The Home Improvements Thread (2)

[xrapidx]

I honestly have never seen or heard of that happening before.

have you ever had damp issues with the walls itself? Regardless of showering.

Nope - the bathroom has always been a problem though- even before we redid - hence the extractor.

EDIT: Just went to take a photo and its dry But - its sunny today.

 

[Steamy Tom]

Took more stock of the house condition situation today, replaced some broken roof tiles, got some paint colour samples etc. (I still need to take a vid of the ridge)

Did a big walk around etc, i am really undecided on the gutter situation, I feel like I don't really have a choice, they need to be replaced, inside there must be like 1cm of hardened crud built up over the years and rust is definitely evident in many places. Rough estimate the round pvc will cost me about R6k to DIY...prob an extra R1k if I wanted square O_O

A pro job on standard galvanised looks to be around 10-12k. I can only imagine seemless aluminium being like R20k.

The real pro's for me are not needing to paint them and I feel like installation would be easier.

The cons I am concerned about is it looking cheap and not lasting long..

Has anyone else had experience with these or any opinions?

 

[maumau]

Be careful who does your gutters.

Progress did ours in JHB and most of the gutter is underneath the tiles. Water runs down the roof, skips over the gutter onto the garden.

 

[Freelance Artisan]

This is the new thread for Home Improvements.

The original thread is here: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/the-home-improvements-thread.646342/

 

[Freelance Artisan]

Looks fscking fantastic..

Hi
Hi perhaps you can assist. I need a labor rate for fitting of rhino board cieling. Fitted onto the existing beams.

 

[HibiscusTunes]

Be careful who does your gutters.

Progress did ours in JHB and most of the gutter is underneath the tiles. Water runs down the roof, skips over the gutter onto the garden.

The same for rainflowsa, plus they broke a bunch of roof tiles and never told us.

 

[Steamy Tom]

Be careful who does your gutters.

Progress did ours in JHB and most of the gutter is underneath the tiles. Water runs down the roof, skips over the gutter onto the garden.

This is exactly why sometimes I would rather make my own potential issues at half the cost

 

[Steamy Tom]

The same for rainflowsa, plus they broke a bunch of roof tiles and never told us.

Unreal, how is it even possible to manage that when installing gutters

 

[ToxicBunny]

This is exactly why sometimes I would rather make my own potential issues at half the cost

I would get a company like seamless gutters to quote...just so you know your ballpark figure.

Personally the round pvc look perfectly fine unpainted and they've lasted ages in my houses... The one section on my current house is easily 15 yrs old and going strong... Another section not so much but that's not the gutters fault at all, it was installed poorly.

 

[Steamy Tom]

I would get a company like seamless gutters to quote...just so you know your ballpark figure.

Personally the round pvc look perfectly fine unpainted and they've lasted ages in my houses... The one section on my current house is easily 15 yrs old and going strong... Another section not so much but that's not the gutters fault at all, it was installed poorly.

Oh shiz I thought you only had them for 3 years.

How are the sections that are sun facing doing?

 

[The_Mowgs]

Oh shiz I thought you only had them for 3 years.

How are the sections that are sun facing doing?

Go for the caucasian, round PVC gutters. Easy to install, cheapest option and it looks neat and tidy. Those gutter will last 10+ years.

Remove old gutters. Sand, fix and repaint the barge boards. Install new gutters and downpipes. Install correct facia boards.

That should not take you more than a weekend and its fairly easy and quick to cut through all of the above with a small grinder.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Oh shiz I thought you only had them for 3 years.

How are the sections that are sun facing doing?

Some yes... That I did... The older stuff is from way before I bought the house...

The old ones are looking a bit tired but nothing a pressure washer can't fix mostly...

 

[TedLasso]

So I foolishly took it upon myself to upcycle an old door to turn into a headboard. #Lockdown Project

I have no prior wood working experience.

So far it's going well, but I am struggling to get the varnish off the door (I've put three different paint strippers on it) and finally most is out now, problem I am having is that getting the crud out of the little valleys (about 1.5cm wide) between each strip.

Finally latched on that using a small thin screwdriver, help to take most of the crud out, but it's in many areas it's really hard to take out.

Initially, the plan was to take the door back to natural wood and then light varnish, but having spent hours looking at it, the new plan is to paint it with one of those chalk paints.

Some advice required from those with experience :-

1.

Is there a way to get rid of all the varnish especially in the valelys or is it even necessary ? I have a fear that it's gonna look lumpy . I am trying to clean up as much possible, but the wood is starting to break up when using wirebrush. I don't have a heat gun which may be a cause of my problem..


I do plan to sand the entire thing down when I sort out valleys once and for all

2. This thing is full of sawdust and bits of gunk. To be sure , the surface is dust free before I put an undercoat, I read tack cloth should be used? Do you think hosing it down, and then letting is dry as a first step before using tack cloth (if I can find in SA) should be used?

3. I removed a strip ,where the two sections meet, sadly there are gaps and it's now 100% aligned. Any recommendations on how to hide it? Was thinking wood filler then sanding. But it not being aligned is a problem? Maybe just another strip.


3. Any comments on using chalk paint with a hard lacquer? Good or bad idea. Was thinking of fired earth or rustoleum ranges.

Alternative is I like the distressed way it looks now ,(or it could by my laziness now) , so may just put an oil over it. And call it. Have to see what the SO says

Thanks

 

[ToxicBunny]

Oi vey you took on one of the worst possible jobs... Those detail valleys are annoying as fsck.... Your best bet if it will fit is manually with sandpaper...

 

[SAguy]

You guys think that a dover stove would be able to stand like this directly on porcelain tiles?

 

[WAslayer]

You guys think that a dover stove would be able to stand like this directly on porcelain tiles?

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Nope, will crack the tile..

 

[SAguy]

Nope, will crack the tile..

I imagine I'd need to put it on something that wouldn't transfer heat into the tiles... think NASA could spare a couple of space shuttle tiles

 

[WAslayer]

I imagine I'd need to put it on something that wouldn't transfer heat into the tiles... think NASA could spare a couple of space shuttle tiles

Lay down some fire bricks and put the Dover onto that..

 

[SAguy]

Lay down some fire bricks and put the Dover onto that..

Not aesthetically pleasing, but maybe I can spray paint them with a high heat spray. We're busy getting our ducks in a row for building on our braai room - design is going to be something like these, just with a dover off to the one side:

 

[maumau]

Very nice. What roof on the outside area?