Home DIY

It's probably the best way to solve your problem. Sometimes it's tricky, maybe drill a pilot hole in the wood although it's a trick to line it up with the screwhole. If you go to thin or short on the piece of wood it will spilt.

Amazon I know, I know. But they've got the 4½" Makita for £55 with box and disc. So only an extra fiver over Screwfix to get a box and disc. Even if reviews don't rate the box.

Makita GA4530RKD Angle Grinder Slide Switch, 115 mm, 720 W https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BHZ9BOM/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_SDH80SAJY236WETM56J9

@tbc
mespilus senior was an electrician.
He was never too happy doing domestic work,
but,
had all the techniques.

Previous repair of this hole sat proud by about 7 or 8 mm

4 Attachments

I'm in remedial work hell today fixing problems caused by cunts who have no right whatsoever to earn a living on the tools.

Found a couple of roof tiles that someone had walked on cracked and then "hidden"by putting back together like a shitty jagsaw puzzle all held together with bathroom sealant not even something exterior rated.........

See attached photo and ask yourself what kind of cunt considers that a finished surface?

To make matters worse the idiots who didn't realise the job was going sideways at a rate of knots when the contractors started screwing PIR board to the underside of the roof battens (this means the tyvek is ripped in multiple places) have actually paid the pricks in full.....
They are now pressing me for fixed price to make shit right.

Arrrggghhhhhhghh

Cunts.

1 Attachment

If you can't get your hand in a gap, it's a pro finish right?
Just realised you said ROOF battens. What the actual fuck.

pressing me for fixed price to make shit right.

Personally, I understand the desire for a fixed price. But in this scenario surely it's quite easy to say something along the lines of;

There are a number of bodges and critical mistakes here. This isn't me scratching my belly and sucking my teeth, but it is likely I will uncover more. I can't predict what they will be or how long it will take me to correct them. For that reason this is my rate, [£]. At the moment I would expect it to be between [£x] and [£y], and if I discover something that will take it over [£y], then I will let you know so we can discuss next steps.

Jeez man. Sounds fairly chaotic!

Nice work, doesn’t look like you had mushroom for error with that pattern.

Ha, no. And it wasn't fecking cheap either.

Bit of advice (again) please.

I'm in a weird situation where we're putting together a temporary kitchen while we wait on some other stuff to free up another room. We're pretty much good except shy on space for the dishwasher (or washing machine, or cooker).

In the pic attached we've pulled out the counter on the far left and put the fridge there. Then the stove, then the washing machine (sitting under counter top on right hand side). There's 40~cm gap between the cooker and the fridge as is. The sink/cupboard unit is 100cm. Therefore, if we cut that down to ~80ish we'd be golden and have space to slip in the dishwasher. That counter is also a wreck so not terribly fussed replacing it, even if it does end up being temporary.

Any idea what this could cost on the low end of material quality? Is IKEA the best option? Or should I just pay someone to do sort it all out? Or maybe risk ruining Christmas by trying to B&Q bodge it myself? I'm an idiot so that should be kept in mind.

1 Attachment

Might be easier to remove the cab under the draining board and fit a dishwasher in. You would need a leg to support the worktop unless it's supported by a wall.

It's tricky to see what's actually easiest without being on site though.

Maybe just wash up by hand is the easiest option.

If it's temporary then I'd say crack on and IKEA bodge it. Metod cabinets are cheap enough, you can often find some worktops (and base units) in their returns section for not much too.
My kitchen at the moment is a slightly random collection of shitty old B&Q kitchen from the previous owner and a few IKEA bodges while I get my act together and decide what to do with the place. It all works and as long as you're not too precious about it (and presumably you're not if you already know it's temporary) then it's pretty easy to get to a state where everything is functional.

Might be easier to remove the cab under the draining board and fit a dishwasher in.

Not enough space, unfortunately.

Maybe just wash up by hand is the easiest option.

Was the original plan but having a none working dishwasher taking up space for an ultimately unknown amount of time isn't ideal.

Here's a pic of under unit. Excuse the mess. We got in yesterday.

1 Attachment

Metod cabinets are cheap enough, you can often find some worktops (and base units) in their returns section for not much too.

Ah, nice one. Could be worth a trip.

Removed about 10m of C16 timber (2*4” ish) that was supporting/boxing in a chimney breast.
Quite knotty, and has screws/screw holes all over the shop - but is this the sort of thing worth keeping ‘in case’ whilst renovating a house?

Sorry for the stupid question, but if it's only temporary what is the issue with what's there now?

Timber costs a ton at the moment, if you've got space to, and it's usable I'd personally keep it.

Probably not for general internal renovation.

One or two long lengths could be useful to act as leavers if you need to move or support something heavy.

However, depending on how rough it is, that's a lot of timber for various shed and outdoor projects. Mud kitchen, bench, etc.

good shout! I need to either buy or bodge some kind of bike storage for the back yard, so perhaps this’d do the trick for the latter option

Also useful for making clamps if you buy a couple of clamp heads.

https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/hand-tools/sash-clamps/tm130-clamp-head/p/ZT1011011X?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=pla%2B%7C%2BHand%20Tools&utm_term=ZT1011011X&utm_medium=pla_css_4&targetid=pla-392743179486&loc_physical_ms=9045888&dev=c&gclid=Cj0KCQiAk4aOBhCTARIsAFWFP9EzInM-HZAua1Lecx96p7Gh6KeP3XGZF4h5-eGyiflb39yrj-WB1ocaAmP6EALw_wcB

Sorry for the stupid question, but if it's only temporary what is the issue with what's there now?

Super fair question.

Few of reasons: 1) we don't have space for our dish washer so that is now in another room taking up space 2) we can't use our dishwasher 3) the estimate for when we can do the proper renovations is a bit vague (minimum has been six months, but we've seen no real evidence of this, so suspect it could end up being longer). 4) it's a bit knackered and gross.

I guess I'd be asking myself if the fridge freezer could go somewhere else just to reduce my list of things to do.

Could spin the sink round and cut the end panel off the cupboard.

Theres a guy on YouTube. Yorkshire workshop or something like who used carpet tiles as an underlay and something like roof felt to level the floor

Have you considered a slimline dishwasher? Get one secondhand if you can. Then decide to either keep or sell your one