The Home Improvements Thread (3)

[spiff]

Anyone know of spray foam insulation companies in Cape town?

 

[WAslayer]

Anyone know of spray foam companies in Cape town?

Like spray foam insulation..?

 

[binloud]

Looking for some advice, have a metal fence and gate (not palisade) but similar in the front of my property and looking to add some privacy. Was thinking Nutec, looking for something cost effective. Based in CT - Southern Suburbs will likely DIY.

 

[Mannydefreitas]

Looking for some advice, have a metal fence and gate (not palisade) but similar in the front of my property and looking to add some privacy. Was thinking Nutec, looking for something cost effective. Based in CT - Southern Suburbs will likely DIY.

Nutec will be the best that doesn't look squatter like zinc sheeting will.

You get it in 4mn but that will be too thin for you.

6mm will be better, but even thicker will be best.

Attaching it will be difficult.

An idea would be to screw a 20mm x 20mn Aluminium angle horizontally along bottom, then a 10 or 12mm Aluminium channel Long the top and slide the Nutec in.

Check the sizes, I think it comes in 1200mm wide by up to 3000mm long,

Dense shade net will be cheaper and easier.

 

[xrapidx]

My neighbour as been quoted R32k to replace this portion of wall in 3-4 days, to me, it seems a bit excessive - and fast - but I fortunately haven't had to build anything in 5 years.




Any opinions, I mean, it can't be more than R4000 in bricks.

 

[Heisenborg]

5days later and the house is refloored with vinyl.

It is one HUGE undertaking to re floor a house.

NOOIT WEER NIE

 

[Steamy Tom]

My neighbour as been quoted R32k to replace this portion of wall in 3-4 days, to me, it seems a bit excessive - and fast - but I fortunately haven't had to build anything in 5 years.
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Any opinions, I mean, it can't be more than R4000 in bricks.

its about R3000 for cement stock bricks and about R5000 for clay stock bricks, but in reality they could clean and re-use many of the bricks there in my mind.

R32k does seem a bit heavy, there is materials, lets call it R8-10k including the plaster and paint, leaves quite a big margin for the labour and transport etc

3-4 days sounds achievable, but they shouldn't paint it so fast

I drive past this one house once in a while, guy has his wall propped up with gum poles for quite a while now xD

 

[krieg]

My neighbour as been quoted R32k to replace this portion of wall in 3-4 days, to me, it seems a bit excessive - and fast - but I fortunately haven't had to build anything in 5 years.
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Any opinions, I mean, it can't be more than R4000 in bricks.

That wall looks intact, I would actually just jack under the foundation and brace the wall afterwards.

 

[spiff]

Looking for some advice, have a metal fence and gate (not palisade) but similar in the front of my property and looking to add some privacy. Was thinking Nutec, looking for something cost effective. Based in CT - Southern Suburbs will likely DIY.

Nutec works the best. Did the whole backyard myself.

 

[xrapidx]

3-4 days sounds achievable, but they shouldn't paint it so fast

That's one of my main issues, its misty, the plaster is not gonna dry.

I see the quote also has them removing and redoing the existing foundation, which means they'll probably do the wall a day after the foundation.

 

[Steamy Tom]

That's one of my main issues, its misty, the plaster is not gonna dry.

I see the quote also has them removing and redoing the existing foundation, which means they'll probably do the wall a day after the foundation.

yeah the guys here generally don't wait long enough for things, literally pour 1 day and build on it the next. You are probably right though it would take more than 4 days the more I think about it, also knowing the average "contractor" they will probably be up and down between 2 jobs paying for the last with this ones money and waiting for another job to finish this one.

 

[ToxicBunny]

That's one of my main issues, its misty, the plaster is not gonna dry.

I see the quote also has them removing and redoing the existing foundation, which means they'll probably do the wall a day after the foundation.

So I can see the job taking 3 - 4 days of actual labour, but it should be spaced out over 2 or 3 weeks, to let the foundation cure properly and then the plaster to cure somewhat.

 

[xrapidx]

So I can see the job taking 3 - 4 days of actual labour, but it should be spaced out over 2 or 3 weeks, to let the foundation cure properly and then the plaster to cure somewhat.

Foundations done on Wednesday, wall went up yesterday - I suspect today they'll plaster - and either prime tomorrow or Monday.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Foundations done on Wednesday, wall went up yesterday - I suspect today they'll plaster - and either prime tomorrow or Monday.

Eish, altogether just way too fast and compressed a timetable in my opinion.

I had my sections of my house plastered about 3 months ago, and I intentionally left it for 2 months before painting the newly plastered surfaces to give the plaster time to cure properly.

 

[xrapidx]

Eish, altogether just way too fast and compressed a timetable in my opinion.

I had my sections of my house plastered about 3 months ago, and I intentionally left it for 2 months before painting the newly plastered surfaces to give the plaster time to cure properly.

Yeh, I've done the same in the past... maybe they know something we don't.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yeh, I've done the same in the past... maybe they know something we don't.

If only, but given the vast majority of contractors in this country its all about getting the job finished as quickly as possible to move onto the next one.

 

[xrapidx]

It's weird, they built a new wall across from the neighbour at the same pace - and after priming last week - its been standing since.

 

[Mosgi]

Okes - need some help! So I have a few hairline cracks that have developed in the ceiling along the section where we broke down a wall… Cracks were tiny but I didn’t repair so I could monitor.

Looking for someone who can add an I beam across with two uprights on either side.

While the original assessment was that there was no load on the walls taken down - I’m now sceptical and would rather be safe.

 

[maumau]

@Mosgi
Had the identical issue years ago. Engineer friend suggested these beams, the idea might work for you. He said they could have improved on the cross beam which should have been flipped 90 degrees (if you get my drift).

Maybe an engineer here can offer advice.

 

[deesef]

Okes - need some help! So I have a few hairline cracks that have developed in the ceiling along the section where we broke down a wall… Cracks were tiny but I didn’t repair so I could monitor.

Looking for someone who can add an I beam across with two uprights on either side.

While the original assessment was that there was no load on the walls taken down - I’m now sceptical and would rather be safe.

There is a permanent solution that you could diy: easiest and cheapest would be to use "content aware fill" from Photoshop. You can just sign up for a one month subscription, then cancel after applying the fix...