The Home Improvements Thread (3)

Snyper564 said:
There was a black friday special with Sequ-door 40% off till end of month. Managed to snag a removal and install for R24k

Sequ-door is apparently one of the better/best people in this game.

2.06x4.16 Custom made to fit space perfectly. 5 panel door. Not doing sliding gate which is an additional 9k. Area we live in is safe enough will fit one if needed in the future. Insurance confirmed it wasnt needed if you have armed response.

PG glass - stock standard door was that without any remove/install

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Lekker. Good score there.
 
Snyper564 said:
There was a black friday special with Sequ-door 40% off till end of month. Managed to snag a removal and install for R24k

Sequ-door is apparently one of the better/best people in this game.

2.06x4.16 Custom made to fit space perfectly. 5 panel door. Not doing sliding gate which is an additional 9k. Area we live in is safe enough will fit one if needed in the future. Insurance confirmed it wasnt needed if you have armed response.

PG glass - stock standard door was that without any remove/install

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That's a good deal, I paid R26k for a 2.5m 3-panel bifold last year.
 
Snyper564 said:
Pg glass came back with 28k quote without removal so sequdoor is a bargain with their special
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This is what PG had quoted me previously(2 years ago)… Went with a custom guy instead who came and built on site.
 
Steamy Tom said:
yeah that could work, would probably still be a bit hard to do. I dont think a PRV can fail in a way that makes output from the geyser poor, it would just either not release pressure or it would leak constantly

If it were me I would honestly start by the tap with the biggest problem. Does it have flex lines or is it hard plumbed? If it has a flex line, remove the flex line at the small shut off valve and attach a new one and test its flow/pressure into a bucket. If it is good or better than the tap, then you know its in the tap or the flex line (It is possible all taps got something in them, I know you its probably best to look for a single point of failure but this is an easy test)
Try blow through the flex line still attached to the tap (with the tap open on the hot all the way, is it easy or hard?

close to the tap it could be:
the shutoff valve
the flex line
the tap

lastly, the pipe that burst, what pipe was it? galvanised? a hot water pipe after the geyser? what did they replace the affected section with, copper? how did they connect the copper to the galvanised?

Sorry for the wall of text
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So not the flex line, not the mixer cartridge, not the mixer body either.. completely disassembled everything and cleaned what little gunk was in there..

Still low pressure..

Pipe burst was a neighborhood pipe.. after that incident all hot water taps had a pressure drop, just the kitchen one that was severely affected, to the point where we wait 10 minutes to have enough lukewarm water to wash dishes with..
 
WAslayer said:
So not the flex line, not the mixer cartridge, not the mixer body either.. completely disassembled everything and cleaned what little gunk was in there..

Still low pressure..

Pipe burst was a neighborhood pipe.. after that incident all hot water taps had a pressure drop, just the kitchen one that was severely affected, to the point where we wait 10 minutes to have enough lukewarm water to wash dishes with..
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Run a new pipe from the geyser to the kitchen, at least in the ceiling where it is easy and without having to break open walls.

Should cut out majority of the existing hot water line.
 
Tinuva said:
Run a new pipe from the geyser to the kitchen, at least in the ceiling where it is easy and without having to break open walls.

Should cut out majority of the existing hot water line.
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I would rather replace the pressure relief valve first, just in case it's full of sand pushed in from the pipe bursts in the neighborhood, of which there have been a few..
 
WAslayer said:
I would rather replace the pressure relief valve first, just in case it's full of sand pushed in from the pipe bursts in the neighborhood, of which there have been a few..
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Snyper564 said:
There was a black friday special with Sequ-door 40% off till end of month. Managed to snag a removal and install for R24k

Sequ-door is apparently one of the better/best people in this game.

2.06x4.16 Custom made to fit space perfectly. 5 panel door. Not doing sliding gate which is an additional 9k. Area we live in is safe enough will fit one if needed in the future. Insurance confirmed it wasnt needed if you have armed response.

PG glass - stock standard door was that without any remove/install

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I know it seems quite obvious, but just ensure they manufacture the door so that it opens outwards.

When I was doing renovations, the architect drew the little zig-zag figures for the stacking doors on the plan as opening inwards, I did not think that the installer would follow that to the T, but they did (and I was not at home when the sub-contractor came to do the measurements), and luckily they got one of the doors height wrong, so we swapped 2 doors and they remanufactured the other.
 
The_MAC said:
I know it seems quite obvious, but just ensure they manufacture the door so that it opens outwards.

When I was doing renovations, the architect drew the little zig-zag figures for the stacking doors on the plan as opening inwards, I did not think that the installer would follow that to the T, but they did (and I was not at home when the sub-contractor came to do the measurements), and luckily they got one of the doors height wrong, so we swapped 2 doors and they remanufactured the other.
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Thanks we made sure its outwards but good to note for others!
 
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