The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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ElixirCoder said:
Wow okay

So mine was:

2 x pumps (borehole submersible, booster pump)
All electronics and electrical fittings (fully automated with probes, cutouts, etc)
10000L JoJo Tank + fittings
All piping

They had to crane the drill onto my property due to high walls and trees, etc which was also a lot of money -- those guys charge per minute + per kilometer
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Ok.. I have a tank and booster pump already. Spoke to the lady who send me the add, they got water at 39m.
Don't think i'd go fully automated now. Will start, fill the tank and stop.
Yip, cranes are kak expensive. We hire them every 3rd month or so to move containers. That's a lucrative business.
 
HunterNW said:
Ok.. I have a tank and booster pump already. Spoke to the lady who send me the add, they got water at 39m.
Don't think i'd go fully automated now. Will start, fill the tank and stop.
Yip, cranes are kak expensive. We hire them every 3rd month or so to move containers. That's a lucrative business.
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We potentially needed a crane for my in laws pool a few years back, wanted like R10k or something to just lift a 6x3m fibreglass shell over the houses roof.

We decided to chop a tree down instead and take a different route into the back yard.
Crazy expensive
 
SAguy said:
We potentially needed a crane for my in laws pool a few years back, wanted like R10k or something to just lift a 6x3m fibreglass shell over the houses roof.

We decided to chop a tree down instead and take a different route into the back yard.
Crazy expensive
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Here we pay a crane for a full day, doesn't matter if it's an hour job. Madness.
 
ToxicBunny said:
I've looked around for edging products for a few years and never seen anything even remotely like this, or like the stuff you get in the states... Its frustrating.

Best I've ever really seen (and its not suitable) would be those plastic drains.
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Its a pain in the arse, and paving is $%$#%^$ expensive, even those wooden edging products have gotten expensive.

Maybe I must just buy gum poles and use them.
 
Just some advice for you all. Never ever say the name or think to hard about what tool you are looking for at any point in time. Tools know when you're coming for them and instantly go into hiding.

You can see your stanley knife every day, but when you go look for it specifically - it will hide.
Or like me now, I saw all my allen keys recently - looking for a specific size now, it's hiding.

Just wanted to share this handy tip with everyone.
 
Does anyone have experience with spiral staircases and what they cost? Google isn't much help at all.
Looking to replace and my current one which isn't in great shape.
 
Where should I install the mixer in this sink? I was going to do it in the steel in the middle, but then I realised this is a single sink and may look odd?

But then again being able to, I dunno, fill a pot of water by putting it on the drying area and turning the mixer is also not the worst idea?

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SAguy said:
Where should I install the mixer in this sink? I was going to do it in the steel in the middle, but then I realised this is a single sink and may look odd?

But then again being able to, I dunno, fill a pot of water by putting it on the drying area and turning the mixer is also not the worst idea?

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I'd go top left corner, if it can fit there. It's out of the way and you can fill a pot on the other side.
 
SAguy said:
Where should I install the mixer in this sink? I was going to do it in the steel in the middle, but then I realised this is a single sink and may look odd?

But then again being able to, I dunno, fill a pot of water by putting it on the drying area and turning the mixer is also not the worst idea?

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Middle of the sink, at the back edge.. should make it easy to connect the tap to the pipes..
 
SAguy said:
Where should I install the mixer in this sink? I was going to do it in the steel in the middle, but then I realised this is a single sink and may look odd?

But then again being able to, I dunno, fill a pot of water by putting it on the drying area and turning the mixer is also not the worst idea?

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Is that a plug point on the right hand side?
 
Top left would probably look better, but doesn't really look like the sink was made for that... It'd need to drill into the quartz for that placement.

Need to weigh up drilling into quartz vs sink
 
SAguy said:
Top left would probably look better, but doesn't really look like the sink was made for that... It'd need to drill into the quartz for that placement.

Need to weigh up drilling into quartz vs sink
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Cheaper to replace a badly drilled sink than a badly drilled and cracked quarts top...
 
SAguy said:
Top left would probably look better, but doesn't really look like the sink was made for that... It'd need to drill into the quartz for that placement.

Need to weigh up drilling into quartz vs sink
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Hmmm OK.. That changes things, then centre is probably your only option barring electrical regulations.
 
SAguy said:
It is yeah, I actually forgot to check the distances on the electrical regs. You know off hand if I screwed up here?
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1 metre from the right hand side of the basin to the plug point, however depending on your interpretation of the regs having it on an earth leakage is allowed within that space.
 
SAguy said:
Top left would probably look better, but doesn't really look like the sink was made for that... It'd need to drill into the quartz for that placement.

Need to weigh up drilling into quartz vs sink
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the quartz should not be in the way there, the lip on that sink should be like 2cm away from the edge, you should have enough space

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Steamy Tom said:
the quartz should not be in the way there, the lip on that sink should be like 2cm away from the edge, you should have enough space

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In theory you're right, but the guys love taking short cuts these days and it might protrude a bit more than it really should.

And actually now looking at things on a proper screen and not a phone, I would reiterate my left hand side stance even more if its not gonna cause issues with the quartz top. It will generally look the best, and I think probably be the most useful and possibly even present itself as being closer to the centre of the window which will look a bit less odd.
 
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