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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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You can also get screws that are self-drilling by using your drill with a
If you take this email down to your hardware store
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If you have to undercoat get the paint shop to tint the undercoat in the same colour as your top coat, then it won't be as bad as you think when applying the top coat. Geoff.
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A weather shield fitted to your door might help, that is when you open your door the w/shield that's attached to the front bottom on the outside of your door will stop water getting.
These shields can be adjusted by moving the little round ball with one hole in it, about the size of
There are expensive door seals so google 'Buy Raven Seals online', but a handyman or
There is another way but it's arduous and depending on the room under the house whether it's easy to crawl under is to take a handsaw, chisel with you and maybe a milk crate, where you
Have a look at these options and let me know. Geoff.
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By sanding it, especially if it's well ingrained, you will have to do the whole table otherwise you'll end up with a pocket where all liquids will flow into.
Do you have a belt sander or can you borrow one, but make sure you practice on something else first, again GO WITH THE GRAIN, never against it because you will see the scratch marks when it's finished.
You can coat it with beeswax maybe cheaper than other alternatives, but you have to keep putting the wax on the table, another way is to get a short haired roller, rub it done so there aren't any loose hairs on it and then apply some
If you feel comfortable using a can to spray then try that, making sure that you have
There is a little spray gun you can buy from the hardware which is great if you know how to use one. Geoff.
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Hey LH, I found a good drill for $18 at Kmart. Does not require a key Yu put the drill bits in. I love it, use it all the time.
(sorry Geoff for hijacking 🙂)
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Tip
Many items have rechargeable batteries.
I use cheap 24hr timers.
My battery drill goes to charge one hour per day so its ready when I want it.
Same with my trickle charger on my battery of my ride on mower.
My air compressor has a timer that I turn the timer around when using it. That means its on for one hour then goes off. That way it doesnt start up in the middle of the night.
I also use one for my soldering iron.
Tony WK
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Hi Geoff,
Thank you SO much for the detailed, yet easy-to-understand information. I'm quite sure I can do as you've instructed. I'm so very glad this site operates on anonymity!
Regards, LH
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Hi CMF,
Very much appreciate the details on the drill. If I found myself in a hardware store, I'm so clueless I'd end up buying whatever the salesperson suggested.
This is such a terrific site.
LH
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Thanks very much Geoff. Sorry about my explaining ,think l took the long way round with that one. .
But yeah , turned the old room into a deck.
Anyway that's an idea , that strip should keep the wet out , cheers for that. But nope not enough room to get under it unfortunately and l nailed on the new deck floor pretty good too so no getting them off to do it from above either, not without wrecking them.
Anyway thanks again , l'll shop around for a good strip and try that.
Cheers