The Home Improvements Thread (2)

[D tj]

Buy a sheet of 3.2 mm masonite or preferably 3.2mm white sign board cut it your 2.3x1.2 and look at it then trim it down until it looks right.
Remember Goldilocks: Too hot, Too Cold, just right: Too big, too small, just right.
2.3 x1.2 sounds too big.

 

[WAslayer]

Seeing as I'm having my island custom cut, could I have it wider than 900; so having a longer overhang? Initially the plan was to have it If 2100x900 , but seeing as I have a slab that I can use, I could make it 2300x1200.

Is extending the overhang by 300 too much; considering it'll be sitting on stove/cupboards that are just 600 deep.

Or also a disqualifier... will it look stupid

Will look stupid.. 300 is perfect really.. I wish whoever did mine before I bought the house went 300..

Here is me sitting at the counter.. l am average height at 1.76m.. my knees are touching the back of the cupboard here..

 

[SAguy]

This gate has been a disaster from day 1... I should have stopped the project long ago.
After taking 3 months, countless issues, delays, etc it's finally installed and this is how out of line everything is

The brick paving is straight, everything else is skew. You can't see on the pic but the gate itself is completely skew too, at the top it sits behind the post it locks into, and the bottom it's in front of the post by about 20mm.

I'm going to have to take it all out and refit it again. At least there's a gate now, but I'll have to chop out all the posts out of the concrete footings and do it again. That's gonna be a fun weekend.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I have to ask, how the fsck did they get the alignment so gawd damn wrong... You can see it from a mile away.

 

[Tabac]

This gate has been a disaster from day 1... I should have stopped the project long ago.
After taking 3 months, countless issues, delays, etc it's finally installed and this is how out of line everything is

The brick paving is straight, everything else is skew. You can't see on the pic but the gate itself is completely skew too, at the top it sits behind the post it locks into, and the bottom it's in front of the post by about 20mm.

I'm going to have to take it all out and refit it again. At least there's a gate now, but I'll have to chop out all the posts out of the concrete footings and do it again. That's gonna be a fun weekend.

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Who installed it ?

 

[SAguy]

I have to ask, how the fsck did they get the alignment so gawd damn wrong... You can see it from a mile away.

I was in a meeting when he left. Messaged the guy now saying it looks bad and he says he doesn't understand what I mean by it's not aligned nicely.

Who installed it ?

The guy who made it. Clearly his skills lie in making the gates up and not in installing.

 

[SAguy]

Sad part is the gates actually look nice

 

[Tabac]

I was in a meeting when he left. Messaged the guy now saying it looks bad and he says he doesn't understand what I mean by it's not aligned nicely.


The guy who made it. Clearly his skills lie in making the gates up and not in installing.

The gate doesn't look kak. Looks damn nice. Just the allignment.... fckit.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Sad part is the gates actually look nice

They do, they look bloody fantastic and I might sort of steal the idea at some point in the nearish future for a fence/gate I need to do on my property.

 

[SAguy]

The gate doesn't look kak. Looks damn nice. Just the allignment.... fckit.

yeah... as far as fkups go it's not the worst at least. With some blood and sweat I can fix it myself at no major cost.

 

[Itsa Trap]

Hey guys, when removing / replacing a ceiling mounted extractor fan for a bathroom, where does one measure from to get the correct size that manufacturers actually state on the box? Or is there no standard for this between manufacturers?

Edit: Or the other way around, on the existing fan which needs to be replaced, what do I measure? The lip of the fixture that covers some of the ceiling and where the screws are to hold it in place, the actual rim (or the "tunnel" in which the fan resides) or the fan blades edge to edge?

 

[TheBadMadMan]

Hey guys, when removing / replacing a ceiling mounted extractor fan for a bathroom, where does one measure from to get the correct size that manufacturers actually state on the box? Or is there no standard for this between manufacturers?

Is there any kind of model number on the existing unit?

 

[howardb]

Hey guys, when removing / replacing a ceiling mounted extractor fan for a bathroom, where does one measure from to get the correct size that manufacturers actually state on the box? Or is there no standard for this between manufacturers?

Edit: Or the other way around, on the existing fan which needs to be replaced, what do I measure? The lip of the fixture that covers some of the ceiling and where the screws are to hold it in place, the actual rim (or the "tunnel" in which the fan resides) or the fan blades edge to edge?

For our Hydor bathroom extractors, they said 250mm fan on the box and the hole cutout was 250mm. Not sure if the same for all manufacturers though.

Edit:
I think you measure the existing cutout hole and that should be your fan unit size.

 

[WAslayer]

This gate has been a disaster from day 1... I should have stopped the project long ago.
After taking 3 months, countless issues, delays, etc it's finally installed and this is how out of line everything is

The brick paving is straight, everything else is skew. You can't see on the pic but the gate itself is completely skew too, at the top it sits behind the post it locks into, and the bottom it's in front of the post by about 20mm.

I'm going to have to take it all out and refit it again. At least there's a gate now, but I'll have to chop out all the posts out of the concrete footings and do it again. That's gonna be a fun weekend.

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The hinges are out of alignment.. top hinge sit back 20mm on the vertical plane with the bottom hinge.. asumming the post the hinges are attached to, is plum..

 

[SAguy]

The hinges are out of alignment.. top hinge sit back 20mm on the vertical plane with the bottom hinge.. asumming the post the hinges are attached to, is plum..

yip, it's possible that the hinges our out of alignment. I'll have a look later to see what's all skew.

 

[SAguy]

Just noticed now how this guy melted my fake lawn all over the place where he was welding.



I'm gatvol now. Thanks for screwing me around from day 1 with constant excuses @Smokey mcpot - now I'm left with a skew gate that I need to refit and a good couple of thousands worth of repairs to my lawn. You were worse than my previous builder, at least I didn't have to drive to his house and beg him to finish the job.

 

[Tinuva]

I believe there always 3 sides to a story. Sad to see your grass like that.

 

[SAguy]

I believe there always 3 sides to a story. Sad to see your grass like that.

Yip, fair enough.

 

[Steamy Tom]

im so lost

 

[maumau]

im so lost

..... and surprised, never heard a complaint about Smokey before

P.S. he hasn't been online since 21 August, hope he's OK.