Talk about DIY house renovation
Please, this is a bass site . Absolutely no discussion of DIY.
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Glad to see someone else is willing to grab the bull and do some home repairs himself. I've learned a lot of stuff working on my 30's-vintage plantation house here on Maui. Been doing so for ten years now; almost finished! :rolleyes:
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Bought my own house to do up about 5 years ago. It hung like a millstone around my neck for 2 years until I sold it (finished) and gave me a permenant dust allergy.
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I converted (with help) two garages into rooms at our place. Also redecorated the rest of the house. It cut into bass practice time.
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I'm about to invite the circus to town (tent fumigators) for the first time since we bought the house. I hate to see the termites undoing all our hard work. I guess a ten-year run isn't too bad... most people here seem to have to tent every 5-6 years.
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Hey Robert... I was cleaning out my workshop/ storage shed yesterday, and found our old portable shower that we used outside for a two months while I totally redid our one bathroom (I've since added a second). It's a sort of tall, skinny popup tent, into which I ran hot and cold water feeds... it stood in the middle of our backyard. I have to say, my wife and two daughters showed admirable pioneer spirit during those two months. But when I showed it to my wife yesterday, I said "whattya think, honey... keep it or toss it?", she gave it a BIG thumbs down. :D
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Had a little bit of a NZ vernacular problem for a minute there.... I wasn't sure what "gib" was... so I looked it up in the online Webster's dictionary, and it told me that a gib is "a castrated male cat". Presumably, that isn't what you are screwing and gluing......:eek:
Anyway, those gib lifters are great if you are doing a big job. They make the job a whole lot safer, and save a lot of wear and tear on your neck and shoulders. The last time I hung a ceiling, we just muscled the panels up (two guys), it was not fun. |
Young Rob, you weren't listening. Both gib screws and nails are fine and should be used in the same way. The glue is a good addition that also helps to keep the gib in place. In NZ you can borrow a gib lifter from most hardware stores so that even a small job can be made easier. Yes Marcus, I've tried muscling panels up too... certainly no fun!
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A job which is no fun . . .
Speaking of a job which is no fun, I tried to save money last year by buying the cheapest wall-to-wall carpet I could find and installing it myself with a knee kick.
I didn't think about wearing knee pads until after I was done. Ouch! Needless to say, the carpet is basically destroyed now. We won't get a new one until after all of the potty training's done, though. |
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The worst job I've done lately was when I tried to put some fibreglass insulation (they're called Bats down here) just beneath the floorboards under the house. I had to wriggle along on my back. I got fibreglass dust from above and animal droppings etc. from below. |
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Right now, I'm hand-nailing cedar shingles to the exterior of my new family room. Although the pace is relatively slow,I find it kind of relaxing. |
I does look nice, it's durable, and in my case, it matches the rest of the house , which was built in 1935. There are certainly easier sidings to apply, but I didn't feel like redoing the whole house, so I'm matching the new section to the old.
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I had to install a toilet on the roof of a yacht once in case it capsized. Hard getting the water to stay in... had to use ice in the end. Gosh, that wouldv'e been one cold seat!
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Why didn't our mother conceive you second, instead of me? |
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What? Don't string a mandolin with fishing line? |
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One weekend later I have a sheet to go around the shower and bath taps.
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