What "man jobs" have you done today?

[Deleted User 298457]

Your Sunday afternoon activities are your own business.

 

[vail3r]

Did a good chunk of the back today so almost finished! Should have it boxed off tomorrow

 

[vail3r]

Installed the air con today that @dlockers used. Took about 3 hours to install and works great so far!



Also finished more of the fence and put the fence lights up

 

[{SAS}TB]

Moved some logs from the big store to store #3

 

[PermaChanged]

Contacted the manufacturers of our sliding doors/windows - as I'm pretty sure this is not installed to spec

 

[Buffman]

Finished the cladding of my shed/workshop

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Installed the air con today that @dlockers used. Took about 3 hours to install and works great so far!

I'm delighted for you, but that is disturbingly off-centre.

 

[vail3r]

I'm delighted for you, but that is disturbingly off-centre.

Good thing I wasn’t going for the centre

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Good thing I wasn’t going for the centre

I can tell, but why

 

[Buffman]

I'm delighted for you, but that is disturbingly off-centre.

Surely if its a knock through in a big room, having it centred (and consequently lower down) to meet the pitched roof isnt ideal. Would need a wider photo but I think the placement makes sense.

Would love air-conditioning for those 3 to 4 really hot weeks of the year! But they are a bit ugly imo

 

[vail3r]

I can tell, but why

Where it is means it's hidden from view from the dining/kitchen area and I find it much less in the way being higher up rather than inline with the TV. I've seen loads where they are mounted in the centre so I must be in the minority but I prefer it where it is.

Surely if its a knock through in a big room, having it centred (and consequently lower down) to meet the pitched roof isnt ideal. Would need a wider photo but I think the placement makes sense.

Would love air-conditioning for those 3 to 4 really hot weeks of the year! But they are a bit ugly imo

The cooling in the summer is a god send. I can't deal with really hot weather very well! It does come in mega handy for heating too though... Putting the central heating on and then this on heats up the large space way quicker than just the radiators alone.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Fair enough @vail3r, maybe I'm just jealous

 

[Buffman]

Where it is means it's hidden from view from the dining/kitchen area and I find it much less in the way being higher up rather than inline with the TV. I've seen loads where they are mounted in the centre so I must be in the minority but I prefer it where it is.



The cooling in the summer is a god send. I can't deal with really hot weather very well! It does come in mega handy for heating too though... Putting the central heating on and then this on heats up the large space way quicker than just the radiators alone.

Aye they get a good coefficient of performance too if you have a split type unit?

Hugely practical just not that attractive looking. Necessary evil!

 

[grudas]

anyone had their soffits capped with upvc ? ours are looking very tired, previous owner must've painted them just before selling and the paint is full on flaking off right now, looks horrid, rather than getting scaffolding (hard to reach to conservatory) I thought about getting it done right and getting it upvc capped so we don't have to worry about it again..

 

[{SAS}TB]

anyone had their soffits capped with upvc ? ours are looking very tired, previous owner must've painted them just before selling and the paint is full on flaking off right now, looks horrid, rather than getting scaffolding (hard to reach to conservatory) I thought about getting it done right and getting it upvc capped so we don't have to worry about it again..

Interested for the replies on this !

 

[kaku]

anyone had their soffits capped with upvc ? ours are looking very tired, previous owner must've painted them just before selling and the paint is full on flaking off right now, looks horrid, rather than getting scaffolding (hard to reach to conservatory) I thought about getting it done right and getting it upvc capped so we don't have to worry about it again..

Replaced with UPVC board yes - I would have thought given the labour involved capping existing material with UPVC seems almost pointless?

 

[Tesla]

Capping is a bodge, the timber soffits will most likely rot which could then spread into the rafters. Best to remove the timber ones and replace if you prefer to have UPVC ones.

 

[grudas]

Replaced with UPVC board yes - I would have thought given the labour involved capping existing material with UPVC seems almost pointless?

House is late 60s and I’m pretty sure our soffits are asbestos so the cost of removing and replacing them is even higher. They’re absolutely fine function wise but simply have peeling/old paint and look terrible because of that.

Covering in upvc would match what neighbours have done and it’ll also mean we don’t need to worry about paint etc in the future.

 

[kaku]

Fair enough, that complicates things somewhat. Ours were old timber so simple remove/replace.

 

[aVdub]

Had all ours done when the roof was being replaced and that was a complete removal + replace with UPVC.

With the UK's high humidity I would always replace, rather than cap.

House is late Victorian and judging by the work put into the soffits I would hazard a guess that they were originals and were in various states of rot.