The Home Improvements Thread (3)

WAslayer said:
Forget about inspection, replace that.. don't believe any professional telling you that they can weld that back together..
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Thanks @WAslayer @W@P

Yeah, I'm inclined to rather dump it.

First quote has come in at R2.5k for pure removal, I'm leaning towards that, but just waiting on more before proceeding, one site inspection pending.
 
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Mosgi said:
Thanks @WAslayer @W@P

Yeah, I'm inclined to rather dump it.

First quote has come in at R2.5k for pure removal, I'm leaning towards that, but just waiting on more before proceeding, one site inspection pending.
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R2.5k to remove it, wtf that's robbery.
 
Steamy Tom said:
R2.5k to remove it, wtf that's robbery.
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I initially thought the same, but that thing is pretty tall and unless the man is living on a plot, can't just take a grinder to the base and drop it..

Gonna take some careful planning and probably a man lift to take it down safely without damaging neighbouring houses..
 
WAslayer said:
I initially thought the same, but that thing is pretty tall and unless the man is living on a plot, can't just take a grinder to the base and drop it..

Gonna take some careful planning and probably a man lift to take it down safely without damaging neighbouring houses..
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Fair, I guess it depends how long the property is and what obstacles are in the way.

If there is ample space though I'm totally dropping that thing myself.
 
Steamy Tom said:
Fair, I guess it depends how long the property is and what obstacles are in the way.

If there is ample space though I'm totally dropping that thing myself.
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For sure.. I would take an angle grinder to the base and then I am off to the scrapyard for my efforts afterwards..
 
WAslayer said:
For sure.. I would take an angle grinder to the base and then I am off to the scrapyard for my efforts afterwards..
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Lol, usually they have a pivot point on the base, you can remove the lower bolt to allow it to pivot and then lower is slowly
 
What is the most affordable and durable flooring type for garages? Has anyone here had epoxy on their garage floor how was it and which brands locally are good ?
 
kory said:
What is the most affordable and durable flooring type for garages? Has anyone here had epoxy on their garage floor how was it and which brands locally are good ?
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My house is 60+ years old. The garage floor is concrete with a cement screed. It still looks good enough for the cars to sleep on.
 
kory said:
What is the most affordable and durable flooring type for garages? Has anyone here had epoxy on their garage floor how was it and which brands locally are good ?
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My newly built house (2015) garage floor started making a little pyramid with the tiles. No expansion compensated for. Tiled straight from wall to wall. Tiny bit of movement and they popped up. This was in 2019 about.

I moered a few tiles stukkend and removed them. Just put a piece of conveyor over the gap. But I would like to redo the garage floor with something nice.

Those colored interlocking things are kak expensive.

At the end of the day, I think removing the tiles and finishing the screed with a nice coating would be fine.
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Woodoc 45 is also an option. You can add color as well.

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Something to do in the new year.

Had redone the garage floor (cement/rebar) etc around 2020 and in the past few years , cracks have appeared.

Guessing that cleaning up the cuts and recementing was a solution or those interlocking garage mats.

The screeding looks great.
 
The screed above looks great. Mine appears to be screeding but it is so rough with so many cracks I am not sure if it should be just called plastering hence my looking for some better looking alternative. If I can get a screed to look like above that will be perfect.
 
TedLasso said:
Something to do in the new year.

Had redone the garage floor (cement/rebar) etc around 2020 and in the past few years , cracks have appeared.

Guessing that cleaning up the cuts and recementing was a solution or those interlocking garage mats.

The screeding looks great.
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You are right, maybe a new project to get my mind straight again.

kory said:
The screed above looks great. Mine appears to be screeding but it is so rough with so many cracks I am not sure if it should be just called plastering hence my looking for some better looking alternative. If I can get a screed to look like above that will be perfect.
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You can hire a floor grinder or floor sander to refinish the surface.


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Then I would suggest you pour a self leveling screed mix of some sort very thin. And myabe if your cracks allign, add expansion joints/strips.

I recently recoated a big under-roof stoep with Woodoc 45, no color. Also casted new kitchen counters with concrete mix and finished with Woodoc 45 with a grey tint. Came out awesome.
 
kory said:
What is the most affordable and durable flooring type for garages? Has anyone here had epoxy on their garage floor how was it and which brands locally are good ?
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I did mine about 10 years ago now...

It was a piss poor job done by a rank amateur who fscked it up (me), but even so it's held up remarkably well to the abuse it's had to endure.

I used a sika 2 part product but can't for the life of me remember the name.
 
ToxicBunny said:
I did mine about 10 years ago now...

It was a piss poor job done by a rank amateur who fscked it up (me), but even so it's held up remarkably well to the abuse it's had to endure.

I used a sika 2 part product but can't for the life of me remember the name.
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Sika 2 part product. That's the name.
 
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