What "man jobs" have you done today?

[{SAS}TB]

Put up four "drunk octopus" hangers

Then painted the infill to the side of the cupboard, oiled the rubber wood top and screwed that into place

Need to sort out the joint with the skirting on the bottom left hand corner and possibly some trim up her the rubber wood top

Bit of sanding and another coat of and paint and should be done

 

[rodders]

Laid floor, sealed edges, bath panel refitted then the last few finishing touches.
I think it's all done at last!

 

[{SAS}TB]

Good job mate

 

[rodders]

Tell that too my knees lol.

New soft close toilet lids too, which are annoying as I want to keep pushing it down, haha. Too long with normal ones.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Lol

We had three soft close loos installed last year when we had some work done and I still want to push them down

But when at other people's houses slam them down

 

[rodders]

I used to let ours drop, if we went away somewhere and got used to soft close there, for a week or two.

Does make a loud bang!

 

[LuckyBenski]

Fitted my bit of trim to the garden door threshold... Then realised the threshold was rotten. Ripped loads of it out and it was damp through. Nightmare.

Scraped out all the rotten stuff then marked and cut out a filler piece. Thankfully this exposed a lot of dry healthy wood. I've got rot treatment coming tomorrow along with the new door. So I guess I'll be fitting that and starting the painting...

 

[theone8181]

Fitted my bit of trim to the garden door threshold... Then realised the threshold was rotten. Ripped loads of it out and it was damp through. Nightmare.

Scraped out all the rotten stuff then marked and cut out a filler piece. Thankfully this exposed a lot of dry healthy wood. I've got rot treatment coming tomorrow along with the new door. So I guess I'll be fitting that and starting the painting...

It's never a good sign when touching wood that's spongy. Fortunately wood filler and paint can blend in very well.

Edit: don't take this the wrong way but you might have a weed problem.

 

[LuckyBenski]

It's never a good sign when touching wood that's spongy. Fortunately wood filler and paint can blend in very well.

Edit: don't take this the wrong way but you might have a weed problem.

No worries, my responsibility stops at the doorstep. You should see the garden itself, I've made peace with the fact I don't "do" gardening!

 

[divuk83]

Update :- absolutely 0 condensation on any window in the house and the air is noticeably drier. Would usually be going round with a towel drying the sills and glass now. For the price of the unit and half a day of my time it seems so far to be worth its weight in gold.

We had one in our last house and I don't really remember if it made much of a difference, but that probably means it was good as I don't recall getting any condensation (it was 5 years ago)? We get quite bad condensation and run a de-humidifier most of the time as well as having several damp absorber things and a karcher window vac to give the windows a once over in the morning.

How did you wire it up, I know it's a fairly low amp device. Did/can you take it off the lighting circuit? I know in the last house it was on it's own circuit.

Thanks

Dave

 

[NoobCannon]

We had one in our last house and I don't really remember if it made much of a difference, but that probably means it was good as I don't recall getting any condensation (it was 5 years ago)? We get quite bad condensation and run a de-humidifier most of the time as well as having several damp absorber things and a karcher window vac to give the windows a once over in the morning.

How did you wire it up, I know it's a fairly low amp device. Did/can you take it off the lighting circuit? I know in the last house it was on it's own circuit.

Thanks

Dave

Yes its wired off the upstairs wiring circuit from
A 1amp fused spur in the loft. Everything excluding a piece of cable is in the box. Including a fused back box and face plate (And obviously tools etc)

still no condensation at all, Have turned the fan down to speed two this morning.

we used to run a dehumidifier in the bedroom all day (couldn't sleep with it at night) and have the windows cracked open whilst sleeping. Haven't had to do any of that since, the dehumidifier has gone back in the garage

 

[norm]

Yes its wired off the upstairs wiring circuit from
A 1amp fused spur in the loft. Everything excluding a piece of cable is in the box. Including a fused back box and face plate (And obviously tools etc)

Doesn't it have the effect of making your home cold if it's blowing cold air down from the loft?

 

[NoobCannon]

Doesn't it have the effect of making your home cold if it's blowing cold air down from the loft?

Maybe, i cant say ive noticed it being any cooler. But if i gave you the choice of condensation/black mould or the heating
Coming on a bit more often which would you choose?

if you stand directly underneath the outlet you can feel a cool breeze, but you wouldnt normally stand around at the top of the stairs. And if
You think its also moving all the rising heat and pushing it back around the house again

this pic and information explains it better than i ever could.

 

[norm]

Maybe, i cant say ive noticed it being any cooler. But if i gave you the choice of condensation/black mould or the heating
Coming on a bit more often which would you choose?

Maybe a heat recovery positive input ventilation system would have worked as well if you located it near the source of the moisture. That way you aren't bringing more cold air potentially creating more cold spots in the home for mould to form on.

https://www.electricaldirect.co.uk/...oom-heat-recovery-unit-wifi-white-cowl-392021

 

[NoobCannon]

Maybe a heat recovery positive input ventilation system would have worked as well if you located it near the source of the moisture. That way you aren't bringing more cold air potentially creating more cold spots in the home for mould to form on.

https://www.electricaldirect.co.uk/...oom-heat-recovery-unit-wifi-white-cowl-392021

If you would like to install one of those in every room of your house then be my guest, the solution i chose to install is working perfectly well for me.

if you were worried about colder air from the loft you can get a version with a built in heater.

 

[azazl187]

Fitted my bit of trim to the garden door threshold... Then realised the threshold was rotten. Ripped loads of it out and it was damp through. Nightmare.

Scraped out all the rotten stuff then marked and cut out a filler piece. Thankfully this exposed a lot of dry healthy wood. I've got rot treatment coming tomorrow along with the new door. So I guess I'll be fitting that and starting the painting...

That looks like a new lining, cill and door to me. You can pick up an external door lining for 100 quid.

I'll be honest with you, that bodge job looks terrible !

 

[LuckyBenski]

That looks like a new lining, cill and door to me. You can pick up an external door lining for 100 quid.

I'll be honest with you, that bodge job looks terrible !

Fair, well done for being honest! No one looks after this house, no one looked after it before I moved in (as 1 of 3 lodgers) and once I'm gone... It's up to fate! See earlier comments on state of the garden

I'm not very happy doing a quick and dirty job but honestly I'd be here forever if I started doing that level of maintenance. I'll leave it very slightly better than I found it, and at least the paint will be stopping any more moisture getting in. If I'd have known it was rotten before I ordered the door, seals, paint etc I might think differently.

 

[divuk83]

Yes its wired off the upstairs wiring circuit from
A 1amp fused spur in the loft. Everything excluding a piece of cable is in the box. Including a fused back box and face plate (And obviously tools etc)

still no condensation at all, Have turned the fan down to speed two this morning.

we used to run a dehumidifier in the bedroom all day (couldn't sleep with it at night) and have the windows cracked open whilst sleeping. Haven't had to do any of that since, the dehumidifier has gone back in the garage

Thanks very much, I think a future purchase of one is needed. Should be easy to fit if I don't have to faff on running wires back to the CU!

Dave

 

[JRJ]

Maybe, i cant say ive noticed it being any cooler. But if i gave you the choice of condensation/black mould or the heating
Coming on a bit more often which would you choose?

if you stand directly underneath the outlet you can feel a cool breeze, but you wouldnt normally stand around at the top of the stairs. And if
You think its also moving all the rising heat and pushing it back around the house again

this pic and information explains it better than i ever could.

They do a heated version but its almost twice the cost

Drimaster-Eco Positive Input Ventilation System (nuaire.co.uk)

I'm in two minds whether to fit one to my self build to balance out the continuous extractor I fitted CMEV.4EHT Greenwood AirVac Humidismart | EpicAir

 

[NoobCannon]

They do a heated version but its almost twice the cost

Drimaster-Eco Positive Input Ventilation System (nuaire.co.uk)

I'm in two minds whether to fit one to my self build to balance out the continuous extractor I fitted CMEV.4EHT Greenwood AirVac Humidismart | EpicAir

they also cost a fortune to run from research, i think i read up to £1 a day in electricity.

we had one of those continuous extractors in my last property, it didnt seem to help with anything at all (New build flat came pre installed) we turned it off for a while and had no noticeable increase in condensation.

ours was a vent axia multivent unit.