Beyond Blue Home Improvement Thread

[geoff]

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

[geoff]

Hi RX, I think I would still be concerned about the wet wall, have you been able to turn off the water at the mains, because any wall that is always wet you are going to have problems with, only wish I could have a look at it.

No paint or tiles will adhere to the wet wall and even if there are no taps on the wall, there still maybe pipes running behind it.

Can you please tell me what rooms are on all sides of the bathroom, laundry or kitchen and any taps on those walls, a cracked pipe or a join might be behind those walls and is the wet wall warm at all.

Sorry just curious.

Geoff.

[Guest_1584]

Hi Geoff, thanks as always mate.

Nah , kitchen walls other side, no taps or pipes, they run along the end wall across back, lf you saw the way the shower hits it and it being old fibro copping it for years, think that's all it is can't see how any pipe water would get near it. But eh , wish you could take a look you'd just go bang bang and know in one second, bet we all wish we could get you out to look at our jobs we have goin on mate hey mf and all. We might have to buy you a chopper mate.

Cheers. rx

[Guest_1584]

See with the gap at the bottom, waters been sitting in there 24 7 for years. That's all it looks to me anyway. It's nothing a new sheet and some tiles wouldn't fix, a good seal. Well , if there isn't some leak somehow anyway, you'd soon find out when ya cut the sheet out.

[geoff]

Hey RX, always wanted to fly in a chopper and had my chance years ago at one of the parks in Qld, Dreamworld I think as my youngest son wanted to do the same, but as usual, was short of cash.

If the sheet was cut out, you would definitely know, maybe a job to think about if it doesn't dry out, and if there was a leak it would be covered by insurance.

Best wishes.

Geoff.

[Guest_1584]

Thanks geoff , yeah with the way the sheets run you might just slice out the bottom meter and pop on a new one, seal it up , tile wall, save heaps of work. lf l keep the house l'll be doing the bathroom properly but if l sell l'll just clean it up.

Had to laugh the other night guys, a certain home show is obviously sponsored by a certain tool brand, crappiest of all. Every time they do something the cam zooms in on the brand name and the guys a builder, l really dunno how he can do it. They showed suppose to be his workshop the other night and there must of been 100 of these power tools plastering his wall, ahh, a little obvious , had a chuckle .

Thanks anyway geoff,

Cheers.

[geoff]

Hi RX, I've encountered exactly the same with tools that never last a minute.

The trouble is if you join the sheets on the wall you have to make sure there is, say some hardieflex glued behind the sheets which will stop them from moving, it joins them into one sheet.

If you need a hand on how to do this please let me know.

If you don't join them then the tiles will crack, I've seen it happen so many times and even if you paint the wall, once again the crack will appear if they are not glued together.

This happens as the weather changes.

Best wishes.

Geoff.

[Guest_1584]

Ah right thanks geoff.

No worries when the time comes l'll check in with ya about what to do.. Be a way off yet back to setting up my cabin for the next few weeks now at the moment to rent it out again.

Don't even get me started on the crap l've gotta do over there.

Thanks as always mate.

rx

[geoff]

Hi RX, good to hear back from you, I'll be here.

Best wishes.

Geoff.

[Guest_1584]

Ahh mate , it's a sad day , the last of my cheapie izito drills seems to be giving it up. Bought l think 3 back when , last one..

l don't think ya can win these days geoff. Few years ago l spent the bucks on a bosh, died in 6mths, our favorite a nice top shelf makita with 3 batteries , all died.

Speaking of that one l wanted to ask ya, did you ever try cleaning batteries geoff, any luck, like all the little pins the power runs through? l've got 4 or 5 where rge drill still runs batteries just aren't holding or connecting or something, those two had hardly did anything.

Cheers mate hope your well.

[geoff]

Hi RX, you make a good point and sorry about the drill, they always seem to finish working at the most inappropriate times.

With cordless tools, it's best not to recharge them until they have totally run out of power, because if you recharge them every day, even though there is power left in them, then the battery remembers the power level left in your battery.

So if there is, let's say half the battery usage left and you plug it in to be recharged, then the battery will remember that only half the battery needs to be charged, the tools these days maybe different.

The hardware store used to be able to reset the battery back to its original condition, but I tried it years ago and it was only 50/50 good luck, but then it could be the drill that's playing up or actually the charger, but in the end, I didn't have much luck.

To buy a new battery is ludicrous, the same price of a new drill, so I wouldn't suggest that, look at buying another drill.

Sorry RX.

Geoff.