Home DIY

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You are the energizer bunny AICMFP.

Are your screws stainless steel? They’re the recommended choice for decking but most installs I’ve seen don’t use them as they are a bit more expensive. I used stainless on my deck mainly because I had all the problems Bobbo described removing the old ones, and ended up buying a recip saw and cutting it all out. Obviously if the heads are sound unscrewing is a better way to go, but it will take a while. It took me a whole day to put 1,000 screws in, with pilot holes, with two cordless drill drivers, an impact driver, and spare batteries to swap out on the charger.

This is a fantastic piece. Thanks for sharing, truly inspiring work.

Germany is 240v so the original calculation needs to be adjusted. If you have 3 phase then connecting across the phases gives you 415v roughly :-

4700w / 415v = 11.3 (12amp)

If your cable is useable up to 16amp and the fuse in the consumer unit is 16amp you should be golden.

Looks fantastic, great work.

Whats the wall paint colour, I feel the need to paint and I quite like the look of that.

Yep they're coming out almost as new so I assume they are stainless. I didn't put the deck in, it was here when we bought the place 13 years ago, surprised it has lasted so long. Looking forward to replacing it with paving and making it smaller but that will have to wait until lockdown is ended.

Morris Blue - Craig & Rose

Potential copper or plastic plumbing pipes in lath and plaster wall, need to put two screws in - any tips?

A new DIY project enters the room, a new front fence between us and the neighbours . Round top pallisade style.
Stand by for DIY lols.

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I like these, have them on my front and back steps - I've had to replace a few boards and have had no trouble pulling them out.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/hardware/fasteners/screws/wood-screws/69600-grk-fasteners-rss-screws

I've just put some Purlfrost up in the bay window, and I noticed while cleaning the window outside how fucked it is.

It seems as though there's very little holding the window in place.

What am I going to need to fix it? Is it a cement job or window putty?

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I hate kitchens. Should have gotten a microwave and a table.

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It looks like the wood is completely rotten. Have you poked it with a screwdriver (carefully)?

Whoever put that deck in has done you a huge favour!

Torx probably a better option for decking, but For decking I’d go for a sinking head. I remember @mikenetic has an impressive deck he installed himself using slotted stainless heads.

Hello! @withered_preacher & @Sharkstar - I've not been around for a little while. Funnily enough I completely redid the decking last year because the wood had hit the end of its serviceable life (almost 15 years, to be fair).

To build it this time we used fixings supplied by Jacksons fencing - stainless self-countersinking torx head. I used easily over 300 of them and didn't have a single failure. https://www.jacksons-fencing.co.uk/product/sc_809902/60mm-decking-screw-stainless-steel-t25-torx-drive.pail-containing-200-pcs-driver-bit

For the underlying structure we used a range of fastenings, but I'd thoroughly recommend the TimbaDeck & TimbaScrew products from Screwfix.

Here's the fruits of my labour on this soggy spring morning.

Looks fantastic Mike, but to be fair it looked pretty good before. Did you have a hard time getting the slot heads out?

Cross-check still going strong, by the way. Absolutely love it.

I'm glad the Cross Check's serving you well - nice to hear.

The slot heads came out OK in that they didn't break, but it's slow going removing them as the flat bit does tend to spin out, and there's a chance you then dig it into the timber. Not a concern if you're doing demolition work, but more of a worry if you're lifting bits to fix stuff underneath.

If I had the choice between the two I'd pick Torx. Torx has the added benefit that the heads can be smaller, so the fixings are less visually intrusive too.

Is that just a hobby project, or is that what you do for a job as well?

Because that looks fantastic.

Thanks very much! I'm a hobbyist, but I've been building things for a fair bit of time so I'm reasonably well practiced.

A most excellent job, chapeau!

Hard to tell from the photos but it looks like the cement cill has been rendered and the extra height is obscuring some of the wood frame. I have seen this done in some places and it's a bitch from a carpentry point of view.

There are a number of materials you could use there but you will need to take care removing the existing or just bodge it and cover it.

One option would be Repaircare Dryseal you could probably use masking tape and go right over the whole lot just to get through to a proper fix. Or strip the dead stuff out and patch with dryseal, or take on the whole job properly and find out why that window frame is rendered in. Usually it's because the frame was rotten and some cowboy suggested rendering as an option.

A cheaper putty in a tube is Top Gun.

Last week of parental leave before going "back" to work so wanted to get the railing finished on the deck before the rest of the week was rained off so mini_com can play outside a bit more safely over the summer. Was rushing during a gap in the rain and installed two of the spindles upside down. Fucksticks.

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