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Jaded Burnout posted:Gonna do a materials run for another shop infrastructure project. Well that took THREE HOURS
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Imagine how bored you'd be if you ever finished this place.
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Oct 3, 2020 23:14
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I needed my workbench back, so all this moves under here. And what did I need it for? Well, 12 2x4s and a box of deck screws, the former of which are apparently an endangered species around here right now.  I am sick of  having stacks of wood  all over the floor  taking up entire rooms  because they're too long  to go anywhere else.  To deal with that,  I'm building  a set of shelves, of sorts,  freestanding,  and long enough  to accommodate  all the long poo poo  stashed around the house.  And so, after my customary 5 hours of solid physical effort I am done with one side of it.  Next up, the other side.
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Oct 4, 2020 22:30
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Once you're done with wood that can be a good frame for your zoom meeting green screen.
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Oct 4, 2020 22:46
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Those shelves and the carpentry involved are much better than like my actual floor and walls and stuff.
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Oct 5, 2020 22:35
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Those shelves and the carpentry involved are much better than like my actual floor and walls and stuff. Oh I'm sure that's not true, but I will say I've really started to enjoy working with construction lumber again. The results aren't super pretty but it's so fast and easy, and you can take so many shortcuts both because the result isn't that important, and because the wood is so soft. I didn't predrill a single screw so far, and only had one split. The entire thing has been done with an impact driver and a mitre saw, and wouldn't take *that* much longer with a handsaw and a regular screwdriver.
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Oct 6, 2020 10:19
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More.    Shelves later.
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Oct 6, 2020 22:33
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Use one side for wood, the other side for pans and utensils.
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Oct 8, 2020 00:11
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Not a bad idea
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Oct 8, 2020 00:23
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Took the day off work to finish sanding the cladding, since it was a rare clear and dry day.  Left; after pressure washer Right; after pressure washer and sanding  The next job out there is to realign and screw down those boards, and to oil them. Not necessarily in that order.
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Oct 8, 2020 08:31
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Are they going to be fixed shelves, or adjustable french cleat sorta things?
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Oct 11, 2020 05:16
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They'll be fixed, but it's simple enough to move them if needed.
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Oct 11, 2020 09:35
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I just looked at the first and last page of this thread and it looks like the pages in between will be pretty interesting! I love that exterior in the back being a modern design whore on the first post I screamed inside when I saw the carpeting on the stairs and the wallpaper do you have any estimate of the total costs for all the renovations? when will it all be completed (if ever)?
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Oct 11, 2020 17:56
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actionjackson posted:do you have any estimate of the total costs for all the renovations? when will it all be completed (if ever)? I used to keep a running tally, but at some point I stopped. By the time it's done (and I don't have a schedule for that) I suspect it'll be to the tune of £150-200k.
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Oct 11, 2020 20:04
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I saw you've posted a ton of pictures, did you post any before/after pictures of the rooms and exterior?
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Oct 11, 2020 20:50
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actionjackson posted:I saw you've posted a ton of pictures, did you post any before/after pictures of the rooms and exterior? Only as I went.
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Oct 11, 2020 21:07
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Is the number still a good number? Like it's worth more than it was before? Although I guess these things are totally obliterated some times by just bullshit market stuff.
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Oct 12, 2020 00:35
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You've still got 20k to drop on the outside, workshop easy anyway. More than that
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Oct 12, 2020 00:39
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Is the number still a good number? Like it's worth more than it was before? Although I guess these things are totally obliterated some times by just bullshit market stuff. Hard to say until it's done, but it was never about making money. If I wanted to flip the place I'd've put in 30k and been done in two months. NotJustANumber99 posted:You've still got 20k to drop on the outside, workshop easy anyway. More than that I was including all that in the estimate.
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Oct 12, 2020 09:16
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It's cute!!!! And your grass looks green and fluffy. It will be a lovely yard when it's finished.
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Oct 12, 2020 10:36
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peanut posted:And your grass looks green and fluffy. It will be a lovely yard when it's finished. I don't know how much of that grass will be left in the end, as the soil underneath is quite lumpy and compressed, so they may need to tear it all up. But the soil is good so it should turn out good in the end.
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Oct 12, 2020 10:59
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My neighbours are currently in week 5 of a '1 or 2 week' garden landscaping project done by a "professional", so make sure you get some references off the landscaping company so you can go check out the quality of some of their previous work and talk to some previous customers. I wish I had finished off pruning my own garden such that i could have had a clear view of their garden from the comfort of my own home and that I had pointed a camera over there and done a time-lapse video as it would work well with the benny hill music. I know I'm saying stuff you already know from your experiences with your builder back at the start of this thread, but just don't get relaxed and forget about that! I want to read about you getting someone in who makes your garden look awesome like your mock up plans do and comes in on schedule and within budget...
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Oct 14, 2020 19:54
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Tomarse posted:My neighbours are currently in week 5 of a '1 or 2 week' garden landscaping project done by a "professional", so make sure you get some references off the landscaping company so you can go check out the quality of some of their previous work and talk to some previous customers. These are the folks that did the clearance previously, so they're not a totally unknown quantity, but it's a fair point. A moot one currently, as they've stopped answering emails..
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Oct 14, 2020 21:46
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I have had fat better results from texts for the older trades, WhatsApp for the younger ones.
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Oct 14, 2020 22:58
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True, but this is too early on for that. One thing I don't have time for is people who say they'll do something and then don't, especially after multiple reminders. If they're too busy to give vague timings on a 5 figure job 6 months in advance then I'm not going to waste more time chasing them. I'll look for someone else.
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Oct 14, 2020 23:36
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The first line of this landscaper's description:quote:My name is Bob Roberts and I have been seriously involved with plants for about 45 years. OK so your name is "Robert Roberts"? Also does that mean you gently caress plants?
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Oct 15, 2020 00:07
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Both the guys that I got to build a shed and lay a patio were called Jamie which made it extremely confusing who you were emailing and/or paying, there was a third guy that did the actual patio laying who may have also been called Jamie and had an extremely dim view of the average patio in the local area. They did a reasonably good job (the shed was in no way up to your standards but is good enough) but christ were they messy. I was finding nail gun nails around in the grass for weeks.
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Oct 15, 2020 00:32
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Tomarse posted:My neighbours are currently in week 5 of a '1 or 2 week' garden landscaping project done by a "professional", so make sure you get some references off the landscaping company so you can go check out the quality of some of their previous work and talk to some previous customers. We're 1 week and 1 day into our landscaping project, and we're more than halfway there. We went with the first guy we saw because: He lived most of his life in the immediate area and was genuinely excited about our bijzonder space His company is decades old and we recognised his vehicles from the area He is responsible for some of the other lovely gardens in our area He had some really useful ideas that hadn't occurred to us He has a lovely, gentle, Bob Ross manner about him Turns out our instincts were good. We've had 4 strapping young fellas here every day at 8 on the dot working like champs, ripping out decades of roots and weeds, levelling the space, cleaning and reusing all of the original paving bricks, and then erecting fences and pagodas so solid it is as if kastein himself was expecting hurricane season. They're as clean, tidy and quiet as they can be. I'm really pleased so far. You should see who your neighbours use and recommend.
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Oct 15, 2020 03:12
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I love that we use kastein as a measurement. That amuse me.
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Oct 15, 2020 18:46
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what's really nice is that we have our own scale of good to bad. kastein > > > > > > > grover
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Oct 15, 2020 22:37
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Oct 16, 2020 01:30
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Ghostnuke posted:what's really nice is that we have our own scale of good to bad. kastein > > > > > > > grover How good are your DIY skills on the scale of kastein to Grover, where kastein is "I shall erect this trampoline such that mine offspring shall bounce unto the seventh generation" and Grover is "I covered an entire wall with outlets and it fell down, how can I hold up my outlet collection?"
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Oct 16, 2020 11:10
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Today was the day I finally stopped procrastinating and put up the shelves for the wood storage. Extra sturdy bottom shelf.  Decreasing in sturdiness (but increasing in capacity) as it goes up.  Decided to swap out the bottom shelves for slightly longer ones. Something I've been doing in this project is keeping everything simple factors of 2400 (the length of the 2x4s) so I went from 300mm (2400/8) to 400mm (2400/6).  Stacked up about half of my stash of Long Constructional Things before I ran out of juice. More later. 
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Oct 16, 2020 18:55
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Bt have given me loads of way oversized conduit pipe sections. Am I meant to glue them together or not? Still not allowed fibre mind.
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Oct 16, 2020 22:17
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This is most of the boards etc stashed.
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Oct 17, 2020 17:42
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That looks nice. Something about the bottom foot/shelf support is neat looking. As someone else mentioned, adding some small shelves to the other side in your kitchen would give you a bunch more space if needed.
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Oct 17, 2020 17:46
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Having spent time reading this thread I am tempted to leave the bare plaster up in a room and not paint, could look quite cool. JB is the rest of the house painted now?
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Oct 17, 2020 18:37
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:As someone else mentioned, adding some small shelves to the other side in your kitchen would give you a bunch more space if needed. I likely will. CancerCakes posted:Having spent time reading this thread I am tempted to leave the bare plaster up in a room and not paint, could look quite cool. In moderation, maybe. CancerCakes posted:JB is the rest of the house painted now? About half, I'd say. By volume.
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Oct 17, 2020 19:58
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By volume implies you filled half the house with liquid paint, which is a bold design choice!
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Good coverage though
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