New Purchase/Build - Home Renovations - Gardens - Garages & Sheds.

[bloodycrashboy]

2 minutes ago, .Stripes. said:

Houses are expensive...

 

did a reno about 7 years ago

budget was 80 to 100K

Stopped when we hit 300K  

[.Stripes.]

Jesus! @bloodycrashboy 

 

I can see how that happens though! I reckon I could easily still spend a good $100k on my place when it comes to bathrooms, kitchen, laundry, skirting and carpets etc...fark that's a depressing thought...

[Puffwagon]

13 minutes ago, .Stripes. said:

initial estimate is that it'll cost me $2.5-3k

 

Clear silicone mate. Less than $20 at bunnings.

[.Stripes.]

All the seals around the awning windows edges have disintegrated too...which would mean needing to pull them apart to replace, which would damage them and require full replacements anyway...which won't necessarily guarantee water won't get through after. I could try silicone sealing, but there's parts it won't be able to reach...and it's not really an idea fix as it doesn't really address the major issue, just masks it.

[Puffwagon]

Masking it would be a good thing if it didn't leak lol.

 

See what you can do by yourself though man. You might find that it isn't too hard to do and the materials come to a fraction of the cost of paying someone to do it.

 

Get your google hat on as there will be info available on how to do it.

[k31th]

that's good advice, in general, Nath... but if it's like cars, you can get into more trouble and end up paying twice, if you go down the "I'll do it myself cheaply" route haha

[.Stripes.]

My thoughts exactly, Keify. At least this way, do it once and do it right...then move on and not have to worry about it again.

[Puffwagon]

Doing it yourself means that it is cheap because you cut out the labour not because it isn't done right.

 

Still... I ain't gonna argue if you wanna pay someone to do it. Not everybody has the ability to fix stuff.

[bloodycrashboy]

6 minutes ago, .Stripes. said:

do it once and do it right

 

this is what cost me the 300K

but having said that^    it was worth it for the end result

we now live at our own BCB Resort 

[BAXRTUTE]

4 hours ago, .Stripes. said:

My thoughts exactly, Keify. At least this way, do it once and do it right...then move on and not have to worry about it again.

Id suggest looking on gumtree for a semi retired chippy and see what he says on fixing/time/hourly rate to repair it.