The Home Improvements Thread (3)

DrJohnZoidberg said:
Ja, flat roof is just a pain but it was such a fad at the time when so many houses in my area were built it's hard to find ones that don't have flat roofs.

Any time there hard wind driven rain you just cross your fingers and hope things don't get completely soaked.

The guys I got to redo my roof were very upfront about this, and the owner straight up told me there isn't really anything he can do to address certain problem areas without restructuring the roof.

I hopefully don't intend to move anytime soon though, if I'm here long enough I may end up just redoing the roof and making it a pitched roof. I just had all the IBR replaced last year so that's not going to happen any time soon.
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I actually got a quote for putting on a proper pitched roof, if I recall - it was about 800k 12-14 years ago.
 
back breaking work too, the angles you need to be in to get to some of these seals is rough
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Temu has every kind of these insulation strips you can think of.

When I moved into my new place 2 years ago, I had the window guys come in and redo all the internal rubber seals as most of them were in terrible shape. It looks like a real kak job to do so I'm glad I just paid somebody to do it.
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Believe me, I have checked them all. They are just just too big to slip into the groove.
 
Any new windows I put in are going to be UPVC double glazed windows. My place has so many single pane aluminium windows which just have zero insulation ability. It looks like the UPVC windows are starting to penetrate the market more now but it's still majority aluminium.
 
Ecco said:
Learned friends,

I want replace the insulation on aluminium window frames.

Those brush things look worn out, flat as a pancake or in some case hardly any bristles left.
  1. Where can I buy a nice long reel of this stuff – my usual spot builders warehouse, has 5m at about R500 – which seems crazy to me, given how many meters I will likely need
  2. I tried to pull some out, not easy, and I presume getting it in will be more difficult, is this a job for a company that does this day to day or have you guys found this easy to do?
Thanks in advance for any help
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Try https://conways.co.za/
 
Is there any way to resuscitate scratched ceramic tiles?

Previous owner let the door droop and scratch the tiles over many years I presume. The option to re-tile is not on the cards at the moment.

I tried cleaning it lightly thinking it might be deep seated dirt, but seems the "glaze" is gone.

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The_MAC said:
Is there any way to resuscitate scratched ceramic tiles?

Previous owner let the door droop and scratch the tiles over many years I presume. The option to re-tile is not on the cards at the moment.

I tried cleaning it lightly thinking it might be deep seated dirt, but seems the "glaze" is gone.

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Nope.. if the top surface is scratched off, the tile is gone.. you could try re-glazing, but you are never going to get a colour match, so you need to redo the entire area..
 
WAslayer said:
Nope.. if the top surface is scratched off, the tile is gone.. you could try re-glazing, but you are never going to get a colour match, so you need to redo the entire area..
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I can live with it, but hoped there was a way to salvage the 4 scratched tiles
 
Ok so what can I use to cover over a sewerage drain that is paved around? As we still need access to it and it does have it's lid still,but the paving is a brick high from the cover and we want to still prevent smells coming from the drain. Sadly it's like in the middle of the garden.
 
Lupus said:
Ok so what can I use to cover over a sewerage drain that is paved around? As we still need access to it and it does have it's lid still,but the paving is a brick high from the cover and we want to still prevent smells coming from the drain. Sadly it's like in the middle of the garden.
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You can hammer the frame out and cement it higher level with the bricks.
 
Lupus said:
It needs to be accessible sadly
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It's still accessible, the lid just becomes thicker with the added sliced bricks on top. Their lids you need to insert a rod to lift the lid so they just drill holes in the bricks for the rod to pass into the hole of the lid
 
krieg said:
It's still accessible, the lid just becomes thicker with the added sliced bricks on top. Their lids you need to insert a rod to lift the lid so they just drill holes in the bricks for the rod to pass into the hole of the lid
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Now that is an idea, got a ton of bricks left, would need to fix the bricks around the hole cause the guys cut it a bit off to keep the lid accessible.
 
Lupus said:
Now that is an idea, got a ton of bricks left, would need to fix the bricks around the hole cause the guys cut it a bit off to keep the lid accessible.
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Just a suggestion, glue the bricks onto the lid with this,

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and then perhaps a grout/cement mix to fill in the gaps for the looks.

I have a wooden house and no matter what I tried the wall tiles in the bathroom and kitchen kept falling off until I started using that.
Haven't had a loose or fallen tile since I redid them with that, must be five or six years now.
I also used it to fix a brick that came out of a step and that's still in place.
 
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Hi everyone

I've seen this room/roof extention on a few houses and had a few questions:

1. What type of roof/room extention is this?

2. Is it a good idea to have such an extention? Any typical issues with it?

3. How does it look from the inside? Does it appear to be one room or does it still have that dividing wall? What about ceiling height?

4. How far out can such an extention span? 1m? 2m? 4m?

5. How much would such an extention typically cost? Say to add 4m2-6m2?
 
Tony Stark said:
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Hi everyone

I've seen this room/roof extention on a few houses and had a few questions:

1. What type of roof/room extention is this?

2. Is it a good idea to have such an extention? Any typical issues with it?

3. How does it look from the inside? Does it appear to be one room or does it still have that dividing wall? What about ceiling height?

4. How far out can such an extention span? 1m? 2m? 4m?

5. How much would such an extention typically cost? Say to add 4m2-6m2?
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The expense of extending to add 4-6sqm is not worth it.. that is a tiny bit of extending..

Most of your questions are design dependent and what specifically you want.. it's best to speak with an architect and draughtsman, discuss your ideas with them and they can tell you what's possible and what needs to happen to make it possible.. only then can you get estimate on costs..
 
Thanks @WAslayer
WAslayer said:
The expense of extending to add 4-6sqm is not worth it.. that is a tiny bit of extending..

Most of your questions are design dependent and what specifically you want.. it's best to speak with an architect and draughtsman, discuss your ideas with them and they can tell you what's possible and what needs to happen to make it possible.. only then can you get estimate on costs..
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@WAslayer Thanks for the feedback!

Is there a specifc name for "type" of extention in the aforementioned picture? It looks like the extended roof is lodged into the existing roof?
 
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