Faldo's DIY General thread

Crane in a 40foot shipping container onto a few concrete footings and fit it out.

Cheaper, bespoke and removable by lurry.

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Buy a 20ft for about 3k.

@Juhniallio ferries boxes of chocolate bars around in a Berlingo, he must be as fat as a Tipperary housewife. 20ft be no use to him.

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He just needs a place to sleep when the missus locks him out.

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Berlingo sure.

He owns the Teach an Mhadra thread

Teach an mhadra=Berlingo

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He deserves an upgrade tbf

@Corksfinedtboy or anyone else can you recommend an exterior paint that will survive the rigours of a seaside location?

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Colortrend exterior is decent,
But Dulux weather shield is cheaper and not far off

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Cheers!

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Wc

Have lads here today respraying the external window frames. They said they’d be here at 8am. Got a text at 8.15 saying he’s been here since 7.30 and is working away taping up and is about to start sanding down.
Lad was 3 doors down working away on someone else’s place.

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Timber I presume, what with the sanding down…

Has anyone any experience with repainting PVC? Relatively new phenomenon I believe, would suit me as I’m considering a spruce up.

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It’s PVC, think it’s a very light sand to get the dirt off them. They did another place in the estate and looks a great job. We moved in recently and they were in good condition just didn’t like the colours.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

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It’s for grip
And to get rid of flaky shite

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Sound…

Any idea if they use a primer on it, or just one application? Spray job?

An obligatory oul before and after shot would be brilliant…

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Definitely a primer or some undercoat. Said it’ll be 2 to 3 coats. It was a dark brown colour. Sprayed.

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Sound

It’s easy
Get the proper under coat
Take your time
Mask up
Light coats,vv fine sanding between coats