The Home Improvements Thread (2)

[Smokey mcpot]

And before @Pineapple Smurf says "who's we, that's sipho " lol. I actually do paint myself, one puc my hand is seen with the scraper removing paint.

The client of this place did not find me on Mybb, but he does browse here from time to time. I discovered after we chatted about his unifi setup. Don't know his username but he was quite shocked to hear I browsed here since tech is not always a builders hobby.

 

[Smokey mcpot]

Started some scraping now... he he, fckit.... lots of flaking old paint. If i use polyfilla it will be a schit load of it.

Edit... should have left the damn old heater on the wall.

It will be alot of pollyfilla, but things will be easier to work with.

Haha damn heater!

 

[Tabac]

It will be alot of pollyfilla, but things will be easier to work with.

Haha damn heater!

And that damn heater was nailed to the wall with those old square nails they use for skirtings. They're not going in deeper when moered with a hammer, nor are they coming out. Think i'll grind them down flat.

 

[Smokey mcpot]

use a pliers to pull it out?

 

[Steamy Tom]

And that damn heater was nailed to the wall with those old square nails they use for skirtings. They're not going in deeper when moered with a hammer, nor are they coming out. Think i'll grind them down flat.

Knock them side ways in opposite directions and then pull them out with a pliers, be a effing man dammit

 

[smiley-zn]

Thanks for all the input, it appears that the best long term solution is to replace the sewer pipe.

Now to shop around for quotes!

Update on this

I got my plumber out to have a look on Friday thinking that he would have a look and give me a quote.

He got onto the job immediately and 4 hours later after rodding the line multiple times and hundreds of litres of water later the matter was resolved.

There where no roots, we did however find pieces of cloths and quiet abit of sand in the line.

A piece of PVC pipe had broken and this is probably how sand got into the line.

Hope this is the last of it, working with sewerage is no fun!!!

 

[SAguy]

Oh man, I've gone and done screwed up. Our bath drain often blocks with hair, currently only have a shower in the bath pending completion of renovations. I always use the same yellow bottle of drain cleaner granules successfully.

Yesterday though I come back after a few minutes and see this:


The drain cleaner ate away at the bath itself, those three marks are actual holes. It's a newish bath, not sure what modern baths are made of?

So annoyed with myself... any idea how I can fix this?

 

[SAguy]

Update on this

I got my plumber out to have a look on Friday thinking that he would have a look and give me a quote.

He got onto the job immediately and 4 hours later after rodding the line multiple times and hundreds of litres of water later the matter was resolved.

There where no roots, we did however find pieces of cloths and quiet abit of sand in the line.

A piece of PVC pipe had broken and this is probably how sand got into the line.

Hope this is the last of it, working with sewerage is no fun!!!

Did he come with a camera to check the pipe inside?

 

[SAguy]

Another update, wrapping up now, another week and we should be done.

Looks amazing, wow.

Though I think your downright fell out of the ceiling, just FYI

 

[Steamy Tom]

Oh man, I've gone and done screwed up. Our bath drain often blocks with hair, currently only have a shower in the bath pending completion of renovations. I always use the same yellow bottle of drain cleaner granules successfully.

Yesterday though I come back after a few minutes and see this:
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The drain cleaner ate away at the bath itself, those three marks are actual holes. It's a newish bath, not sure what modern baths are made of?

So annoyed with myself... any idea how I can fix this?

newer baths are just a type of plastic that is moulded. fixing that is going to be really hard to make it look good. you could prob try using something like a plastic pratley putty, but colour matching and finish are going to be hard

never use an acidic drain cleaner if you can help it.

 

[Steamy Tom]

Update on this

I got my plumber out to have a look on Friday thinking that he would have a look and give me a quote.

He got onto the job immediately and 4 hours later after rodding the line multiple times and hundreds of litres of water later the matter was resolved.

There where no roots, we did however find pieces of cloths and quiet abit of sand in the line.

A piece of PVC pipe had broken and this is probably how sand got into the line.

Hope this is the last of it, working with sewerage is no fun!!!

if there was sand in the line it indicates a break, did he fix it?

 

[riscbroker]

Oh man, I've gone and done screwed up. Our bath drain often blocks with hair, currently only have a shower in the bath pending completion of renovations. I always use the same yellow bottle of drain cleaner granules successfully.


The drain cleaner ate away at the bath itself, those three marks are actual holes. It's a newish bath, not sure what modern baths are made of?

So annoyed with myself... any idea how I can fix this?

If you used caustic soda, it will generate heat when mixed with water. That could heat up the metal fitting nicely and pop the plastic surrounding it...

 

[SAguy]

What do you guys think would be a good way to fill a drilled hole, when you need to redrill a new hole a few mm away from it? It's for security gates so needs to be strong and secure.

Polyfilla and the like would just be too weak I'd imagine, plus getting it to fill a 8mm x 75mm hole properly is going to be tough.

I was thinking to fill the hole with chemical anchor, that way if I need to drill the new hole partly onto it then it should still be nice and strong.

Issue is also that I'm going to fill the hole and repaint over it, so may not know exactly where the original holes were.

 

[howardb]

What do you guys think would be a good way to fill a drilled hole, when you need to redrill a new hole a few mm away from it? It's for security gates so needs to be strong and secure.

Polyfilla and the like would just be too weak I'd imagine, plus getting it to fill a 8mm x 75mm hole properly is going to be tough.

I was thinking to fill the hole with chemical anchor, that way if I need to drill the new hole partly onto it then it should still be nice and strong.

Issue is also that I'm going to fill the hole and repaint over it, so may not know exactly where the original holes were.

Anchor set or similar should work.

 

[Smokey mcpot]

Chemical anchor is probably best. Let it set nicely though

 

[SAguy]

Chemical anchor is probably best. Let it set nicely though

I wish they'd sell extra mixing nozzles at builders/brights/etc. For the price of chemical anchor a spare nozzle doesn't feel like too much to ask.



They only give you one, and if you don't finish the tube it's a PITA to try and reuse what's left without a mixing nozzle. I've used a normal sillicone nozzle, but it doesn't mix as well...

 

[xrapidx]

Damn, prices have gone up. Skirting boards I bought end 2017 for 3m lengths was R197 - now R361. (I need 11.90m - so I'm going to have to up my cutting game)

 

[Smokey mcpot]

Damn, prices have gone up. Skirting boards I bought end 2017 for 3m lengths was R197 - now R361. (I need 11.90m - so I'm going to have to up my cutting game)

Haha you’re going to buy that extra length

 

[Smokey mcpot]

@SAguy that bath is probably an acrylic bath. There are guys who fix them up. Also a diy product I’ve seen at Buco, haven’t personally done it though

 

[Arzy]

Looks amazing, wow.

Though I think your downright fell out of the ceiling, just FYI

Almost two years after the fact now and still loving it!

Only thing I'd possibly change would be to have made the side table just a bit longer.