Spent two weeks educating myself on tiling then a week retiling my bathroom; as a student your budgets small. Only to have all sorts of dramas on the final step of siliconing and screwing it up!!!
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Spent two weeks educating myself on tiling then a week retiling my bathroom; as a student your budgets small. Only to have all sorts of dramas on the final step of siliconing and screwing it up!!!
Thats the easiest bit to be honest. Silicon is Hydrophobic so a Wet Finger is your friend. Wet towel in one hand and either clean things off with said wet towel or wet your finger and clean it up with your pointer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonesy_sa
A couple of drops of dishwashing liquid in a cup of water to dip your finger in works greatQuote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
>>>tappin from tassie
There's a number of ways to do it but the easiest way for a handyman to get a good finish is to mask both sides of the joint then fill. Run a dry finger over pushing the silicone into the joint and removing excess.
Remove the tape carefully and then gently run a finger lubricated with soapy water over the top to smooth the lip left by the tape.
any of the above or good old KY,,, LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by taslucas
Talking the same thing aren't we ???
I think you need to get out of the city for a bit John!
>>>tappin from tassie
tree sap then ah, give me a hint I thought the wet finger worked well
Well today has dented my wallet quite a bit to the point I'm nearly contemplating missing the may trip..
Lights started flickering in the shed this morning and then all power lost..
Shed is run from house line so house lost most power to..
Wife comes out and says the fuse box is crackling and popping..
That's not good..
Grab a bit of timber dowel.
Open the box to smoke and popping..
Breaker not tripped, mains still on..
So first thing was trip the breaker and kill the main..
Still popping..
We still had the old ceramic fuse wire setup and it turns out previous owners doubled up the wire..
Fark..
It had melted the wire off the back of the fuse block..
We are so lucky that it burnt out in the box and not the roof..
But still it's $900 as the old setup was toast.. all fittings and screws were stuffed..
Ok the upside it's all proper and up to spec again..
On the downer is we only have 6mm mains cable coming in and a 40A fuse on the house..
So any future shed will mean new mains upgraded to carry the extra load..
And in now $900 down..
Bloody lucky you still have your house and everyone safe, Kallen.
Far out, $900, I know a bulknof this would have been labour but what was replaced?Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty