The Home Improvements Thread (2)

[MjK]

Anybody in Centurion have a idea where I can find some of these shower door fittings. New house new shower door didn't work so well with the kids so door is no usable atm

Check the name on the shower doors. Looks similar to the ones I got from Origin Aluminium.

 

[Komatist]

So to finally provide an update on this.

1. The 3/4 was not the faulty thing . It was the hose itself. The washer had started to disintegrate. Only realised it after the 3/4 thing was replaced and leak continued.

To be fair to myself, I was trying to work out cause of leak before and it felt like it was the coming from the 3/4 itself.

2. If you are replacing the 3/4 , replace the water hose along with it. Good practice!

All in all, was rather easy.

PS. Towels helped and emptying cistern in mandatory.

Those flexible connectors are notorious for springing leaks when they get a bit older. The rubber washer disintegrates and voila! You have a leak.

 

[TedLasso]

Those flexible connectors are notorious for springing leaks when they get a bit older. The rubber washer disintegrates and voila! You have a leak.

This particular toilet only used to have the leaking issue in winter (ie cold ) but was fine for rest of year. I think it was doing this for three years but was just drips . This year it was finally starting to say hello.

My lesson learnt. Next time look at the hose first before the fittings connected to the wall.

 

[Not_original]

Right, so I'm about half finished completely renovating the house. Kitchen cupboards Old parquet floors, vinyl, subway wall tiles, all out.

New tiles are in except for the kitchen and bathroom. Walls in kitchen and bathroom must be plastered as seems like the builders of 1950 were in such a hurry they didn't even plaster behind the cupboards. Luckily I didn't discover some yellow bottles stuck in a cavity.

Chased in channels for the new waterpipes as I'm not trusting my new and shiny space to 70 year old waterpipes. At least when I'm done I can build a killer copper still from the old LP geyser lol

 

[Not_original]

We've been living in renovation hell for a couple of months. So much done on a new house:

• Tiled almost the entire house (it had mixtures of tiles, laminate, and vinyl).
• Gutted the granny flat, tiled, painted, kitchen going in, redid the bathroom/shower completely.
• Re-paved the driveway/courtyard to get rid of a major slope.
• Giant 9x6 carport.
• Intercom.
• Security gates and trellidoors.
• Painted the house inside.
• Replaced most plugs and switches with modern ones. New lights in several rooms.
• Replacing most light globes (it had a mixture of LED, CFL, halogen, in warm and cool white). Replacing most downlighters too.
• Painted the white electrical cables on the facebrick walls.
• Redid the bathroom in granny flat #2 and hung a sliding door (it didn't have a door!)
• Replacing several internal doors.
• Removed an upstairs bar with dropped ceiling, sanded the floor, and a study desk is going in.
• Re-did some electrics which were dodgy.
• Roof over roller shutter door going in (it was open to the rain).
• Somewhat waterproofed the existing garage and carport.
• Mini geyser going in in the kitchen because the water takes 3-4 min to get hot.
• Fixed some sliding doors.
• New alarm system.

Getting there...

Seems we are in the same boat lol. Only difference as soon as the agent tells me they have my units on hand I'm removing both the front door and rear sliding door for a custom aluminium door solution

 

[Not_original]

This particular toilet only used to have the leaking issue in winter (ie cold ) but was fine for rest of year. I think it was doing this for three years but was just drips . This year it was finally starting to say hello.

My lesson learnt. Next time look at the hose first before the fittings connected to the wall.

Especially cheap braided flexible hoses, they love to start leaking after a few years

 

[ToxicBunny]

Slightly forced Home Improvement project thanks to the April floods in Durban but I'm having to replace my pool so figured I would do a bit of an upgrade at the same time. Putting in a slightly bigger pool and fixing the paving in the area that was starting to look a bit ropey.

Have a huge bloody gat in the ground atm


And the "little" item to fill that gaping big hole arrived on my property late last night :

The pool shell is from a company called Pools for Africa down in CPT, and their delivery driver is a beyond damned impressive to get that 8m+ long trailer up into my yard reversing in the dark at around 7pm.

 

[Sepeng]

Bit of a random question for anyone in the JHB area:
Rubble and general stuff removal - we've done some stuff ourselves around the house - new skirting, replaced a few tiles - so we've got some general rubble, half opened bags of grout etc that we need to get rid of. Short of hiring a skip anyone know of reputable rubble removal places that won't just dump the stuff on the side of the road?
I'd take the things somewhere myself if I even knew where to take it but my google skills have let me down in this regard. I know where to dump garden refuse, not general items.

 

[Sepeng]

Slightly forced Home Improvement project thanks to the April floods in Durban but I'm having to replace my pool so figured I would do a bit of an upgrade at the same time. Putting in a slightly bigger pool and fixing the paving in the area that was starting to look a bit ropey.

Have a huge bloody gat in the ground atm
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And the "little" item to fill that gaping big hole arrived on my property late last night :
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The pool shell is from a company called Pools for Africa down in CPT, and their delivery driver is a beyond damned impressive to get that 8m+ long trailer up into my yard reversing in the dark at around 7pm.

I think my pool is as long as yours is wide.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Bit of a random question for anyone in the JHB area:
Rubble and general stuff removal - we've done some stuff ourselves around the house - new skirting, replaced a few tiles - so we've got some general rubble, half opened bags of grout etc that we need to get rid of. Short of hiring a skip anyone know of reputable rubble removal places that won't just dump the stuff on the side of the road?
I'd take the things somewhere myself if I even knew where to take it but my google skills have let me down in this regard. I know where to dump garden refuse, not general items.

Surely the local dump would take the stuff? I know thats what we can do in Durban..

Not to the garden refuse sites, but the actual proper dump where the rubbish trucks go to.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I think my pool is as long as yours is wide.

The new one is probably about double the size of my old one, I also used to have a "splash" pool that was not very big. Looked a bit odd in the huge yard I have.

 

[Sepeng]

Surely the local dump would take the stuff? I know thats what we can do in Durban..

Not to the garden refuse sites, but the actual proper dump where the rubbish trucks go to.

That's thing thing - in Durban there are two close to my folks place where we'd easily take everything.
Up this side, for the life of me, can't find one close by. I'm aware of one PTA side but not Sandton. Or I'm just bad at googling.

 

[Kola-CT]

Bit of a random question for anyone in the JHB area:
Rubble and general stuff removal - we've done some stuff ourselves around the house - new skirting, replaced a few tiles - so we've got some general rubble, half opened bags of grout etc that we need to get rid of. Short of hiring a skip anyone know of reputable rubble removal places that won't just dump the stuff on the side of the road?
I'd take the things somewhere myself if I even knew where to take it but my google skills have let me down in this regard. I know where to dump garden refuse, not general items.

Save yourself the trouble to queue and deal with the bin scratchers at the dumpsites, thank me later.

MobiBins – Skip hire | Pretoria | Joburg South | Rubble Removal

www.mobibins.co.za

If you are in doubt, chat to Gerhard at Mobi Bins, he will be able to share why it is best for most of us to not go to the dumpsites.

 

[ToxicBunny]

That's thing thing - in Durban there are two close to my folks place where we'd easily take everything.
Up this side, for the life of me, can't find one close by. I'm aware of one PTA side but not Sandton. Or I'm just bad at googling.

Seems like this might be what you're looking for :

Find a Facility -

FIND A FACILITY Depot Sites Landfill Sites Garden Sites Norwood Depot Cnr. Short & Pine Streets, Orchards Waterval Depot

www.pikitup.co.za

Ennerdale Landfill Site
Cnr. Walters and Anglers Road, Lawley, Ennerdale
Robinson Deep Landfill Site
Cnr. Turffontein & Marlborough Road, Stafford
Marie Louise Landfill Site
Cnr. Elias Motsoledi Street & Main Road, Dobsonville, Soweto
Goudkoppies Landfill Site
11 Pallet Cres, Soweto
Linbro Park Landfill Site
Cnr. 3rd Road and Marlboro Dr, Linbro Park

 

[derp90]

I need to replace a ceiling light fitting. If I turn of the main breaker at the electricity box, will I be safe?

 

[WAslayer]

I need to replace a ceiling light fitting. If I turn of the main breaker at the electricity box, will I be safe?

No, you could still fall off the ladder..

 

[Gielie01]

Bit of a random question for anyone in the JHB area:
Rubble and general stuff removal - we've done some stuff ourselves around the house - new skirting, replaced a few tiles - so we've got some general rubble, half opened bags of grout etc that we need to get rid of. Short of hiring a skip anyone know of reputable rubble removal places that won't just dump the stuff on the side of the road?
I'd take the things somewhere myself if I even knew where to take it but my google skills have let me down in this regard. I know where to dump garden refuse, not general items.

Local pickit up sites are full of crap, they have restrictions like "3bags / 1 wheelbarrow" building rubble is allowed to be dumped per day. More than that, you need to go to the Marie-Louise Landfill to dump

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

goo.gl

 

[ToxicBunny]

Local pickit up sites are full of crap, they have restrictions like "3bags / 1 wheelbarrow" building rubble is allowed to be dumped per day. More than that, you need to go to the Marie-Louise Landfill to dump

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

goo.gl

Yussie, that is a load of horseshyte...

In Durbs you go to the local landfill site and just pays your money and you can dump building rubble.

 

[WAslayer]

Yussie, that is a load of horseshyte...

In Durbs you go to the local landfill site and just pays your money and you can dump building rubble.

Pay money to dump..?

In CPT we have a number of little dumps spread across the suburbs where you can dump garden refuse, building rubble, recycling etc for free.. no restrictions on quantity, just show up ask which skip it goes in, dump it and leave..

 

[ToxicBunny]

Pay money to dump..?

In CPT we have a number of little dumps spread across the suburbs where you can dump garden refuse, building rubble, recycling etc for free.. no restrictions on quantity, just show up ask which skip it goes in, dump it and leave..

Oh, no we have lots of little dumps spread around for garden refuse, small amounts of building rubble and and and.. but if I wanted to dump a bakkie load of rubble then I need to go to the main dump and pay a fee for that.