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Ha.
It was very carefully composed.
To hide the sordid truth.

Ha.

I did actually fit the boiler
🙂
Had a GasSafe friend check it out and commission it though.

Imagine at parties

Can you come and look at my damp patch?

F’nar f’narrr.

in a way that can be done around childcare responsibility.

This is also my criterion.
TOH and Baby Bird were away for the weekend which was why I fitted the medicine cabinet.
Which was a long crazy, filthy, dusty job.

The price of minimalism is high.
There’s still so much to do in the bathroom, it’s ridiculous.
Cast the countertop
Cabinets with drawers under countertop
Douglas fir drawer fronts, and bath panel
Fit glass shower screen.
Build a boiler/airing cupboard

😭😭😭

I guess it makes sense to cut the panel over the horizontal stud and just notch that

Yeah exactly (horizontals between studs are called noggin(g)s - also between joists)
Or you could cut along midpoint of the noggin and neighbouring stud to give something to attach your patch to, then you can drill down, this has the disadvantage that you’re working blind below the noggin.
Don’t forget to put electrical tape over the ends of the pipes to prevent Victorian detritus in yer plumbing.

Any tips for cutting a neat panel out of a lath and plaster wall without destroying the entire us thing?

Use something with minimal vibration. In order of preference;
Multi tool
Angle grinder
Stanley knife, straightedge and loads of blades (this isn’t so good for the lath but you can sometimes cut with tin snips or something)

If you cut through the plaster first, remove it then cut a smaller opening through the lath this will leave you something to attach your patch to afterwards.
(It’s the vibration from cutting through the lath that will really fuck up the wall)

Because this is tricky, I think I’d probably go for a cast in place concrete foot.
Or you could build one out of engineering bricks (?)
Leave the cribbing in place until the concrete/mortar has cured.

If you do go for this method you could shape the cribbing slightly to give a better interface with the post.

fucking up = 😭

So true of lots of building work, which is why careful planning and a bit of smarts are needed.

Each to their own obvs.
I just dislike bodging stuff - especially on my own place knowing it’ll be me that ends up having to fix it/do it right.

I’ve seen so many epoxy ‘repairs’ where water has got in behind the 2-part and rotted away the timber undetected (I posted this pic before, but this is what happened to this windowsill)

The posts are structural timbers, not something you want held up by Bondo.

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As long as the depth of the body isn’t too long (so the seal connects before your threads bottom out) and the threads and the splines work, the other bits (length and diameter of the ‘leg’) should be fixable.

Is the problem that it doesn’t seal or also that it isn’t working as a diverter?
If it’s just leaking you can maybe fix with some good pipe sealant and PTFE and a new rubber seal.
If the bent cam arm is also a problem could it be straightened?

I’d definitely advise chopping off the damaged section and replacing with something more impervious to rot.
Any epoxy or patch repair is just kicking the can down the road.

some kind of acro-prop arrangement

You could build a collar out of 4x2 bolted together in a square around the big turned ball section and crib this up off the masonry.
Wedge it up to make it take the weight then cut out the rotten section.
You could build a shutter and pour a concrete base same size as existing timber.

It’s a tap valve right?

Weird offset/eccentric leg is weird, is it a cam, does it turn another assembly in the tap?

Never seen one like it.
Do you know the age and manufacturer?

Bravo.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrors_for_princes

I agree that the term Machiavellian is totally appropriate, there’s no parallel with the Frankenstein confusion. The theories on statecraft in The Prince are Machiavelli’s and the convention is to name his ideas in that way.
The Prince is not the one who holds the views expounded in the book.

I see your lined up screw heads btw.
Don’t think I don’t.

Looks tidy.

Those ERA locks are great value
1/3 the price of an Ingersoll, 1/4 price of a Banham.

Is the brass finish lacquered? I have brushed nickel (?) but the rest of my door furniture is weathered brass.
Collar and cuffs.

Oh no.
Were you working for a family member?
Isn’t that rule no. 2?

1757 (it’s stamped on the fucking coin dude 😛)

It’s a George 2nd Shilling.

(Didn’t refresh screen- question answered, as you were)

I decided to fit a recessed medicine cabinet yesterday.
Was a bit more ag than I was expecting.

True.
Once you’ve bought into a platform it’s expensive to get a whole kit from another manufacturer, so it has to be x times better than the bare tool you could be getting.

I had Makita 14v for years - since back in the Ni-Cad days, because of weight. Fitting kitchens etc you don’t need the power, and your drill is in your hand all day!
It was a total pain because I wanted to get bare tools to use with my batteries but all the decent ones were 18v.

I’ve only just changed over to 18v 🙄

I’ve never used the Milwaukee cordless stuff. It seemed way overpriced when it launched in the UK but I hear ok things now.
I had Milwaukee drills in the States, rock solid, indestructible, heavy, dumb tools. Designs that hadn’t changed for 20+ years. Hole Hawgs and drywall guns, Magnum drills.

There’s a weird brand loyalty around power tools.
Some is justifiable (Festo do make nice but pricey kit) but most of it is marketing woo, the effect of which we’re unaware.
I’ve always used Makita - I can’t really justify or explain it. Probably based on their reputation from 30 years ago when I started buying power tools.
First drill I bought was this bad boy, it’s still going strong, no fancy electronics, it’ll break your wrist if the bit jams.

It’s almost a synesthesia thing, I feel they have a personality.

Sad.

Making a ring of solid metal bigger is not too tricky apparently- jewellers use a mandrel and stretch it.
Making smaller involves cutting and re-joining.

Marvellous

Sigh

It’s cause we’re old.
I miss it though.

I remember Paul Smith when it was one shop, he was often in there with his Bristol parked outside.

And Sam Walker.
Robot on Floral st.
Remember when CG was cool?