The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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SAguy said:
I also went up on the roof at my in laws place today, thanks to you making me feel guilty yesterday.
I discovered no less than 5 different types of roof sheeting in about a 4 square meter area. I went to town with foam sealer, membrane and waterproofing paint. It just needs to get through this winter, will replace the whole thing in summer.

This is what I have to contend with - yes - those are bricks keeping down roof sheets that were just placed on top of older leaking sheets.

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Jislaaik. Hopefully your temp solution worked. Definitely a good idea to redo it from scratch and put a slope in. My patio roof was also flat and had similar issues. To solve mines, it was a matter or tilting gutters and then on the edge of the IBR sheets, the put the bitumen stuff going into gutter so that the water did not roll underneath the IBR sheet. Has worked a dream. As a preventative measure, as I had loads of the paint left over, I also got them to paint the entire roof with the EcoRubber solution that I used for the roof ridges, etc.
 
SAguy said:
In this wind we have in CPT today you may be gifting your neighbour a small solar panel soon
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Luckily where I live in Durban, we hardly get that strong winds. We do get the occasional storm, but my setup has been there for more than 2 years and still going strong.
 
R4m80 said:
Luckily where I live in Durban, we hardly get that strong winds. We do get the occasional storm, but my setup has been there for more than 2 years and still going strong.
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A colleague of mine's Weber decided to leave his balcony in sea point and go chill in the adjacent buildings parking lot... so it's just a little stormy here today.
 
crocopede said:
The best solution is to modify the angle. Obviously your angle is not enough to accommodate the run off.
The least amount of effort would be to run a strip of rubber or silicone about 4cm from the edge underneath forcing the water to stop there. And if you feeling lekka you can profile fascia board and place it on the edge.
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GoB said:
I agree with this.. just see if a bead underneath so that the water drops off before the fascia.

Usually the fascia touching the valleys is enough. I had this happen with my zinc roof but then the fascia would rot. So actually got the water to drop off into the gutter 100% simply by shaping the valley edges with pliers.
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Happy to report that this solved my issue. I added drops of silicone on the lowest points of the sheets and all the water went into the gutter. Really simple and easy solution :)
 
chickenbeef said:
Happy to report that this solved my issue. I added drops of silicone on the lowest points of the sheets and all the water went into the gutter. Really simple and easy solution :)
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Wow awesome. glad to hear. never tried it myself but it made sense :p
 
CPT peeps, any recommendations for someone to draw up new plans..? Seems I misread the requirements on needing new plans to replace my boundary wall..

Edit: oh and I guess I would need to go get the existing building plans for them to have something to reference..?
 
chickenbeef said:
Totally, I'm kicking myself for not having figured it out sooner.

I drip loop my cables and this was pretty much the same concept
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I’m just chuffed that I learnt of a new trick that I will never forget when i encounter a situation like this .. cheap , easy , smart
 
WAslayer said:
CPT peeps, any recommendations for someone to draw up new plans..? Seems I misread the requirements on needing new plans to replace my boundary wall..

Edit: oh and I guess I would need to go get the existing building plans for them to have something to reference..?
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In CPT you need plans to put a lawn chair in your yard just about.

You will need to get existing plans yes.
I have a guy but he's an architect and will probably be overpriced for what you need - but he is quick on replying and on the ball.

Previous architect I used ran away with R10k, so choose wisely.
 
SAguy said:
In CPT you need plans to put a lawn chair in your yard just about.

You will need to get existing plans yes.
I have a guy but he's an architect and will probably be overpriced for what you need - but he is quick on replying and on the ball.

Previous architect I used ran away with R10k, so choose wisely.
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Considering this is unbudgeted, I definitely don't want to be paying more than absolutely necessary.. give me your guys deets in any case, won't hurt to just get a price..
 
xrapidx said:
This **** annoys the **** out of me.

Our db board sparked and smoked the last two times I turned on the breaker (after switching it off to do something).

Called the insurance home-assist - first thing the guy does when he called me is to tell me insurance only covers one hour, and not parts - which I knew - and I also know swapping a breaker isn't going to take an hour.

Needless to say, they rock up - confirm something wrong with the breaker, says he can do me a deal R1600 for a new breaker. Told him he's off his head - I'll call the insurance and make other plans... then "I must understand, they have to go buy a new breaker, extra call out, etc." - needless to say, they've left - and I'm on hold for the insurance.
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So - pretty much as expected, the insurer has come back and said the electrician said R500 for the breaker, and only if he had to come back the next day would he charge R1,600 for the breaker + labour. If he had a breaker on Friday for R500, why would he need to come back on Satureday for a R1,600 breaker?

THEN - they claim the damage to the lighting is load shedding - even though we hadn't had the latest July rounds of loadshedding.

Cannot stand this industry. So now this will most likely cost me thousands.
 
xrapidx said:
So - pretty much as expected, the insurer has come back and said the electrician said R500 for the breaker, and only if he had to come back the next day would he charge R1,600 for the breaker + labour. If he had a breaker on Friday for R500, why would he need to come back on Satureday for a R1,600 breaker?

THEN - they claim the damage to the lighting is load shedding - even though we hadn't had the latest July rounds of loadshedding.

Cannot stand this industry. So now this will most likely cost me thousands.
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Don't you have a broker? If you do, get them involved. This is why you pay them.

I went through something similar at the beginning of the year when my geyser needed to be replaced. Don't want to go into the details of what happened but it took a month for a simple geyser replacement and they sent 3 "insurance approved contractors" (with 1 star ratings on Google) who always made things worse.

My broker put pressure on the insurance company and were extremely helpful throughout the process. I could eventually appoint a contractor of my choice and got my excess refunded for the inconvenience they caused.
 
chickenbeef said:
Don't you have a broker? If you do, get them involved. This is why you pay them.

I went through something similar at the beginning of the year when my geyser needed to be replaced. Don't want to go into the details of what happened but it took a month for a simple geyser replacement and 3 "approved contractors" (with 1 star ratings on Google) making things worse before insurance agreed to let me appoint someone of my choice.

My broker put pressure on the insurance company and were extremely helpful throughout the process.
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Broker is dealing with it - the above is what they've told her.

I've just sent her the Efergy engage reports for the month of July, showing no interruptions until their electrician showed up - and our first load shedding slot only on Sunday.
 
And now - the insurer washes their hands, because the home-assist service is outsourced to a different company.

The home-assist company says they'll cover the electrician to replace the damaged goods, but I must buy everything at my cost - and only if he comes back and says the first electrician caused the damage, not the load shedding we hadn't even had yet - then will they cover the cost of the goods.

So I must basically trust an electrician from the company to say a previous electrician from the same company did the damage - otherwise its for my account.

Decided to give it till tomorrow - then cancelling with the insurer, naming and shaming - and moving on.

We're without lights every night while they point fingers.
 
You should name and shame anyway.

Not that we don't all have the same issues. We had drains unblocked in June. 90 minutes of faffing about, R2 500 later and the drains clog up 10 days later. I threw my toys and the company sent another team to do the job.

Broker managed to squeeze R650 for 1 hour labour after insurance said they don't cover blocked drains .... WTH???
 
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