Digger hire is cheaper than a skip.Originally Posted by niko_cee
Digger hire is cheaper than a skip.
Sold it again for just 10k over and bought somewhere else now too.
Got some sensational gear in this weekend to fix a developing gap under my bathroom window.
Gonna touch up the rest of the grouting (assuming it won't hurt to just stick a layer on top of the old stuff as I'm not in the business of removing it and shit). Anyone know how long this stuff lasts in the container? The instructions say 24 months in an unopened container which is of little help.
I presume using this to replaster a little chip on a wall is not wise?
Had a spark round today to finally finish the living room and dining room. Both rooms have been redecorated, new lights, new furniture (shelves, dining table/chairs etc.) and got the TV on the wall with the cables chased in the wall to make it as neat as possible. Pleased with it:
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Just waiting on the new settee now. Oh and to take the wrapper off the telly.
Last edited by Baz; 28-10-2021 at 03:19 PM.
I'm a twit
Is Catherine just as pleased with the result?
Is the TV OK above the leccy fireplace? Or do you not use it for heat?
I'm a real man so I mounted my own TV this weekend and have no wires showing at all
Shes just glad it’s finished.
It gets used about once a year and emits heat out rather than up. Will be fine.
Lets seeI'm a real man so I mounted my own TV this weekend and have no wires showing at all
I'm a twit
Buoyancy-defying fireplace.
I don't mean to be overly critical, but what is the point of chasing the wires into the wall when you have them running up the wall, along the boards, and all that box shit on full show to boot?
Caught a mouse last night
There'll be more. Do you not have a cat? As much as they can be wankers the main benefit of them is the pest control. Ours is a house cat now, there is a mouse in our garden I have spotted before (probably the shed too by that logic) but they never come in the house because the lazy bastard becomes the terminator when anything enters his patch.
I’ll hopefully wipe them out with traps. Had an issue with some in when the cold snap happened and after much looking I found a hole where the last cunt had ran a pipe out but left access around it into the cavity. Cemented all up and been around the whole place so nothing can get in, just need to finish wiping them out now. I’d got a couple at the time but hadn’t seen any more evidence until this one.
I’d live with them before I have a cat about the place though anyway.
Giggles hates pussy pass it on
I'm a twit
Television's above the fireplace.
(Or generally anywhere at high level).
Don't use glue traps, not worth the clean up operation.
Cats seem to bring in more wildlife than they eliminate anyway.
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Nope, the old school wooden ones are the only job. Can get the bait in nice and tight and there’s pretty much no chance of survival.
Had to have a geezer round today because there's suddenly a wet patch on the wall. He's 90% sure it's rising damp.
Our furniture arrives tomorrow. We can actually start moving in. Looking forward to not living in a hotel.
How old is your property?Had to have a geezer round today because there's suddenly a wet patch on the wall. He's 90% sure it's rising damp.
Very. Atleast 100 years old.
Ah. Fair play. If a company offers you a chemical DPC, make sure you insist on a long term warranty - min 15 years. Even better if it's insurance backed.
If the damp is in an isolated location, check the external side of the wall first to make sure the external ground level has not breached the DPC level. Should ideally be 150mm lower than the DPC. Also check to see if you have a leaking gutter above, which can cause the wall to appear it has rising damp.
Cheers will keep in mind. We have some paperwork for some damp work that was done in 2017 and that has a 20 year warranty. Sadly it doesn't say what wall it was (it says there's a sketch but it's not there). Need to speak to the company that did it and hope it's the same wall.
Lost the plan you say?
*definitely not the same wall*
Currently having cavity wall insulation done.
Doing my bit for the planet.
For your pocket.
Knew you'd respond. Yes, obviously. With the price of gas going up all the time and with government grants towards some of the cost it's a no brainer.
If you've found a government grant that doesn't actually cost you more money then go to town on it.
Nah, it only gives me some money off the total cost but it's worth doing anyway. The house cools down far too quickly after the heating goes off and it's not even properly cold yet.
Isn't cavity wall insulation a potential damp issue in the future?
It can be, it depends how it's applied. If it breaches the void within the cavity then at best the insulation will become damp and significantly reduce its insulating performance. And at worst it can lead to internal damp ingress.
Managed to get a copy of "the sketch" which confirms it is the same area they treated. Will be interesting to see how they get out of honouring the guarantee regardless.
Viewed an amazing property this morning. It's on the market for offers in the region of £300k. I'm presuming the sellers would be chuffed with a bid on the nose? In an ideal world I'd like to secure it for £295k.
Demand is still mad round here, bids above listing prices and all.
Building IKEA furniture can fuck off.
I swear to God that the instructions for that stuff are deliberately made as hard to follow as possible.
Built two IKEA cabinets last weekend. Absolutely pissed it to be fair. Helps to have one person doing the instructing and the other the building.
I like building those.
Found the electric screwdriver 4 hours after fucking about trying to make the baby changing table. Good timing though as tomorrow will be the chest of drawers.
Wait a minute. The Itali-Mancunian and the Portu-Scottish are having a baby German? How has nobody spotted this?
Giggles!!?!?!?!?!?!
I think it’s been mentioned before. I don’t remember anything specific but I think I knew.
The move was planned just to annoy giggles.
Mann des volkes.
Das Lol.
It's a good effort, but one of the Slavic nations would have been better.
Building non-IKEA flatpack can fuck off more. Really makes you appreciate what dons those Swedes are when you roll out the 'instructions' from some Amazon PoS and it's just a drawing of what the finished thing looks like.
I put together a next king size bed yesterday and I challenge that assertion. Even the parts had individual bags so you didn't need to scramble around like you were looking for change.
Fuck buying crap from IKEA, load of old cheap shit.
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