Home DIY

Ok, done deal.

How's it coming along? Finished yet?

That is beautiful - your work?

Hahah I wish - if you find my shed thread there’s more deets including a YouTube link. I think it’s Washington state -looks out o er the water - architect designed for himself as a studio with a flip down bed

Can’t get very cold there, otherwise I’d want the burner at floor level where it could do some good.

That burner puts out a lot of heat. Freestanding, it will have no problem turning that room in to a sauna

I dunno, I’ve never seen one mounted above floor level, and I’m guessing there’s a good reason for that.

Get this in the 40k kitchen thread. Lovely

What’s my best bet for fixing this? Had a stair gate here but the 100 year old plaster has come away. Seems to be an annoying feature in our house. So I guess I need to fix deeper into the brick. But I need to use the same location / hole, and fox the plaster that’s come away. Correct to:

Drill deeper, vacuum dust, fill with no more nails, stick a rawlplug in with a screw in, leave to cure. Then fix plaster with polyfilla. Then unscrew the screw, hang stair gate, tighten screw??

Needs to be strong as it is used a lot!

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Common in boats and other small spaces.

The location of most of 'em are limited by the fact that they tend to sit in re-purposed fireplaces. Modern freestanding burners tend to be a bit higher to make loading easier.

Yeah I assumed the height was for convenience.

Surely these things are kicking out a ton of particulate pollution in such a small cabin.

*not an actual ton.

I’d be more concerned about the CO from the short flue tbh

I'd be happy to hear it's not an issue but I've seen quite a lot of chatter about high emissions from these things.

Jim Cutler of Cutler Anderson - overlooks puget sound. He was part of the team that designed a house for Bill Gate's at one point. Sorry I know this is the wrong thread.

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Has anyone tried the Saxton blades professional circular saw TCT blades?

https://www.saxtonblades.co.uk

Any other recommendations for 190mmx30mm bore blades? To fit my new Milwaukee saw, will be looking for probably an 80t and a 40t.

Obviously narrow blade and kerf are important.

Guess he did it himself.

I forgot to get these with the voucher code, but they still seem like a good deal.

Am I missing anything?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234704430686

£34 for x2 DEWALT DEW170703 X2 13.5L T-STAK II Twin Tool Cases

Depends on the installation and how much you open the door. If the draw is crap - and it will be in that cabin because the flue is short - then it might be bad. In general, obvs it is worse than not having one at all, but it's better than an open fire etc.

What's all this short flu chat about then?

Is it like long covid?

Wish December’s flu had been short !

If you're putting a stair gate in the same place, save the proper fix until you're done with the stairgate.

Screw in a length if 2x1 batten with >=4 screws, and attache the Stargate to that.

That way, you spread the force across lots of holes, whereas the gate alone might be putting it all through one screw at a time.

Two references to sci-fi - brilliant😁

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We’ve had issues with our garage roof since moving in a few months back. The water that was coming in was due to blocked guttering which we cleared and all was well. A month on and it started to happen again. One of the issues is that the gutter is a bugger to clear out as it’s partially covered (see pic) which makes getting into it hard. Is the best course of action to cut this back a bit to expose the gutter more which will make clearing it out easier. Anything else I can do to keep crap out of here?

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Put some sort of mesh over the gap it to stop debris getting in but allowing water to flow into the gutter?