The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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ElixirCoder said:
From the pic I can't tell if it's wood or steel.

If the latter, then removal really just isn't worth while, as they are built into the brickwork and it's a proper mission to take out.

If wood, then a much easier job.
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Ya they are steel. Damn, I really hope there is a way around it by either bricking up the glass pane and platering over that section of the wall.
 
MGMT said:
Ya they are steel. Damn, I really hope there is a way around it by either bricking up the glass pane and platering over that section of the wall.
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Break pane of glass out and weld steel sheet in place and paint.. can weld one either side flush with the frame, to make it look flat..
 
adrcl said:
Need a recommendation for bathroom ceiling paint.
It is concrete and there are spots of mould popping up.
I have a wall extractor but it seems the water droplets that condense are the problem.
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Make sure you kill the mould and clean it off before Painting.. mould off and there is another off the shelf product you can use.. or just a bleach solution in a spray bottle will work as well..

You get paint specific for bathroom and kitchen ceilings that already has the micro an included, just have a look at paint shelves in the hardware stores.. typically only in white though..
 
SAguy said:
Yeah... I hate the steel frames I have in my house. Worst is if it's steel frame that's rusting in a bathroom and you've got tiles.

You'll probably need to retile your bathroom if you don't have spares and you wanna rip this thing out.
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I had this exact situation. Turns out it was all surface rust. Ended up sanding it all off and cleaning with spirits. Then used Ns4 paint before painting with color. Turned out real nice.

Also gardener was skeptical about my idea of sanding. He wanted to replace. But after much motivation and him sanding it, he was convinced sanding was the correct way of fixing the rust.

Well, half a year prior this I had to resolve 2 different leaks in water pipes in this single bathroom. So root cause wad fixed prior to worrying about the steel frame rust.
 
I have 2 steel garden chairs that are slightly rusted.

I was thinking of using Rustoleum rust reformer spray paint and then spray painting on top with Rustoleum ultra (primer and top coat in 1).

Has anyone done something like this, how did you do it and can you please give some advice.
 
I have a number of horizontal cracks some a few metres long. Higher up on the wall. They have become black and i suspect are allowing water in.

This probably means that I need to repair the cracks and repaint the house which I haven't budgeted for as I did it around 3 years ago.

What would be the best way to open the crack and fill it for repainting? Which product should I usem chemical mortars seems to be needed but that stuff expensive per tube.
 
smiley-zn said:
I have 2 steel garden chairs that are slightly rusted.

I was thinking of using Rustoleum rust reformer spray paint and then spray painting on top with Rustoleum ultra (primer and top coat in 1).

Has anyone done something like this, how did you do it and can you please give some advice.
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Honestly, I would first try and find out what the cost would be for the chairs to be sand blasted or shot blasted, as that would get rid of all the rust and give you a nice bare metal surface to work with..

Self etching primer, anti-rust coat and some hammerite and you are good to go..

I can't imagine that getting the chairs blasted would be that expensive..
 
alqassam said:
I have a number of horizontal cracks some a few metres long. Higher up on the wall. They have become black and i suspect are allowing water in.

This probably means that I need to repair the cracks and repaint the house which I haven't budgeted for as I did it around 3 years ago.

What would be the best way to open the crack and fill it for repainting? Which product should I usem chemical mortars seems to be needed but that stuff expensive per tube.
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Cracks that allow water in are not good, there could be a major structural issue.
 
smiley-zn said:
I have 2 steel garden chairs that are slightly rusted.

I was thinking of using Rustoleum rust reformer spray paint and then spray painting on top with Rustoleum ultra (primer and top coat in 1).

Has anyone done something like this, how did you do it and can you please give some advice.
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I did this with my wash line at my old place, make sure you grind as much of the rust off as possible.
 
SAguy said:
Yeah... I hate the steel frames I have in my house. Worst is if it's steel frame that's rusting in a bathroom and you've got tiles.

You'll probably need to retile your bathroom if you don't have spares and you wanna rip this thing out.
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I have that problem, I've cut out the rust, painted with various rust products, keeps coming back.
 
Has anyone used the rubber roofing products? e.g https://leroymerlin.co.za/roof-wate...VMUM9wjWWCkkFHPvTVQ3cIj1bPkiABZxoCqugQAvD_BwE

I have a flat roof house, I've probably spent R100k on getting it fixed by "professionals" - and have found that the easiest way to keep it leak proof is to go up once a year and patch it with Duram Fibretech.

Problem is - if I skip a year, the roof leaks in random places. (I skipped this year and have 3/4 small leaks)
 
xrapidx said:
I have that problem, I've cut out the rust, painted with various rust products, keeps coming back.
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I've thought about trying to fit wood over them somehow - but I'd need to seal it properly so it doesn't rust inside.
 
xrapidx said:
Has anyone used the rubber roofing products? e.g https://leroymerlin.co.za/roof-wate...VMUM9wjWWCkkFHPvTVQ3cIj1bPkiABZxoCqugQAvD_BwE

I have a flat roof house, I've probably spent R100k on getting it fixed by "professionals" - and have found that the easiest way to keep it leak proof is to go up once a year and patch it with Duram Fibretech.

Problem is - if I skip a year, the roof leaks in random places. (I skipped this year and have 3/4 small leaks)
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I had my whole flat roof rebuilt for the granny flat, and I still get leaks.
Roofing skills are non existent in this country I guess.
 
SAguy said:
I had my whole flat roof rebuilt for the granny flat, and I still get leaks.
Roofing skills are non existent in this country I guess.
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Yup had my roof done and the bloody guy emigrated 4 months after doing the roof sigh. But yeah it was fine for awhile but the first big winds that kicked in back to leaks.
 
SAguy said:
I've thought about trying to fit wood over them somehow - but I'd need to seal it properly so it doesn't rust inside.
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I think the only way to fix it is completely cutting out the rusted bits - and treating the remaining raw metal, only then filling in the cut out portions, and painting.

My next attempt will be with automotive body putty.
 
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