The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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Speaking of kitchens. Has anyone done an eezi quartz countertop recently and what did it cost per m2?
Any hints for finding a good value installer in the Cape Town/ Somerset West area?
I'm renovating a 2 bed cottage with a new galley kitchen.
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flytek said:
Speaking of kitchens. Has anyone done an eezi quartz countertop recently and what did it cost per m2?
Any hints for finding a good value installer in the Cape Town/ Somerset West area?
I'm renovating a 2 bed cottage with a new galley kitchen.
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I used Origin Quartz, also a cheaper alternative to Caesarstone.
I went through three companies to do installation across the braai room, granny flat. The first two were shít and told them to just leave it.

Third company was much better, and fixed up the other two's mistakes.
Granite Objects is their name. Here's a quote for some of the work they did for me. Quote is about 2 months old.

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I seriously need to replace these old steel windows now, cause they are closed but yet can still feel cold air just filtering in
 
Lupus said:
I seriously need to replace these old steel windows now, cause they are closed but yet can still feel cold air just filtering in
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If you see yourself staying in your house for long then save up for uPVC, doesn't need to be double glazed.
Really makes a huge difference for noise and air.
 
SAguy said:
If you see yourself staying in your house for long then save up for uPVC, doesn't need to be double glazed.
Really makes a huge difference for noise and air.
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Well this is the biggest problem, the windows are really stuffed now, so they need to be replaced now :-(
 
any1 that has shortened one of those cast iron? plumbing exhaust pipes that go up through the roof, with one of those caps you can buy at like Chamberlains?

we have one running along a wall and I serious want it shortened as it is blocking me from putting up an IBR roof, but my dad is scared that by cutting it shorter he will smell the fumes (doesn't think that cap that supposedly 'kills' the fumes will work even though I tell him houses now get built like this)
 
SAguy said:
If you see yourself staying in your house for long then save up for uPVC, doesn't need to be double glazed.
Really makes a huge difference for noise and air.
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Either uPVC, or opt for aluminium and then put rubber stripping around the windows to provide a good seal.

Either option will make a huge difference, just uPVC will be bollocks expensive in comparison. I've replaced around half the windows in my house with aluminium and intend on doing the remainder either later this year, or early next year.
 
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