The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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So my new gardener has a knack for killing my irrigation, I think every second week I've had him for the last 3 months he's made a hole somewhere.

I want to cover the piping with something solid, I was thinking of buying 6m 110mm underground pipes, and cutting them in half - unless someone has a better suggestion?

Irrigation pipes are underground the soil.
 
xrapidx said:
So my new gardener has a knack for killing my irrigation, I think every second week I've had him for the last 3 months he's made a hole somewhere.

I want to cover the piping with something solid, I was thinking of buying 6m 110mm underground pipes, and cutting them in half - unless someone has a better suggestion?

Irrigation pipes are underground the soil.
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Fire the fscker and get someone more responsible? Probably cheaper and easier :p

Edit: An idea i saw at Engen garages recently. On the paving they have little studs mounted in a line. For you and me, we would not even see/notice it, but it tells them and future maintenance engineers where the pipe runs are - so they don't need to dig up to forecourt to work out the pipe locations. Very cool simple idea. Perhaps a solution like that could be made so that your moron (sorry that's what your gardener is to me now) can be reminded where they are when he is working?
 
InternetLuddite said:
Fire the fscker and get someone more responsible? Probably cheaper and easier

Edit: An idea i saw at Engen garages recently. On the paving they have little studs mounted in a line. For you and me, we would not even see/notice it, but it tells them and future maintenance engineers where the pipe runs are - so they don't need to dig up to forecourt to work out the pipe locations. Very cool simple idea. Perhaps a solution like that could be made so that your moron (sorry that's what your gardener is to me now) can be reminded where they are when he is working?
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Unskilled labour - you're never going to win. Fired the last one for the same ****. Did it myself for a year, but just don't have the time.

I'd rather spend the R600 odd and not sorry about it again.
 
That’s the problem with unskilled labour.

ive heard many people say “I’ll just pick up a guy outside builders “. That’s not a bad idea as the guys can do the work, however a lot of these guys need the guidance and instruction. People don’t realize this and at the end of the day sit with a huge mess.

move been to quite a few guys on here’s places in the last few months. I’m very open and honest about what I can do, but prefer to use someone else who specializes in the service. Sometimes we pay more by trying to save
 
Smokey mcpot said:
That’s the problem with unskilled labour.

ive heard many people say “I’ll just pick up a guy outside builders “. That’s not a bad idea as the guys can do the work, however a lot of these guys need the guidance and instruction. People don’t realize this and at the end of the day sit with a huge mess.

move been to quite a few guys on here’s places in the last few months. I’m very open and honest about what I can do, but prefer to use someone else who specializes in the service. Sometimes we pay more by trying to save
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A question if you don't mind. The plaster job the guys did here is generally good, but there are a few "scars" from electrician screw ups and so on.

Any reason not to consider just skimming all the walls with cretestone to get a nice uniform finish everywhere? Instead of hassling with trying to touch up with sanding and filling
 
APoc184 said:
Nice!!

Thinking about going this route this weekend. R695 is worth the gamble. And at least We can do all the security gates and wife can start using it for her bigger chalk paint projects.

What paint did you use and what ratio did you need to dilute it to get it through the gun?
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Fired Earth Inside Out Satin Acrylic - Thru And Thru (20L) | PVA Interior Matt Paint | PVA Interior Paint | Paint & Adhesives | Builders South Africa

That paint and then about 800ml of paint and 200ml of water.

You get a little measuring cup that you work out when your paint is the right consistency.
Takes a bit of time for the first one, i went 50ml, then added another 50ml, mixed, till i got to that consistence and then from there, quick
 
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"An airless spray gun that can spray many different types of coatings. 500W Motor. Will spray plastic &amp latex paint, water-based paint, primers, varnishes, oil-based paint, enamel, aluminum paints, car undersealing, wood sealers, wood preservatives, and wood stains."

Seems more versatile than the other one? There's a 60w model as well.

Edit: I see the other one can do pretty much the same, I think.

Materials which can be used:

Solvent containing and water-dilutable enamel paints, vanishes, primers,
two-component paints, clear enamels, motor-vehicle enamels, mordants and wood
preservatives.

Materials which cannot be used:

Wall paints (emulsions) etc., lyes and acid containing coating materials.
 
I doubt these are airless, as for airless the paint would need to travel through a pump.
These look like air sprayers.
 
SAguy said:
A question if you don't mind. The plaster job the guys did here is generally good, but there are a few "scars" from electrician screw ups and so on.

Any reason not to consider just skimming all the walls with cretestone to get a nice uniform finish everywhere? Instead of hassling with trying to touch up with sanding and filling
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Absolutely nothing wrong with that. When painting indoors I generally do this when the walls don’t look 100%. The scars can make a paint finish look terrible!
 
Smokey mcpot said:
Absolutely nothing wrong with that. When painting indoors I generally do this when the walls don’t look 100%. The scars can make a paint finish look terrible!
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Cool, good to know that it can be done. I see how the guys come along with the filler/finishing plaster/sanding... otherwise they'll have to skim all the walls.

I hate our existing interior walls, it's this old school textured walls - and wherever a picture has been hung or something was done in the 70 years of the houses life you can see it clearly. Oneday I'll start having every wall inside skimmed... but yeah, that's going to be a job and a half.
 
Busy ripping up old concrete paving to be replaced with new cobble paving. 70 + year old concrete a good 200mm thick in some places.

Broken bit snapped off right at the end of the day.

They dont build them like they used to....
 

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jezzad said:
Busy ripping up old concrete paving to be replaced with new cobble paving. 70 + year old concrete a good 200mm thick in some places.

Broken bit snapped off right at the end of the day.

They dont build them like they used to....
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Please remember to have adequate slope away from the house to prevent water collection at the base of your foundation.

If you are on a slope, now is a good time to reinforce the ground to prevent any kind of movement.

Also, that gutter down-pipe is throwing all kinds of water right at the base of your foundation, now's the time to fix that.
 
TheBadMadMan said:
Please remember to have adequate slope away from the house to prevent water collection at the base of your foundation.

If you are on a slope, now is a good time to reinforce the ground to prevent any kind of movement.

Also, that gutter down-pipe is throwing all kinds of water right at the base of your foundation, now's the time to fix that.
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Gutters are being replaced next week and we are installing sunken gutters to pull water away.
 
SAguy said:
Cool, good to know that it can be done. I see how the guys come along with the filler/finishing plaster/sanding... otherwise they'll have to skim all the walls.

I hate our existing interior walls, it's this old school textured walls - and wherever a picture has been hung or something was done in the 70 years of the houses life you can see it clearly. Oneday I'll start having every wall inside skimmed... but yeah, that's going to be a job and a half.
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Before the Crete stone use something for bonding on the existing finish. Not absolutely needed but does help
 
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