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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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Hey Tony
Thankyou!......I have had Pegulan vinyl flooring for 27 years and its done well. I have a concrete slab...I will reconsider the vinyl flooring as its been excellent (solid timber flooring is silly expensive for me as its not in the budget)
Your knowledge on this is appreciated Tony 🙂
Paul
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Hey Paul,
I’ve been renovating for 30 years and I work for Bunnings (10 years). I work in paint, flooring etc.
1. As far as I know, removing tile adhesive can only be done by mechanical means - grinding/sanding. Forget sandpaper, you need something like a “flap disc” which you can either put onto an angle grinder or a drill, with the appropriate backing plate. Please make sure that you wear a face mask. If you have an “old fashioned 1970s” adehesive it will be easier than the modern variety. Please have a thought as to whether there is asbestos in that adehesive.
2. As to vinyl vs laminate flooring. It’s unlikely that you’ll get the slab back to smooth, because of the removing the adhesive. Vinyls needs 100% flat to stick properly and look good. If you use laminate flooring, the underlay will help to smooth out any of the potential bumps that will occur due to the tiling adhesive, and will be a very serviceable alternative to vinyl.
3. You can lay laminate flooring yourself, but from my own experience, it has a learning curve. The job needs planning with regard to door entrances, hallways etc. There’s plenty of info online via dr google and YouTube. make sure you allow for the 5-10mm gap around the edges for expansion. You will need quarter round or something similar for up against the skirting boards. You will also need strips for doorways, to allow for the expansion joint and to cover it. If you’re not comfortable with this type of work, then if you ask around you might find someone who’ll do it for cash, with your assistance - good learning opportunity 🙂
cheers M 🙂
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Hey Random, sorry for late reply.
Regarding your bathroom floor tiles. There are 2 options.
1: Clean thoroughly, including using an acidic grout cleaner (CLR will do the job), use White Knight Grip Lock primer as per instructions, and then paint with a paving paint of your choice. I have done this, works well and wears well.
2. There’s a Dunlop product (who’s name eludes me for the moment), which can be troweled over the floor to fill in the grout lines. Ones it’s dry, you can either glue vinyl planking or lay a suitable wet area laminate vinyl floorboard over the top. I’m planning on doing this in my current bathroom/toilet.
randomx said:gday mathy , paul a geoff .
Wonder then mathy if like decades ago brittish was really brittish back then . Shame if so everything gets bought out in the end doesn't it.
Funny Paul , how's the tile situation looking , wouldn't you believe l was thinking about doing something like that with my bath room too. They're still stuck like glue and onto concrete so they'd probably l guess stay put for yrs yet. So l was thinking if maybe l just smothed over the grooves with something, grout or whatever and then put lino over top.
Wanted to paint my bath too . Not sure how long that lasts doing it that way but it's an old cast iron bath and l swear there's a big difference in the way the water feels , just beautiful. So l was thinking so much easier leaving it in and keep a great bath , maybe try a re enamel instead.
Yeah love me old ride on Geoff. Funny yeah it is a bit creepy in long grass though isn;t it. No telling what might pop out and jump on your lap hey, eeekk.
But anyway l got her going , ran a whole 20mins and stalled, wouldn't start up again , bugger. wound up having to push her up out of a ditch , and up onto the road then back down around the corner and back into the old garage again for more head scratching. She's great until l have to push her.
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If you were a handyman then my view might be different. Geoff.
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Gday people and thanks for the tips mathy and everything else too people.
Speaking of lino , l rented a place a few years back and they did most of the floor in this lino with some sort of felty back on the bottom of it. It was quite thick for just lino , but geez it was really nice underfoot this stuff, never got really cold underfoot in the winter ether.
On my bathroom yeah , took a good look at the tiles again this morning actually, they're really stuck down good , def' may as well just leave them there and chuck something over top for sure.
Funny to geoff, thought of what you were saying about baths too yesterday because l was in a second hand place and they had an old cast iron claw bath so l tried to lift it a bit.
Man you ain't wrong ,do you know l couldn't even move it, it didn't flinch. need a good solid floor for one of those puppy's wouldn't you eh.
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Hi Geoff and fellow DIY'rs. What a great thread.
I returned after a week away to find my laminate kitchen cupboard doors have dropped. House is 2yo. The oven, fridge and d-washer have moved also. Im thinking 40 meerkats have been partying in my kitchen!
The house has a cement floor with bamboo flooring. Any idea what else may have caused this and how can i fix the doors.
Hint....I opened up my wall clock today to fix it. When i tried to screw it back together i couldnt reach the holes close to the rim. I tried to hold the tiny screws onto the tip of the screwdriver but they kept falling off.
I didnt have any soap so I dipped the screwdriver tip in "honey"and attached each screw..honey held long enough to screw the clock back together.
meercat xx
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Hey Meercat,
Firstly, are you the owner of this house, or are you renting? Because if it is 2yo, it should be under a warranty - in SthOz, that would be 7 years, I think, So, a query to the builder about the problem might be in order, if you’re the owner, otherwise a complaint to the landlord/letting agent.
Regarding the problem you’ve encountered, I’m not clear on exactly what has happened. Could you describe a bit more? Cheers M 🙂
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Hi RX, Meercat and Mathy 🙂
Really great to have your support on Geoff's Home Improvement Thread 🙂
I as handy as a rubber shovel so I will be very silent...I do know that Geoff is appreciative of any input/advice that is offered here
My Best as always
Paul
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