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Just sitting in the opening, not fixed in yet.
You've done such a nice job with the rest of it I'm glad to hear it! Was odd to see when everything else looks neat and tidy.
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You've done such a nice job with the rest of it I'm glad to hear it! Was odd to see when everything else looks neat and tidy.
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Anyone want a 1 week old 1/2 inch router. £70 plus postage, cost £107. Came with 3 bits, unused, and the two bits I bought with life still left in them.
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Id hang onto that, ready for when you need to make the replacment!
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id keep it its made its money buy doing that job and a router is a tool that cant be easy replaced by another tool
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Sold it to a mate who is moving house and planning a fair amount of renovation, so good all round since I'll be able to borrow it if needed in the future.
Door off again and sanded after two coats of gloss.
Final "flow" coat of gloss, now fairly confident the door will outlive me.
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Well it was about time so my front door got a lick of paint too.
I tarted up the brass furniture and made up a 3d printed door number. It's boxed in with a solar powered led backlight.
I tarted up the brass furniture and made up a 3d printed door number. It's boxed in with a solar powered led backlight.
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Last post on this, it's finished, almost. Rehung, glazed and draught proofing on all round, I may also fit a small drip bar at the bottom but I'll see how it performs first.
I used this draught proofer which has been perfect on my back door.
grandvictorian.co.uk
I used this draught proofer which has been perfect on my back door.
Complete Front Door Draught Proofing Kit - The Grand Victorian Door Company
Our front door draught proofing kit is hand-made with an AQ21 seal fitted to completely draught proof your front door - painted and ready to cut and install.
grandvictorian.co.uk
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Next year I'll do a bit of work on the vestibule and the paving is getting replaced with limestone like I did in the back garden. Currently goes up to the side gate. Also plan to sand/grind the stone work to get it cleaned up.
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i wouldnt advise sand blasting or grinding the stone work as you will loose its water proof coating of years gone by
once you loose that protective coating stone can leach in water rather well so if you do any sand blasting you will need a water proof coat like thompsons water seal to then seal it every 2 years
once you loose that protective coating stone can leach in water rather well so if you do any sand blasting you will need a water proof coat like thompsons water seal to then seal it every 2 years
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Cheers for the link....our front door has those rubber ones all round. They worked really well but this year with the heat they seem to react and get stuck to the door paint making the door (very) difficult to open.
Time to change me thinks...
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i re pointed my house and then sandblasted it.2 coats of thompsons sealed it .been done 30 years now and no bricks or mortar shelling off
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you mean you sand blasted it then pointed it up again before you coated it with thompsons water seali re pointed my house and then sandblasted it.2 coats of thompsons sealed it .been done 30 years now and no bricks or mortar shelling off
doing it the other way and you will take off all of your pointing that youve just done
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no i pointed it all up bagged it off then sandblasted the bricks using dried beach sand i got for free used the big comp using a 6mm jet and spot dabbed all the bricks without damaging the pointingyou mean you sand blasted it then pointed it up again before you coated it with thompsons water seal
doing it the other way and you will take off all of your pointing that youve just done
left doing it for a month so the cement was well hardened . house looks like new even though its 150 years old
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the local councill were well impressed with it got a letter through the door asking who did it 
ohh sh.it im in for it dry blasting with sand 
rang them up and they wanted a house wall sandblasting on an old listed cottage . i said sorry i dont do it for anyone just myself 
thought id been grassed up at 1st
ohh sh.it im in for it dry blasting with sand rang them up and they wanted a house wall sandblasting on an old listed cottage . i said sorry i dont do it for anyone just myself thought id been grassed up at 1st 