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Can we set up a DIY/Home Maintenance/Tradesman Advice thread
Lots of lads on here no doubt with experience in the area and then lads like myself who have no idea
I will kick it off with the first question
I have noticed mortar falling from my roof - small amounts - house is about 12 or 13 years old
What should I ask a roofing contractor to do - rebed the ridge tiles and repoint them? What could I expect to pay for this service? Any recommendations for a roofing contractor in Dublin?
Thanks in advance
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 902649, member: 2272”]Can we set up a DIY/Home Maintenance/Tradesman Advice thread
Lots of lads on here no doubt with experience in the area and then lads like myself who have no idea
I will kick it off with the first question
I have noticed mortar falling from my roof - small amounts - house is about 12 or 13 years old
What should I ask a roofing contractor to do - rebed the ridge tiles and repoint them? What could I expect to pay for this service? Any recommendations for a roofing contractor in Dublin?
Thanks in advance[/quote]
Thatching would be the way to go pal.
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[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 902649, member: 2272”]Can we set up a DIY/Home Maintenance/Tradesman Advice thread
Lots of lads on here no doubt with experience in the area and then lads like myself who have no idea
I will kick it off with the first question
I have noticed mortar falling from my roof - small amounts - house is about 12 or 13 years old
What should I ask a roofing contractor to do - rebed the ridge tiles and repoint them? What could I expect to pay for this service? Any recommendations for a roofing contractor in Dublin?
Thanks in advance[/quote]
@caoimhaoin will be back in august
most lads on here have his Irish mobile if you need to contact him
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 902649, member: 2272”]Can we set up a DIY/Home Maintenance/Tradesman Advice thread
Lots of lads on here no doubt with experience in the area and then lads like myself who have no idea
I will kick it off with the first question
I have noticed mortar falling from my roof - small amounts - house is about 12 or 13 years old
What should I ask a roofing contractor to do - rebed the ridge tiles and repoint them? What could I expect to pay for this service? Any recommendations for a roofing contractor in Dublin?
Thanks in advance[/quote]
I would advise to rebed and repoint but be very careful not to over rebed and repoint. The second worst problem you can have with a roof is having small bits of mortar falling off it. The worst thing you can have is ridge tiles that are overbedded and overpointed. Recipe for disaster.
Aesthetic disaster
And Kev is our resident expert on bleeding everything.
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For advice on getting mice out of your house, be sure to ask @Raymond Crotty
prime weather for mice in the house. cold, flooding and outside habitats disturbed etc
Absolutely and after the mild winter the countryside is teeming with vermin.
[quote=“TheUlteriorMotive, post: 902649, member: 2272”]Can we set up a DIY/Home Maintenance/Tradesman Advice thread
Lots of lads on here no doubt with experience in the area and then lads like myself who have no idea
I will kick it off with the first question
I have noticed mortar falling from my roof - small amounts - house is about 12 or 13 years old
What should I ask a roofing contractor to do - rebed the ridge tiles and repoint them? What could I expect to pay for this service? Any recommendations for a roofing contractor in Dublin?
Thanks in advance[/quote]
Tricky enough to just fix one or two. He’ll probably want to rip up the whole row depending on the damage. If it’s colored mortar it can look sill after when only one part I’d done due to weathering.
It’s a particular skill though, so pay a little but more for someone who does it all the time. A bad tile job can spiral out of control.
Only the topics I comment on.
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 902726, member: 273”]Tricky enough to just fix one or two. He’ll probably want to rip up the whole row depending on the damage. If it’s colored mortar it can look sill after when only one part I’d done due to weathering.
It’s a particular skill though, so pay a little but more for someone who does it all the time. A bad tile job can spiral out of control.[/quote]
Good stuff - thanks.
A cold winter a few years back I had an infestation of mice in a top floor apartment. It was a bit of a battle to get the better of the little feckers. Pity I wasn’t aware of Raymond Crotty’s expertise in this area back then
My letterbox (or letter plate as it seems to be called online) seems to have come clean off my door. Well the interior flap is gone and so is the external one. All I have left is that brush bit in the middle.
I took a look on the Woodies website there and they only have one letterbox. It’s a different size to my existing one. That’s a fucking pain.
Are these things not a standard size? It seems to be much the same height but it’s definitely a good 5cm wider. Now what I don’t know is whether the gap for posting letters is the same size or not. Could it be that the frame just extends further on this guy but that the actual box bit is the same size? If so, I guess the screws will be in different places anyway and I presume someone like me wouldn’t be able to drill in a PVC door. I have a drill but it usually takes me half a dozen holes to get it right because I’m a wildly inaccurate measurer and driller (I managed to put at least 20 holes in the wall when I was doing the stair gate). And looking on the B&Q website they seem to have a few different sizes there too.
As an extreme measure I’d take a new wooden door fitted for free by @Fran or someone.
[QUOTE=“Rocko, post: 1021187, member: 1”]My letterbox (or letter plate as it seems to be called online) seems to have come clean off my door. Well the interior flap is gone and so is the external one. All I have left is that brush bit in the middle.
I took a look on the Woodies website there and they only have one letterbox. It’s a different size to my existing one. That’s a fucking pain.
Are these things not a standard size? It seems to be much the same height but it’s definitely a good 5cm wider. Now what I don’t know is whether the gap for posting letters is the same size or not. Could it be that the frame just extends further on this guy but that the actual box bit is the same size? If so, I guess the screws will be in different places anyway and I presume someone like me wouldn’t be able to drill in a PVC door. I have a drill but it usually takes me half a dozen holes to get it right because I’m a wildly inaccurate measurer and driller (I managed to put at least 20 holes in the wall when I was doing the stair gate). And looking on the B&Q website they seem to have a few different sizes there too.
As an extreme measure I’d take a new wooden door fitted for free by @Fran or someone.[/QUOTE]
Keep away from Woodies and B&Q for that kind of stuff. Go to a dedicated wholesaler. You’ll save yourself up to 50% and get better advice.
On mounting the letter box you’ll probably need some DIY skills as they are usually mounted with self tappers (screws). So you’ll have to be competent with drilling and spotting holes. Otherwise you will need a new door!
[QUOTE=“Rocko, post: 1021187, member: 1”]My letterbox (or letter plate as it seems to be called online) seems to have come clean off my door. Well the interior flap is gone and so is the external one. All I have left is that brush bit in the middle.
I took a look on the Woodies website there and they only have one letterbox. It’s a different size to my existing one. That’s a fucking pain.
Are these things not a standard size? It seems to be much the same height but it’s definitely a good 5cm wider. Now what I don’t know is whether the gap for posting letters is the same size or not. Could it be that the frame just extends further on this guy but that the actual box bit is the same size? If so, I guess the screws will be in different places anyway and I presume someone like me wouldn’t be able to drill in a PVC door. I have a drill but it usually takes me half a dozen holes to get it right because I’m a wildly inaccurate measurer and driller (I managed to put at least 20 holes in the wall when I was doing the stair gate). And looking on the B&Q website they seem to have a few different sizes there too.
As an extreme measure I’d take a new wooden door fitted for free by @Fran or someone.[/QUOTE]
I think you would be as well off just to buy an new house that has a fit for purpose letterbox already installed.
Does anybody know what would be a ballpark figure for getting the front, back and side of a standard semi-detached house power washed and painted?
What would be a ballpark figure for the power washing on its own?