Beyond Blue Home Improvement Thread

geoff
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Hi everyone. I'm Geoff and have been a dedicated Volunteer on the forums for 13 years. I am proud to have stopped some of the stigmas that are associated with mental health as well as doing my best to help others too

Before my health went south I was a builder in all aspects of home construction and renovation. If you don't have a handyman around I hope I can offer you some tips that may be of help. I have had many years of experience in home renovation and will do my best to help you out if you are stuck and need some advice

I hope my experience may be of help to the people on Beyond Blue and make their life a little bit better. Even if you need help with the most basic painting job or putting up a shelf I can help there too with some tips

I will do my best to get back to anyone that has a question when I can as this is social yet important thread

Geoff
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Bethie
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Thank you so much

I feel like a clutz. Here I am a tradie myself. I can strip any industrial sewing machine apart and put it back together, even design and build camping gear and anything like that from scratch but give me a motor and it's like ? Hubby is no good with stuff like that. Funny part is probably next year we start putting a weekend out land we have in Weddin Shire..

Elizabeth CP
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Hi Geoff Thanks for the advice. A short update.Kickboards now in shed Dishwasher sitting outside. Was interesting removing connections as there wasn't room tp pull them through without tipping shelf on its side to give more space. Can't remove shelf without undoing U bend for sink. Fridge it sitting in Laundry for time being & cupboards are emptied as my husband was worried about the weight while we are working around the legs. We have removed 3/4 of tiles & cement sheet from centre of room but haven't tackled tiles right beside cupboards yet. I rang my son offering him to join the 'smashing party' I hoped he would take up the offer because he is very handy but he has a lot of work overdue on his own house so didn't feel I should pressure him.

Hey Bethie

You feel like a clutz! I am happy you are here as you have helped me out with my shade sail and thankyou

At least someone else here feels like a clutz....:-)

My Best (Hi ElizabethCP)

I am as handy as a rubber shovel (seriously) so I will wait for Geoff 🙂

Paul

stevexr
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hello, please don't feel bad, it sound as though you have your own speciality's and NO one is good at every thing its all practice. how did you go with it??? I hope you got it sorted. I can see the ear to ear smile of the little fella boring around the yard in my mind.

be sure to keep the chain lube'd and the air filter clean and it should go for a long time with out hassle. if you ever need help let me know and il get back to you as soon as I can.

a very happy new year to all..... hello

hi Bethie, you are only undermining your ability and yes it's quite easy to dismantle anything small and then put it back together but when a motor is concerned I've given up.

My first car I bought was a Morris 1100 so I thought it would be great to pull the motor out, which I did 3 times to fix the gear box, after that no more work on any car, that's why I'm a rubber spanner.

hi Elizabeth, it's a big job you're involved in, boy, to me it sounds to be exciting, would have tackled it myself without any doubt, love jobs like this, so let me know how you go and hope your son helps you.

hi Paul, how did you go with the post and Bethie has helped you, that's great.

hi Steve, yes practice makes perfect as the saying goes, although as you say everybody has their 'own specialty', just trying to think what mine was but too many to choose from, maybe building decks, or was it?

What was yours so we can figure out the problems you may have in doing and later on the wear and tear you have to face. Geoff.

Bethie
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Haven't had a chance to look at it yet. Kido starts back at Army Cadets in a few weeks so been running around with him on holidays

Hey Stevexr

Happy New Year to you too 🙂

Great to have you on the forums

Paul

Elizabeth CP
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Thanks Geoff, Still finishing removing tiles. Majority gone but the remaining are stubborn & fiddly under cupboards & skirting boards.Yesterday was slow as I was already tired so I couldn't keep going long without breaks. Son back at work. He didn't come on monday as his kids were too feral to trust them at my house. Those grandkids are lovely when good but when bad they are horrid leaving a trail of destruction behind them.

hi Elizabeth, put googles on and wear a mask so you can hit the tiles on the top to try and break them, eventually they will come loose.

Not sure if adhesive is hard to remove Geoff.

blondguy
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Hey Geoff

I just painted the ceiling in my bathroom after sanding it and their are a couple of places where the new paint is peeling off the old paint....grrr

I dont really care if I have to sand the whole of the bathroom ceiling (again) but why do I have new paint peeling off old paint in a couple of places?

Whenever you get the time is fine. Paul