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I finally got round to doing mine, but managed to blow up my cheap Lidl leaf sucker thing. Back to wooden paddles
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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How did you manage that?! My father in law has one of those so need to avoid doing that!
You'd have to subscribe to his OnlyFans to see
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Think it took up a bit of very thin branch / twig which got stuck. Only very spindly stuff. Started smelling of burning, then quickly died.
The paddles were actually easier than I remember as a kid! Though it was one of those job in a job in a job things - to have paddles I first had to cut them from a larger sheet, but to get the larger sheet out I had to move a bunch of stuff, but to move it really required sorting... So I ended up sorting toys and bikes in the garage in order to pick up leaves in the garden
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Yes exactly!!!Haha reminds me of this clip
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I put up a shelf.
Prepared and fitted insulated plasterboard to window reveal and walls. If anyone’s interested it’s kingspan K118, 37.5mm in the reveal, 62.5mm on the walls.
2 more bits to do tomorrow.
Window reveal top:
You cut it deeper than the depth of the reveal, for the wall boards, 62.5mm, plus some excess wiggle room ~20mm or so.
Same on the sides
Trim the insulation off of the protruding parts leaving just board protruding:
First piece cut around, here you can see the extra wiggle room of the protruding board, will trim it flush later. This job wouldn’t be so bad except for mitring this stuff to the ceiling. Used a track saw, it’s very hard to keep a hand saw at a steady angle through 1.2m of board.
First two awkward bits done. Last two are easy.
And finally here is a little bit of the protruding board I trimmed flush, will give the PU adhesive as long as possible to go off before I trim it finally:
2 more bits to do tomorrow.
Window reveal top:
You cut it deeper than the depth of the reveal, for the wall boards, 62.5mm, plus some excess wiggle room ~20mm or so.
Same on the sides
Trim the insulation off of the protruding parts leaving just board protruding:
First piece cut around, here you can see the extra wiggle room of the protruding board, will trim it flush later. This job wouldn’t be so bad except for mitring this stuff to the ceiling. Used a track saw, it’s very hard to keep a hand saw at a steady angle through 1.2m of board.
First two awkward bits done. Last two are easy.
And finally here is a little bit of the protruding board I trimmed flush, will give the PU adhesive as long as possible to go off before I trim it finally:
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Wow @Mason- that's quite a job. Is it a single skin wall and therefore cold that motivated you to do this?
Thanks. No just used an old blunt first fix panel saw. It’s what I use for cutting through the insulated plasterboard too (apart from track saw for the mitred cuts). Don’t use a fancy saw through it, plasterboard dulls the saw quick.
Thanks. It’s a double brick wall, but solid with no cavity (so no insulation). External wall insulation isn’t really feasible at the moment so going for internal.
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Been helping with destroying a house with a little deforestation closer to home For that last 3 days
Tree pruning during the ten minutes it wasn’t raining
Installed a temp toilet
Took out a wall
Dug out a concrete floor
Tree pruning during the ten minutes it wasn’t raining
Installed a temp toilet
Took out a wall
Dug out a concrete floor
Bit more… last 2 bits in.
Looks worse than it is. The whole boards on the side are tapered edge, whereas the middle bits are cut square edge so looks worse. It’s actually pretty flat, nothing the plasterer can’t sort. Will foam the gaps.
Next part was putting some battens in for the rad.
Marked out where the brackets will be
I cut it out with a pad saw, would have just used the multi tool but they’re loud af and not bank holiday friendly.
5 screws is probably excessive but want it to be solid.
Covered the back with tape to seal it from the wall
Tapped the screw heads with a hammer to mark the wall so I know where to drill for my plugs.
Stopped there, don’t want to hammer drill on a bank holiday, that room is adjacent to the party wall with my neighbours. Hard works done anyway, will hang it tomorrow. Then need to do a bit of plumbing, the rad tails aren’t in the same place as the old one.
Looks worse than it is. The whole boards on the side are tapered edge, whereas the middle bits are cut square edge so looks worse. It’s actually pretty flat, nothing the plasterer can’t sort. Will foam the gaps.
Next part was putting some battens in for the rad.
Marked out where the brackets will be
I cut it out with a pad saw, would have just used the multi tool but they’re loud af and not bank holiday friendly.
5 screws is probably excessive but want it to be solid.
Covered the back with tape to seal it from the wall
Tapped the screw heads with a hammer to mark the wall so I know where to drill for my plugs.
Stopped there, don’t want to hammer drill on a bank holiday, that room is adjacent to the party wall with my neighbours. Hard works done anyway, will hang it tomorrow. Then need to do a bit of plumbing, the rad tails aren’t in the same place as the old one.
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Is this a solid brick house with no cavity? Have you noticed much of an improvement after adding the insulation?Prepared and fitted insulated plasterboard to window reveal and walls. If anyone’s interested it’s kingspan K118, 37.5mm in the reveal, 62.5mm on the walls.
2 more bits to do tomorrow.
Window reveal top:
You cut it deeper than the depth of the reveal, for the wall boards, 62.5mm, plus some excess wiggle room ~20mm or so.
Same on the sides
Trim the insulation off of the protruding parts leaving just board protruding:
First piece cut around, here you can see the extra wiggle room of the protruding board, will trim it flush later. This job wouldn’t be so bad except for mitring this stuff to the ceiling. Used a track saw, it’s very hard to keep a hand saw at a steady angle through 1.2m of board.
First two awkward bits done. Last two are easy.
And finally here is a little bit of the protruding board I trimmed flush, will give the PU adhesive as long as possible to go off before I trim it finally:
Yeah it is. Too soon to say for this room, was only 2 days ago, and there’s no rad there yet, as well it’s been really mild.
I did another room with it, but only with 37.5mm board all round, and it’s by far the warmest room in the house. Wish I did it in this chunkier stuff, but being honest I was a bit ‘scared’ of doing it. It’s not so bad that’s why I’m using the chunkier stuff now.
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i am looking to do this as we redecorate so am keeping a keen eye on this 
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Are you just using adhesive to the wall, or glue and screw?