The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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HunterNW said:
Yip. That star screw - Turned it clockwise and something loosened up. Some fcker before me stripped some of the screws - not sure how i'll get them loose.
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Drill big enough hole into the top, pull chain through and hook up to your bakkie. Speed away
 
HunterNW said:
Yip. That star screw - Turned it clockwise and something loosened up. Some fcker before me stripped some of the screws - not sure how i'll get them loose.
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drill them out? or just cut the pins off using a hacksaw blad then you can remove the cam afterwards with more access.
 
Steamy Tom said:
drill them out? or just cut the pins off using a hacksaw blad then you can remove the cam afterwards with more access.
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Great idea. I won't use these fasteners on the new tops. Just plain L brackets.
Dunno what the old people did on kitchen tops that they needed them to be earthquake proof.
 
HunterNW said:
Yip. That star screw - Turned it clockwise and something loosened up. Some fcker before me stripped some of the screws - not sure how i'll get them loose.
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Try a flat part of rubber band between the screw head and the Philips screwdriver, works like a tricky-dicky for some stripped screw heads
 
Morning. SO i got the first top off. Used the hacksaw idea @Steamy Tom

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Top fits under the tiles. So obvious cupboards were installed and tiles after.
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And as you can see the back hardboard is higher than the cupboard sides, so these okes did this:
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They cut a groove in the top so the hardboard fits inside.
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Just pics of the pin and locking device. Another fckup - it locks both ways, so they locked some clockwise, others anti.
 
I just love all the experts here. Todays quiz:
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Old top is 35mm, new tops 32mm. That yellow squiggle will be a 3 mm gap. Close with silicone or is there some sort of back plate, thingamagik that can be sticked over ? Was thinking like an aluminum quarter round or something ?
 
Is it doable to lower a ground floor stepped shower to be level with the floor?
 
HunterNW said:
I just love all the experts here. Todays quiz:
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Old top is 35mm, new tops 32mm. That yellow squiggle will be a 3 mm gap. Close with silicone or is there some sort of back plate, thingamagik that can be sticked over ? Was thinking like an aluminum quarter round or something ?
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Why not just shim the underside of the top, between cupboard, so it's level with the bottom of the tile?
 
MDE said:
Why not just shim the underside of the top, between cupboard, so it's level with the bottom of the tile?
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That's an option...... which would save me to try and take out that back hardboard (You can see it's higher than the sides, so i'll have to cut it down).
So what shimms ? Cut wood strips, glue to the sides ?
 
HunterNW said:
That's an option...... which would save me to try and take out that back hardboard (You can see it's higher than the sides, so i'll have to cut it down).
So what shimms ? Cut wood strips, glue to the sides ?
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Don't know if you have a gelmar in your backwards town there, but they sell wood shims..
 
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