Stuff you have fixed today

[Seadog]

The strange thing is that she's fastidious about keeping the house souc and span.
Women!

 

[MattF]

The strange thing is that she's fastidious about keeping the house souc and span.
Women!

It's a common thing. Appearance versus the important things. Dust free & ordered is absolutely pointless if hygiene & suchlike are lacking/overlooked.

That's why I always class a person's bog as the indicator of what they're truly like. It's the one thing a lot of appearance types overlook. A manky pot speaks volumes.

 

[badabec]

Where's that toilet brush?

 

[pint]

sack trolley, the wheels buckled up on my old one so i bodged them with some plate plasma'd out to fit the rims and kept an eye out for a replacement and with a bit of fate this all come along in a short time

Spoiler: another trolley with knackered wheels

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Spoiler: some solid axle and rims from a weird cart for transporting astrotuff i think, only downside was it had no way of holding the rims on, guess it used some of those silly push on star things. drilled and threaded the ends for bolts

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Spoiler: couple tyres off some scrap barrows, and yes one was nearly new. troglodyte builders strike again lol

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Spoiler: a grind, a weld, some off cuts and i have "new" sack trolley that can offroad

 

[northwest]

Moral of the story : if you want a job dome properly do it yourself (it still hurts when I think how much time & money it took to get somebody to do the renovations - and how substandard their work was)

I have come to the conclusion that if I want ANY job done do it myself. Even if it means I might have to learn Swahili, do it myself.

 

[bricol]

I have come to the conclusion that if I want ANY job done do it myself. Even if it means I might have to learn Swahili, do it myself.

I learnt that one when still a teenager, pre-internet etc. Save up to pay someone to badly do something . .. or instead save up, buy the book(s) and tools, and do it myself.

 

[northwest]

I learnt that one when still a teenager, pre-internet etc. Save up to pay someone to badly do something . .. or instead save up, buy the book(s) and tools, and do it myself.

Yes me too but lately I am taking this to a bit of an extreme, I was pulling my own teeth out last week, you wanna see the pics? Not pretty.

 

[Anguz]

had to fix the kit car after a visit to my mums today
left the house, and it died a few hundred yards away
fuel pump fuse had blown, managed to diagnose and fix with the spares i carry. check when i got home and its pulling 7amp, through a 10 amp fuse so i guess on initial start up its a bit borderline.. its taken 10 years to blow it though

 

[MattF]

I learnt that one when still a teenager, pre-internet etc. Save up to pay someone to badly do something . .. or instead save up, buy the book(s) and tools, and do it myself.

When is there ever enough time to do certain jobs oneself, though. I've learned to simply be selective in whom you use. You know it's unlikely they'll do the job to your complete satisfaction, (but saying that, they have the experience & skills to do some tasks better than one could ever likely manage), & also the time, effort & aggro you'll save is worth living with their slight quirks in workmanship. It gives character to a piece.

Perfection is a nice aim/thought, but obsessing over it is not the way to an easy life. There are far more important things. Quirks are character.

 

[sako243]

Wednesday set off for Scotland and then noticed low coolant light was out. Pulled over and coolant pishing out past a jubilee clamp on a heater hose. That's thehead gasket then...

Thursday head off and confirmed diagnosis. Phoned up @GRW and a huge thanks to him I ran the head (and a spare I didn't trust) up to his work to use a known flat reference. Not perfect with a <2 thou warp at one corner but subsequently found out max warp is 4 thou so new gasket, new head bolts and sent it.

A long long drive later and success, made it up to our family place in the Highlands with no further drama.

 

[GRW]

A bit more progress clambering around on the roof. It's hot with the slates all around you radiating heat, plus the new slates are fractionally bigger than the old stock I used up - so some jiggery pokery to try to keep everything lined up & reasonably tidy.
Got tired & called it a day at 4pm - I was in the hip roof cuts & faff section.... & decided enough was enough.
Getting there though. I think I need to work out what sort of dry ridge system I can get & how to fit it.
Hoping i can fit the ridges temporarily till i can work up the time & enthusiasm to tackle the other side... then remove then and refit when the other side gets done. Can I do that?

 

[MattF]

Looks good.

 

[dobbslc]

Yep that looks really nice.

 

[indy4x]

Hoping i can fit the ridges temporarily till i can work up the time & enthusiasm to tackle the other side... then remove then and refit when the other side gets done. Can I do that?

Yes, have some on my garage roof that aren't fixed, 5 years later they are still there, its yet another roundtoit

 

[GRW]

Yes, have some on my garage roof that aren't fixed, 5 years later they are still there, its yet another roundtoit

I've never fitted any Ridge Tiles, & only recently heard of these dry Ridges, which I understand you screw down?
So... I'm guessing they can be unscrewed, removed & refitted again?

 

[Craig-SM]

I've never fitted any Ridge Tiles, & only recently heard of these dry Ridges, which I understand you screw down?
So... I'm guessing they can be unscrewed, removed & refitted again?

Ours seem to be clipped in place with the bottom one screwed in

 

[indy4x]

@GRW mine has clips that you screw through into the ridge board

I have some spare clips and bridging pieces left over, will dig them out and photograph them

 

[indy4x]

@GRW this is similar to what I have

 

[indy4x]

@GRW Gaztube video for you

I didn't use the truss or rafter clips, screwed everything straight into the ridge board and made my own end plate for the ridge tiles from an offcut of roof slates and stuck on instead




The video in my previous post, he flattens the corrugated strip on the ridge roll. I didn't do this, i just gently pushed down so the corrugations stayed intact to get some airflow over the ridge




I am not a roofer, just your average DIYer but thats been up for 12yrs and its not had any problems

 

[GRW]

@GRW Gaztube video for you

I didn't use the truss or rafter clips, screwed everything straight into the ridge board and made my own end plate for the ridge tiles from an offcut of roof slates and stuck on instead

View attachment 509916


The video in my previous post, he flattens the corrugated strip on the ridge roll. I didn't do this, i just gently pushed down so the corrugations stayed intact to get some airflow over the ridge

View attachment 509920


I am not a roofer, just your average DIYer but thats been up for 12yrs and its not had any problems

Good stuff, thanks for that.
I've been doing a bit of research so have more idea now about the system.
I need new actual Ridges as old ones were concreted on & I had to use an air chisel to remove.

Looks like I can use regular ridges with a kit, where initially I thought perhaps you had to use composite or plastic actual ridges... not sure exactly what the solution is tbh.

Lots to learn but I'm a bit more comfortable with it all now.

(I have a small gap between the top batten & the centre ridge/apex board....I'd need to trim down batten with an approx 45 degree angle to fill the gap. Think I might do this as it'd give a solid platform for any ridge fixings.... subject to what kit I end up with)