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[El Dopa]

for you yep.... your hands will be very useful.

Thanks....I think?

[ManDownUnder]

Not to put too fine a point on it...

I've spoken with MadDuck and we don't need a LOT of people, we need GOOD people.

The projects to be done are many, but there is a fear that lots started will end with lots half done at the end of the day/weekend/whatever... so...

We need a bod in charge of each of the following:
1) Paving out the front of the house. Currently a bit of a mud bowl...
Need digging tools (spade etc) and something to transport dirt and sand and pavers (i.e. a wheelbarrow)

Tools needed
Spade
Wheelbarrow
Masonry chisel
Hammer
Soft faced hammer
Broom

Materials needed
Pavers
Fine gravel
Paver sand

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Laying interlocking pavers is so accessible to the homeowner that you can save on installation costs. First you dig the section you wish to pave to a depth of 2-4" (5-10 cm), depending on the tile's thickness. Then you place a thin layer of gravel and a thicker layer of sand to make the surface level. Set the pavers on top in the planned layout.
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2) Guttering on the shed (and house) and some plumbing work.
I understand Mr Plumber has been in touch with MadDuck about this already (onya). I'll leave you to be the bod in charge of this if that's ok? I understand there are some "drainage issues" once the water is caught from the shed roof.

Might need some advice on that (Mr Plumber?)

Might need some labourers to help...

Tools needed
Hammers
Jimmy bars
Screw driver/power drill
Rags

Materials
Guttering
Downpipe
PVC Cement
Jointers
End Caps
Downpipe connector
Galv Clouts or screws


3) Paint the Kitchen (and little boys/girls room too if there's time)
Crashe - you good for this? MadDuck mentioned she has the paint, and a roller. I have a roller, and drop sheets

Remember people - Paint from the top down... ceiling first, then walls etc

Tools
Roller on sticks (ceiling)
Rollers/brushes/speed brushes
Cutting brushes (windows)
Drop sheets
Roller tray(s)

Materials
Ceiling paint
Window Paint
Turps
Sugar Soap (thanks AJ)

=== expertise a la AJ Turbo
... use plenty of sugar soap...
don't forget to sand !!!!!!
if at all worried use alkd flat on the ceilings in hall/bed/lounge 2 coats.
in kitchen/bath/Wc use: semi-gloss enamel (oil based) on ceilings, walls.
in hallways/bedrooms/lounge... if you are painting the walls. i would use pimented sealer, then 2 X coats of a GOOD low-sheene... dulux 101 (mad duck should know what i mean there...)
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4) General (cleaning windows, mowing lawns, and waterblasting any/everything clean)

Tools
Waterblaster
Lawn Mower
Housewashing brush

Materials
Fuel for mower
Detergent for house washing brush

With that lot done I think we can realistically look at other work to be done, but I'm buggered if we get a lot of jobs 1/2 done, and then not finished...

Beyond that there is...

Mowing lawns, trimming and spraying, cleaning cupboards, and the back deck needs shoring up... shed roof needs waterblasting and possibly painting

Aka - there is PLENTY to do...

Looking for 10 or so people... fit and able to help. Enough to get stuck in, not so many we're tripping over each other.

Will need a volly to run out for lunches etc too if needed, or I could bring the BBQ...

[ManDownUnder]

oopsie - forgot to mention...

See crashe's post for the full list of stuff to do - I'm just picking off the top 3 or 4 to be done - beyond that we need to pick and choose from her list.

[ajturbo]

sorry people.


20 years a painter, starting a tutoring job in painting and decorating.... and i will be in welly this weekend!!!!

i do wish i could be there.. with 4-5 people helping me we could have the whole place done by sunday night!!!( inside!!)

just a word of warning..
i have seen the place ... use plenty of sugar soap...
don't forget to sand !!!!!!
if at all worried use alkd flat on the ceilings in hall/bed/lounge 2 coats.
in kitchen/bath/Wc use: semi-gloss enamel (oil based) on ceilings, walls.
in hallways/bedrooms/lounge... if you are painting the walls. i would use pimented sealer, then 2 X coats of a GOOD low-sheene... dulux 101 (mad duck should know what i mean there...)

hope this has been some help.

aj

[White trash]

I'm offering expertise in no particular field for Sunday. I'm bad at most things, good for fuck all but I've got bluddy hee-uge biceps and shoulders so can do lotsa heavy stuff.

(Please let me help, I've got nowhere else to go)

[MadDuck]

.... good for fuck all but I've got bluddy hee-uge biceps and shoulders so can do lotsa heavy stuff.

(Please let me help, I've got nowhere else to go)

WT you on the list for all the heavy shifting of stuff....put those huge biceps to some good use

[El Dopa]

I'm offering expertise in no particular field for Sunday. I'm bad at most things, good for fuck all but I've got bluddy hee-uge biceps and shoulders so can do lotsa heavy stuff.

(Please let me help, I've got nowhere else to go)

I'll be round on sunday as well. Looking forward to meeting the infamous Trashman.

I have a spade and a hammer, and that's about it, but I'll bring 'em along.

[MadDuck]

I'll be round on sunday as well. Looking forward to meeting the infamous Trashman.

Will be great to see you ED. A couple of things though...hes not infamous and for christs sake dont call him White Trash to his face. I need him do some work

[MadDuck]

tickets are free. JSG will be explaining to anyone who comes along about how naive I am.

...I stoop so low to bump the thread

[ManDownUnder]

OK - an update (after in depth and undercover investigations...) here we go..

1) Paving out the front of the house. Currently a bit of a mud bowl...
Need digging tools (spade etc) and something to transport dirt and sand and pavers (i.e. a wheelbarrow)
Tools needed
Spade
Wheelbarrow
Masonry chisel
Hammer
Soft faced hammer
Broom
Materials needed
Pavers
Fine gravel
Paver sand
===
Laying interlocking pavers is so accessible to the homeowner that you can save on installation costs. First you dig the section you wish to pave to a depth of 2-4" (5-10 cm), depending on the tile's thickness. Then you place a thin layer of gravel and a thicker layer of sand to make the surface level. Set the pavers on top in the planned layout.
===

2) New leg on the back deck (any builders out there - 6Chris6 - do YOU know anyone good???
* Need a builder for this one - make sure it's done proper, with good material and isn't ever going to rot/break/kill someone - especially if that someone had a few beers in them...

3) Tidy up the steps to the front deck.
* Waterblaster

4) Guttering on gargre is being fixed already - no need to do this... maybe the run off from it though - I understand the drain hole ain't big/deep enough... might need "resizing" if that's humanly possible

5) Concrete a slope down to the pad at the end of the driveway
* Need a builder for this one too - some concrete premix and boxing...

6) Allains Room Painted
* The usual array of painting stuff - sugar soap to clean it down, a sand around the place, and paint it up.
=== expertise a la AJ Turbo
... use plenty of sugar soap...
don't forget to sand !!!!!!
if at all worried use alkd flat on the ceilings in hall/bed/lounge 2 coats.
in kitchen/bath/Wc use: semi-gloss enamel (oil based) on ceilings, walls.
in hallways/bedrooms/lounge... if you are painting the walls. i would use pimented sealer, then 2 X coats of a GOOD low-sheene... dulux 101 (mad duck should know what i mean there...)
===

7) Kitchen Painted
* See instructions for Allains room

8) Clean up around the house
* Bring rubbish bags, or an incinerator

9) Wash the house
* I'm bringing a house washing brush, and hoses

10) Repair the shed roof (leaking...!)
* Some "gunge" from the plumbing place (Silastic
* Need some insights to where it's leaking...

11) Lawns, hedges, weeds etc
* Spray, sprayers, mowers, trimmers, fuel and elbow grease
We need
Spades (MDU x 1)
Wheelbarrow
Masonry chisel
Hammer
Big Hammer (MDU)
Soft faced hammer (MDU)
Broom
Paint brushes
Drop sheets
Semi gloss enamel
Premix concrete
Trowels
Boxing timber (MDU?)
Skil Saw (MDU)
Waterblasters (a couple would be awesome!)
BBQ (MDU bringing)
Food and drink for selves. (each to their own on this one - communal BBQ available)

We need to pick off a number of jobs and GET THEM DONE before picking off the next lot.
Some need starting first (painting and concreting etc) as the material involved take time to cure
If you see (or think of) something else needing to be done, bring the tools - happy to accept more help anytime!
PM Me and or MadDuck on this stuff!
Cheers all - let's see if we can make life a little better for one of our own...
MDU

[The Stranger:Me]

Ok someone help me, save me looking through the thread.
Where exacctly is this place please?

[Lias]

Ok someone help me, save me looking through the thread.
Where exacctly is this place please?

West Auckland.

PM Madduck for the actual address.. For semi-obivous reasons it's not being posted publically.

[Gazzar]

Hi saturdays out as have to get my chrushed finger looked at and redressed but hopefully i will make it on sunday
gary

[crashe]

[OK - an update (after in depth and undercover investigations...) here we go..

1) Paving out the front of the house. Currently a bit of a mud bowl...
Need digging tools (spade etc) and something to transport dirt and sand and pavers (i.e. a wheelbarrow)
Tools needed
Spade
Wheelbarrow
Masonry chisel
Hammer
Soft faced hammer
Broom
Materials needed
Pavers
Fine gravel
Paver sand
===
Laying interlocking pavers is so accessible to the homeowner that you can save on installation costs. First you dig the section you wish to pave to a depth of 2-4" (5-10 cm), depending on the tile's thickness. Then you place a thin layer of gravel and a thicker layer of sand to make the surface level. Set the pavers on top in the planned layout.
===

2) New leg on the back deck (any builders out there - 6Chris6 - do YOU know anyone good???
* Need a builder for this one - make sure it's done proper, with good material and isn't ever going to rot/break/kill someone - especially if that someone had a few beers in them...

3) Tidy up the steps to the front deck.
* Waterblaster

4) Guttering on gargre is being fixed already - no need to do this... maybe the run off from it though - I understand the drain hole ain't big/deep enough... might need "resizing" if that's humanly possible

5) Concrete a slope down to the pad at the end of the driveway
* Need a builder for this one too - some concrete premix and boxing...

6) Allains Room Painted
* The usual array of painting stuff - sugar soap to clean it down, a sand around the place, and paint it up.
=== expertise a la AJ Turbo
... use plenty of sugar soap...
don't forget to sand !!!!!!
if at all worried use alkd flat on the ceilings in hall/bed/lounge 2 coats.
in kitchen/bath/Wc use: semi-gloss enamel (oil based) on ceilings, walls.
in hallways/bedrooms/lounge... if you are painting the walls. i would use pimented sealer, then 2 X coats of a GOOD low-sheene... dulux 101 (mad duck should know what i mean there...)
===

7) Kitchen Painted
* See instructions for Allains room

8) Clean up around the house
* Bring rubbish bags, or an incinerator

9) Wash the house
* I'm bringing a house washing brush, and hoses

10) Repair the shed roof (leaking...!)
* Some "gunge" from the plumbing place (Silastic
* Need some insights to where it's leaking...

11) Lawns, hedges, weeds etc
* Spray, sprayers, mowers, trimmers, fuel and elbow grease
We need:

Spades (MDU x 1) - have 2
Wheelbarrow - can't fit it into my car.... full of tools etc
Masonry chisel
Hammer - have 2
Big Hammer (MDU) - have sledgehammer and mini sledgehammer
Soft faced hammer (MDU) - have rubber hammer and wooden hamer
Broom - have yeard broom and soft broom
Paint brushes - have paint trays x 2
Drop sheets - have heaps
Semi gloss enamel
Premix concrete
Trowels - have one
Boxing timber (MDU?)
Skil Saw (MDU) - have skillsaw and also electric drill and drill bits.
Waterblasters (a couple would be awesome!)
BBQ (MDU bringing)
Food and drink for selves. (each to their own on this one - communal BBQ available)

We need to pick off a number of jobs and GET THEM DONE before picking off the next lot.
Some need starting first (painting and concreting etc) as the material involved take time to cure
If you see (or think of) something else needing to be done, bring the tools - happy to accept more help anytime!
PM Me and or MadDuck on this stuff!
Cheers all - let's see if we can make life a little better for one of our own...
MDU

- Spades - have 2
- Wheelbarrow - can't fit it into my car.... full of tools etc
- Hammer - have 2
- Big Hammer (MDU) - have sledgehammer and mini sledgehammer
- Soft faced hammer (MDU) - have rubber hammer and wooden hammer
- Broom - have yard broom and soft broom
- Paint brushes - have paint trays x 2 plus two rollers minus sleeves
- Drop sheets - have heaps
- Trowels - have one
- Skill Saw - have skillsaw and also electric drill and drill bits.
- 30 metre electric cord and safety thingee
- 2 hoses
- I have thrown in two sawhorses for the high places to reach... or if there is a plank that someone has to put in between to the sawhorses to paint the ceilings.
- I have put in my wood planers x 3 to adjust the doors as they are sticking.
- Have in my spirit level as well and all my carpentry tools.
- Have my weed spayer in (using Round up)

[The Stranger:Me]

Ok have just delivered the following.

Water blaster - no power extension lead or garden hose, requires a garden hose with a nylex type fitting.

Various Paint - incl a 10 litre of lumbersider for interior walls that is pretty neutral in colour. A 2 litre of enamel which would do trims and is similar to interior wall colour. A bit of X10 which would be good for exterior. This all assumes colours are ok.

Roller tray and a couple of rollers and 3 sleves that I think are ok.
Various brushes.
Some sand paper.
A couple of scrapers.

Rubber mallot for paving

Dumpy mallot for general smashing etc. Sorry could not find bolster.

Spade
Short handle round mouth shovel.

Silicone for roof and silicone gun.