Mr Russell wrote:
I cannot even bodge, I only ruin.
We begin at the beginning.
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:45 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Will cramming them in be strong enough long term? Yes. It's only holding plasterboard. You might need to cut them at a slight angle, but the compression rate on wood means that if you hammer them in with a mallet they won't be going anywhere. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:46 ] |
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Gotcha. Cheers bud |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:47 ] |
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The web on that steel looks quite shallow, so 2"x2" should be fine. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:51 ] |
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Get some packers as well, they're small plastic fillets of various thicknesses. They'll help you get a level/true surface to attach the plasterboard. Just glue them to the wood to mask any variations in depth and remember where they are when you come to screw the plasterboard on. Wear gloves when working with plasterboard screws as they're very sharp and also give you nasty metal splinters. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:52 ] |
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I love you |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:52 ] |
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DBSnappa wrote: The web on that steel looks quite shallow, so 2"x2" should be fine. It's 6cm deep, so you're bang on |
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| Author: | markg [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:53 ] |
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Just paper straight over it with woodchip, it's designed for hiding small surface imperfections like that. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:53 ] |
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Get Joans in to put a fan in the hole. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:08 ] |
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Some great advice here, well done guys. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:09 ] |
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Spirit of teamwork and all that. Absolutely lovely to see us coming together to help one another out instead of picking holes (arf) |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:41 ] |
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Underway! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:42 ] |
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Whoops! The hole got bigger! |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 13:32 ] |
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Keep us updated, I love in progress pics. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 13:53 ] |
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Now |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 14:06 ] |
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That's great! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:19 ] |
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That'll do for today. Tidyed up now and I've got to get the kids from school at 3. Holidays! Phew! |
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| Author: | Squirt [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:21 ] |
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Looks good! Which is annoying, as these sorts of things are infinitely more fun to read when they go horribly, terribly astray. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:24 ] |
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That's impressive stuff, I am envious of your skill in comparison to my own. Well done, DavPaz. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:26 ] |
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Ain't finished yet! |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:26 ] |
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It's good so far though, not bad for a day's work. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:27 ] |
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Yes. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:31 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Ain't finished yet! Not even close! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:32 ] |
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Squirt wrote: Looks good! Which is annoying, as these sorts of things are infinitely more fun to read when they go horribly, terribly astray. My name's not Joans, bub. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:33 ] |
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Mr Russell wrote: That's impressive stuff, I am envious of your skill in comparison to my own. Well done, DavPaz. Skill? Not really. I am a consumate bodger |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:35 ] |
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I cannot even bodge, I only ruin. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 15:36 ] |
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Mr Russell wrote: I cannot even bodge, I only ruin. We begin at the beginning.
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 19:57 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Mr Russell wrote: I cannot even bodge, I only ruin. We begin at the beginning. You ruin. You learn to bodge. You learn to bodge it slightly better. Then you know. I have often said there should be a Journal of Null Hypotheses so science doesn't waste time, which is why I am quite happy to discuss my hapless trains of thought and hilarious consequences with people. I'll fuck it, so you don't have to. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon Dec 19, 2016 20:33 ] |
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MaliA wrote: I'll fuck it, so you don't have to. Clearly title. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:03 ] |
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Cras wrote: MaliA wrote: I'll fuck it, so you don't have to. Clearly title. Yeah, it was played for. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:17 ] |
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Any progress today? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:33 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Any progress today? Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on and filled a big hole in the plaster under the window where a breakfast bar used to be. Nothing worth taking a picture of. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:40 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on Didn't fancy clothes today then? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:50 ] |
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TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on Didn't fancy clothes today then? Home alone, innit? |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:55 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on Didn't fancy clothes today then? Home alone, innit? So instead of fixing your ceiling you've been setting up elaborate traps to maim burglars? |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:55 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on Didn't fancy clothes today then? Home alone, innit? I hear you. There's a rumour going around that my wife and kids are stopping at her friends this evening so I'll get my 'edging' on later. 
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 13:00 ] |
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TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on Didn't fancy clothes today then? Home alone, innit? I hear you. There's a rumour going around that my wife and kids are stopping at her friends this evening so I'll get my 'edging' on later. Ummm |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 13:03 ] |
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MaliA wrote: TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on Didn't fancy clothes today then? Home alone, innit? I hear you. There's a rumour going around that my wife and kids are stopping at her friends this evening so I'll get my 'edging' on later. Ummm 
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Dec 20, 2016 13:27 ] |
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TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: TheVision wrote: DavPaz wrote: Me? Yeah, I've put some edging on Didn't fancy clothes today then? Home alone, innit? I hear you. There's a rumour going around that my wife and kids are stopping at her friends this evening so I'll get my 'edging' on later.  ...
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 18:17 ] |
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Lash up job running bathroom fan from the light. Stuff to sort, soonest. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 18:26 ] |
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Is now the time to tell Mali that lots of ceiling lights have a constant live wire? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 18:46 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Is now the time to tell Mali that lots of ceiling lights have a constant live wire? mali tested before and it's switched. From the pull cord.So, now, he has to take the whole thing apart and rewire it all . Yorkshire workmanship is what I'm fixing. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Jan 02, 2017 18:51 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Grim... wrote: Is now the time to tell Mali that lots of ceiling lights have a constant live wire? mali tested before and it's switched. From the pull cord.If it's two-wire you're okay. If it's three-wire you could be hanging from the ceiling making sparking noises. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 19:19 ] |
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The oven element has probably stopped working so I got a replacement. I flicked the fused switch by the oven, and the clock stayed lit and oven turns on. Which was odd. So, I turned off the other fused switches. Still, the oven clock and oven were on. I go to the RCD and flick the switch marked "cooker" to off. It all stays on. I flick the one marked "kitchen sockets" to off and oven is finally off. Along with everything else. I remove the fuse from the switch by the oven and flick "kitchen sockets" back to on. Oven works. So, whoever put the kitchen in was lazy enough to not run two separate circuits, but took the time to install and tile around a redundant switch. Fucking Yorkshire craftsmanship. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 19:33 ] |
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MaliA wrote: The oven element has probably stopped working so I got a replacement. I flicked the fused switch by the oven, and the clock stayed lit and oven turns on. Which was odd. So, I turned off the other fused switches. Still, the oven clock and oven were on. I go to the RCD and flick the switch marked "cooker" to off. It all stays on. I flick the one marked "kitchen sockets" to off and oven is finally off. Along with everything else. I remove the fuse from the switch by the oven and flick "kitchen sockets" back to on. Oven works. So, whoever put the kitchen in was lazy enough to not run two separate circuits, but took the time to install and tile around a redundant switch. Fucking Yorkshire craftsmanship. I need to get out more. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:44 ] |
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This is the state of the wiring I found when I changed a light in the living room today. Attachment: IMG_20170107_152758.jpg Jesus fucking Christ. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:46 ] |
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What's the problem? |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:51 ] |
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Artex |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:52 ] |
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It's a shitty photo, but there are six different colours of wires on the ceiling side for three wires into the light. They also don't have any slack so don't pull out of the ceiling at all. The wiring on this house is fucking terrible. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 20:54 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Artex Fuck yeah, this too. I hate it, but the ceiling is massive so getting it covered would be expensive as piss, and I can't plaster to save my life. Attachment: 1483818802528878189073.jpg Look at that shit. Pebble-dashed on the outside, too 
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Sat Jan 07, 2017 21:07 ] |
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I know the feeling. Artex on the ceiling in the bathroom. On the ceiling and THE WALLS in the kitchen, for fucks sake |
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