floor Almost finished my "on the cheap 2nd hand kitchen" which is a make do job until we can afford to get a decent new one. About to lay down the vinyl roll flooring. The question is..... Do I remove the tiles. Screed and then put the roll down. Which will obviously do a better job but take more time. Or Use the screed to fill in the grout lines and then lay the roll over the top of the tiles. Saving time and mess. My thought process is that this will one day be done properly. So is it worth me spending all that time lifting the tiles and screeding. You’ll get a levelling screed that can go over tiles and then have the vinyl bonded to it. Can’t tell you the name of it but I’m sure Sika would do one. Mine came out a very pleasant grey shade and it looks ‘soft’ and quite attractive on its own! |
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Post by Dougs on Sept 13, 2024 15:42:33 GMT
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 13, 2024 16:16:50 GMT
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 14, 2024 11:32:22 GMT
Today's thrilling job is whip all the kitchen plinths off and block up any holes where the mice are entering, I wonder what horrors awaits me. Still could be worse, I could be painting the feckin shelves!
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Post by Dougs on Sept 14, 2024 11:35:56 GMT
Not the cat bringing them in?
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 14, 2024 11:44:42 GMT
Nah, we get lots of rustling at night in the kitchen, I think they're coming in around where the water mains comes in and from when the boiler was fitted decades ago and they (the plumbers) made holes for the plumbing, its a job I've been put off for about two years to be fair! But now they're venturing further into the house.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Sept 14, 2024 12:30:11 GMT
We had a rat in our kitchen last week - rather than face facts we spent the day pretending to ourselves that we were imagining it. Then I finally gave in and stuck my head round the back of the fridge and came face to face with it.
Managed to chase it under the fridge, then moved the fridge to the back door and encouraged it to bugger off into the garden…
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Post by Lukus on Sept 14, 2024 12:55:32 GMT
I had mice a couple of years ago, they were coming in through the vents, having gnawed their way through the outside ones. A few ethical traps and some gnaw-proof covers over the vents sorted it.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 14, 2024 14:09:25 GMT
Our mouse problem is significantly better since getting the dog and the cat needing to stay upstairs. Although did find evidence of one living behind the sofa the other day. Assume the cat brought it in when we were on holiday.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 14, 2024 14:11:12 GMT
We had a rat in our kitchen last week - rather than face facts we spent the day pretending to ourselves that we were imagining it. Then I finally gave in and stuck my head round the back of the fridge and came face to face with it. Managed to chase it under the fridge, then moved the fridge to the back door and encouraged it to bugger off into the garden… What are you gonna do etc. Never forget the other cat (that was stolen) bringing in a rat. Had it in his mouth and it bashed head and arse on the side of the catflap on his way in. Luckily he dropped it and we steered it outside with a broom too. |
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Post by Zuluhero on Sept 14, 2024 14:22:35 GMT
I hate to worry you guys, but a mouse can fit through a hole or crack of about 1/4 inch, so make sure you fill every gap or hole you can find. If they're still getting in, measure how big gaps are under doors 😅
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 14, 2024 14:44:15 GMT
I hate to worry you guys, but a mouse can fit through a hole or crack of about 1/4 inch, so make sure you fill every gap or hole you can find. If they're still getting in, measure how big gaps are under doors 😅 Quite, seems we have about 25 holes varying from a few mm up to a couple of inches and everything in between, of course most of them are against the wall so an arms stretch away and the ones at the corner further than that. So I'm gonna try and block the two places they're moving from the under unit area (their territory) to the human side which is the top of a drawer unit at the back and the end run of units where it turns out there is actually no plinth at all. Our kitchen is a bit weird (shit), the end run of units ends inside a chimney recess and because it's out of sight they never bothered to fit a plinth. We'll see if this helps or sorts it maybe .... |
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Post by Zuluhero on Sept 14, 2024 17:40:18 GMT
Holy flying fuck, my partner was forcing a huge storage box into the cupboard under the stairs (where our gas comes in and out stopcock is) and she felt like it was stuck on something so instead of backing out and seeing what it was she's forced it in and burst our water main pipe.
I know she didn't mean it, but I've told her so many times not to cram stuff into that cupboard, and to be careful of all the pipes. Add to it that I only had a leak fixed on it and a whole new stop cock fitted a few months ago, I'm fuming.
I'm venting here as a release. 😅
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Post by Zuluhero on Sept 14, 2024 17:40:54 GMT
I guess at least it wasn't a gas pipe 😅
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Sept 14, 2024 17:46:35 GMT
I know she didn't mean it, but I've told her so many times not to cram stuff into that cupboard, and to be careful of all the pipes. On the plus side, you are now set for life. |
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Post by Zuluhero on Sept 14, 2024 18:05:35 GMT
Heh yeah. Had a mare getting the road main cover open, but water is off now. Now I need to get an emergency plumber, that's gonna be fun. And costly probably.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 14, 2024 18:06:40 GMT
Haha, an ex girlfriend found the indicator stick wasn't moving as far as it should in her motor, so she just pushed it until it snapped off!  |
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Post by Dougs on Sept 14, 2024 18:52:38 GMT
I guess at least it wasn't a gas pipe 😅 I thought that's exactly where it was going! |
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Post by Zomoniac on Sept 26, 2024 12:50:25 GMT
Before, during, after. Bit better now.  |
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minimatt
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Post by minimatt on Sept 27, 2024 21:39:12 GMT
I've only just noticed you relocated the soil pipe and I must salute your bravery and mourn the tattered remains of your olfactory system
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nexus6
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Post by nexus6 on Sept 28, 2024 7:18:07 GMT
Soil means poo-poo
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Post by elstoof on Oct 4, 2024 17:48:14 GMT
Canadian houses are built fucking weird, there should be a duolingo for construction terminology. Just put drywall up? Gonna need to mud that now. Got a hole in the mud? No problem, just spackle it later
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Oct 4, 2024 17:55:15 GMT
Us and Canadian (amongst others) have their own terminology. What we'd call a dwarf wall they'd call a pony wall, we have skirtings they have base boards etc.
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Post by minimatt on Oct 4, 2024 18:11:58 GMT
I never got bored of zoom calls with an NZ building supplier talking about dicks and dicking
edit: curious if the fabled Canadian square screws are still a thing up there?
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mrpon
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Post by mrpon on Oct 10, 2024 8:48:34 GMT
After almost 2 years of having no actual flooring down (just screed), it's finally getting delivered on Monday.
I'll be able to walk around bare foot at last! UFH as well!
Plus re-mortgage in March so release some equity and actually get to finish the house!
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