The Home Improvements Thread (3)

Tinuva said:
Ominous....

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Are you still alive?
 
TedLasso said:
So what is the outcome???
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It is installed. Oil put in. Initial programming done.

It cane with only limit switch. So I put the 2nd one in from the old motor. Had to reconfigure that in advanced settings.
It checked both those and you can now open close gate using the button on the control board.

Still need to do remotes, and sonoff sv and then figure out the physical button in the house. There some difference between the old et500 and the now new et600 I need to double check.

So I may not be qualified, wtf ever that means, but I can read the manual and watch YouTube videos to figure it out.
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TedLasso said:
So what is the outcome???
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Still stuck :D Kinda gave up shamefully. Toddler ripped off the kitchen hinges so that was more pressing.
Still need to get to this though.. guys at builders recommended superglue on a piece of cardboard, will try sort it out this weekend.
 
Pho3nix said:
Still stuck :D Kinda gave up shamefully. Toddler ripped off the kitchen hinges so that was more pressing.
Still need to get to this though.. guys at builders recommended superglue on a piece of cardboard, will try sort it out this weekend.
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Another option is just to try to pull the housing itself out ... Since it's two spring clips usually for a GU10 fitting , it should be easy to pry and hopefully you have enough slack cable going to the bulb to facilitate that. Well mines are easy enough to manipulate
 
Ground has officially been broken today on the new building.

Just got a question regarding the borehole pipe, since they seem to have dug down around it. I wasn't going to do anything with it but since it's exposed I would like to take advantage of it as it does quite a wide arch out from the original ground level which can get in the way.

Can I change the line to run horizontal on the ground and then vertical up along the wall? i.e. the bends aren't going to create issues.

Also what would be recommended to do this?

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acidrain said:
Ground has officially been broken today on the new building.

Just got a question regarding the borehole pipe, since they seem to have dug down around it. I wasn't going to do anything with it but since it's exposed I would like to take advantage of it as it does quite a wide arch out from the original ground level which can get in the way.

Can I change the line to run horizontal on the ground and then vertical up along the wall? i.e. the bends aren't going to create issues.

Also what would be recommended to do this?

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If it was me I certainly wouldn't cast it into the foundation.

First prize is to just move it out of the way and reroute it.
Builders are not known for gentleness.

If moving it is too big a job or very difficult I would use 50mm waste pipe (or 110mm) with gentle bends as a conduit of sorts and cast that in.
Then you can route it however it pleases you.
 
Düber said:
If it was me I certainly wouldn't cast it into the foundation.

First prize is to just move it out of the way and reroute it.
Builders are not known for gentleness.

If moving it is too big a job or very difficult I would use 50mm waste pipe (or 110mm) with gentle bends as a conduit of sorts and cast that in.
Then you can route it however it pleases you.
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It's not getting casted, they just happened to dig a very wide trench, exposing the pipe which at that point I thought, what I can do to reduce that radius (guessing 0.5m) which is a slight eyesore.

As they say, if it aint broke don't fix it which I'm thinking is maybe the smarter move here, and instead design a flower bed of sorts or pots to hide it.
 
acidrain said:
It's not getting casted, they just happened to dig a very wide trench, exposing the pipe which at that point I thought, what I can do to reduce that radius (guessing 0.5m) which is a slight eyesore.

As they say, if it aint broke don't fix it which I'm thinking is maybe the smarter move here, and instead design a flower bed of sorts or pots to hide it.
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Oh okay, I thought you wanted to cast it in.

It is just a pipe so if you can move it without kinking or just do it properly with a few bends I don't see a problem.
Otherwise like you say a few plants to hide it.
 
any of our Home Improvement enthusiasts gone and try to do some of those "DRY POUR CONCRETE" that they get to do in the US?
 
Off-The-Chart said:
as well as a concrete countertop

I just want to find out if any of our "Builders quality" bags of concrete can be used for this dry pour stuff
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What are you hoping to gain from a dry pour that you won't from a wet pour, other than saving the two minutes to mix the water through properly for a wet pour..?
 
For the Cape Town fella's, does anyone have a contact of a glazing specialist. Essentially I am needing someone to spec the glazing for my folding door to be in accordance with SANAS 10400 XA requirements.

Already visited the AAAMSA site but non of the listed members there are getting back to me.
 
acidrain said:
For the Cape Town fella's, does anyone have a contact of a glazing specialist. Essentially I am needing someone to spec the glazing for my folding door to be in accordance with SANAS 10400 XA requirements.

Already visited the AAAMSA site but non of the listed members there are getting back to me.
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Try Anglo Windows.. I am dealing with them right now..
 
WAslayer said:
Try Anglo Windows.. I am dealing with them right now..
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So they want to also do the fabrication and install both which I have already got sorted so not going to work.

Just need someone to do the energy efficiency calculation and spec either the right glass or a solution that can be applied to the glass to bring the performance inline with regulations.

From what my architect says, getting the right glass is moer expensive and the cheaper solution is normally to pay an engineer to spec an affordable solution.
 
WAslayer said:
What are you hoping to gain from a dry pour that you won't from a wet pour, other than saving the two minutes to mix the water through properly for a wet pour..?
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as with many of the DIY projects I usually come across, it is more just out of curiosity

the countertop I know can be done, but the dry pour thing had me curious

but yes, I will rather just spend the extra few minutes to mix and be "more assured" than doing an unknown thing
 
Off-The-Chart said:
as with many of the DIY projects I usually come across, it is more just out of curiosity

the countertop I know can be done, but the dry pour thing had me curious

but yes, I will rather just spend the extra few minutes to mix and be "more assured" than doing an unknown thing
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There are plenty of people who have tested this, including concrete testing facilities and the outcome was simply that it will work, but expect it to be about half as strong and inconsistent..

Really not worth the "time savings" you gain by not mixing it..
 
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