The Home Improvements Thread (2)

[Steamy Tom]

So had a weber grill that was never stable and annoyed me, especially when cooking on it. Decided to build a cart out of it. Still need to sand and protect from the elements, needs wheels and a few gadgets. Initially added screws to keep the unit away from the wood. Wasn't too happy so also added to torsion pipes after. Much better now. Made my first fire today and it's such a pleasure.

very nice, though that is not a weber, that looks like the cadac kettle braai which are definately kak wobbly, so a definate improvement here!

 

[Bionic]

very nice, though that is not a weber, that looks like the cadac kettle braai which are definately kak wobbly, so a definate improvement here!

Yeah. Not a weber but not your bush baby. Kind of your intermediate wannabe Weber I might add that my plan is to purchase a weber to replace this one

 

[Steamy Tom]

Yeah. Not a weber but not your busy baby. Kind of your intermediate wannabe Weber I might add that my plan is to purchase a weber to replace this one

yeah those copies are always shakey. imo it looks good, the only one thing i might change is making a metal collar for the bowl to sit in rather than resting on screws, kid of like a metal ringspaced off the sides.

 

[Bionic]

yeah those copies are always shakey. imo it looks good, the only one thing i might change is making a metal collar for the bowl to sit in rather than resting on screws, kid of like a metal ringspaced off the sides.

Thanks. The torsion bars underneath are solid so it is resting on that. To avoid it touching the wood is the array of screws around. It does get hot on the inside of the wood but won't burn. Cooking a medium sized pot of curry today and it's holding up very well. Will consider this if over time it doesn't last. Maybe like a sheet metal on the ring.

 

[Steamy Tom]

Thanks. The torsion bars underneath are solid so it is resting on that. To avoid it touching the wood is the array of screws around. It does get hot on the inside of the wood but won't burn. Cooking a medium curry today and it's holding up very well. Will consider this if over time it doesn't last. Maybe like a sheet metal on the ring.

yeah exactly that

 

[Tabac]

@Bionic Why the gloves but no safety shoes ?

 

[SAguy]

@Bionic Why the gloves but no safety shoes ?

Plakkies are safety shoes in some cultures

 

[Bionic]

Plakkies are safety shoes in some cultures

Not too sure what you mean by "cultures".

 

[Bionic]

@Bionic Why the gloves but no safety shoes ?

Why not. This was a home build. Was wearing gloves for splinters.

 

[WAslayer]

Plakkies are safety shoes in some cultures

Yep.. i used to work in plakkies until I spotted a pair of safety boots on special for 250 at builders and thought that was reasonable enough to spend on something I won't wear every day..

 

[RonSwanson]

I discovered this girl, she seems to know her stuff:

 

[SAguy]

Ran into my first real renovations issue last night. The plumber is tee'ing off hot/cold water from my current kitchen basin for a new prep bowl basin.

All he had to do was cut the hot/cold water pipes and insert a t piece. He started on it at 11h30 yesterday afternoon and finished at 19h30. Took him 8 hours to add two t pieces.

A couple of hours later my wife notices water from under our kitchen cupboards, and when I had a look I saw both t pieces were leaking badly. Like 3 drops per second each. I turned the water off and he's back here now.

If a plumber takes 8 hours to fit two t pieces then I highly doubt his skills, waiting for the builder to arrive then telling him it's time for a new plumber. I complained about his neatness more than once already, and now he catches on this nonsense.

Now the plasterers are sitting waiting because there's no water since yesterday 11h30. I'm ever so slightly annoyed.

 

[xrapidx]

Once they plastered, wait a week or so before carrying on - make 100% sure there are no leaks before finishing off.

 

[SAguy]

Once they plastered, wait a week or so before carrying on - make 100% sure there are no leaks before finishing off.

Another plumber came out and fixed it in less than an hour. First time I have water in nearly 24 hours now...

 

[Smokey mcpot]

Once they plastered, wait a week or so before carrying on - make 100% sure there are no leaks before finishing off.

Generally our plumbing connections are left open for 24 hours before closing up. Monitor for leaks under pressure to avoid coming back and opening again.

 

[SAguy]

Generally our plumbing connections are left open for 24 hours before closing up. Monitor for leaks under pressure to avoid coming back and opening again.

Luckily they won't be plastering this wall soon, so I'll keep a close eye on it.
I'm more nervous about the sewerage under the cast slab now... if that leaks then there's going to be big problems. I don't even know if you'd easily figure out if your sewerage under your slab leaks... rising damp maybe?

 

[MDE]

Luckily they won't be plastering this wall soon, so I'll keep a close eye on it.
I'm more nervous about the sewerage under the cast slab now... if that leaks then there's going to be big problems. I don't even know if you'd easily figure out if your sewerage under your slab leaks... rising damp maybe?

Get a plumber in that has a endoscope camera to double check.

 

[Smokey mcpot]

Luckily they won't be plastering this wall soon, so I'll keep a close eye on it.
I'm more nervous about the sewerage under the cast slab now... if that leaks then there's going to be big problems. I don't even know if you'd easily figure out if your sewerage under your slab leaks... rising damp maybe?

yeah thats a crappy one. I like continuous flow through these as well. The leak there will most likely not be as bad and won’t cause a lot of damp unless they really did a crap job... and it would take some real skill to mess that up to a point where it’s a terrible leak.

 

[xrapidx]

yeah thats a crappy one. I like continuous flow through these as well. The leak there will most likely not be as bad and won’t cause a lot of damp unless they really did a crap job... and it would take some real skill to mess that up to a point where it’s a terrible leak.

The idiot that did my kitchen - his plumber had the angle of the waste pipes (including the under floor ones) in the wrong direction - the second plumber had to fix it all - complete nightmare.

 

[Smokey mcpot]

The idiot that did my kitchen - his plumber had the angle of the waste pipes (including the under floor ones) in the wrong direction - the second plumber had to fix it all - complete nightmare.

I’ve seen a lot of builders tell guys who don’t know plumbing to connect the pipes as it’s very simple... they do however forget to set the fall and end up with massive issues.