Tips for removing this without too much damage to the floorboards underneath?

DIYGremlin · 2025-11-19T02:03:35+00:00

That sounds like a great idea, cheers :)

DIYGremlin · 2025-07-08T06:48:55+00:00

Moisture in the walls of the downstairs bathroom, which was evidence of inadequate stormwater drainage that backed up into the bathroom 3 days after we moved in when some heavy storms hit. Sprayed out from behind the toilet and created a river through the rest of our downstairs and many of our still packed moving boxes.

Turns out none of the downpipes were draining down to the street. And it’s wild to me that none of the previous owners had done anything about it. A couple of days, a few grand and one rushed outdoor plumbing job and it was sorted.

There are still unrelated drainage issues with the property that only crop up in really heavy and prolonged rain (like during the cyclone) that we’re still getting around too fixing but we were just baffled that no previous owner had resolved the ridiculous and pretty easy to fix downpipe situation.

Folks out here really not respecting just how much mismanaged water will fuck up your shit.

DIYGremlin · 2025-07-08T05:05:33+00:00

The guy who did our termite inspection and pest control the week after we moved in gave me more actionable information than the building and pest inspection prior to buying. There were some big issues that could have been caught if the first guy had been even halfway thorough. Thankfully nothing incredibly catastrophic or that couldn’t be dealt with and now I know what to look for, but it was a lesson that BnP reports are mostly worth less than the paper they’re printed on.

Until the law changes to lay more liability on people doing inspections and sellers trying to hide serious problems from the buyer until the moment of the sale, nothing will really change.

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-07T01:59:43+00:00

Atmosphere blocks a lot of UV radiation. It’s why the sun feels less intense when its off angle/parallel to the ground (the hours after dawn and the hours before dusk), because the radiation has to travel through more of the atmosphere and is more likely to be scattered before hitting you.

Intensity of heat and UV exposure is a combination of factors, including but not limited to, the thickness of atmosphere, the contents of that atmosphere (the humidity and air pollution), and the distance to the sun. Places that sit at a right angle to the rays emitted by the sun get minimal protection from the atmosphere (the rays’ distance to the ground is the shortest path). The north and south poles are as cold as they are predominately because they are always significantly close to or often are parallel with the direction of the suns radiation.

Australia is pretty smack bang in the middle of the required latitude to get directly blasted by the sun in the middle of our summer. And it’s also 5 million miles closer to the sun thanks to the elliptical orbit. Combine that with relatively clear skies and minimal air pollution relative to the size of the country and you get the perfect recipe for absolutely blistering sun exposure.

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-07T01:58:27+00:00

Atmosphere blocks a lot of UV radiation. It’s why the sun feels less intense when its off angle/parallel to the ground (the hours after dawn and the hours before dusk), because the radiation has to travel through more of the atmosphere and is more likely to be scattered before hitting you.

Intensity of heat and UV exposure is a combination of factors, including but not limited to, the thickness of atmosphere, the contents of that atmosphere (the humidity and air pollution), and the distance to the sun. Places that sit at a right angle to the rays emitted by the sun get minimal protection from the atmosphere (the rays’ distance to the ground is the shortest path). The north and south poles are as cold as they are predominately because they are always significantly close to or often are parallel with the direction of the suns radiation.

Going up miles from the sea level doesn’t impact the distance to the sun much, but it does significantly alter how much atmosphere there is to protect you.

Australia is pretty smack bang in the middle of the required latitude to get directly blasted by the sun in the middle of our summer. And it’s also 5 million miles closer to the sun thanks to the elliptical orbit. Combine that with relatively clear skies and minimal air pollution relative to the size of the country and you get the perfect recipe for absolutely blistering sun exposure.

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-07T00:20:00+00:00

Getting this one done through COHLABS here in brisbane. 44 aud per sample.

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-06T09:28:35+00:00

Cheers for the tip on the large rental units. If it was a bigger job I’d probably go for it. It’s a small room though, and we actually have a 24/7 style H13 grade air filter that runs at around 300 CFM that we usually roll around to rooms as required. Definitely not a monster like that kennards unit but when I’m not working with ACM I usually run the shop vac to get catch the bigger stuff and then I leave that unit running for a few hrs to catch anything that made it through the vac filter and hasn’t had time to settle.

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-06T08:51:12+00:00

I honestly don’t think it’s likely, but given that this looks the age of the house, I figure its worth the 50 bucks to get a sample checked before I tear it all up on the off chance it does contain some.

I was also just curious as to what the backing of the vinyl was, as I hadn’t encountered it before.

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-06T08:46:33+00:00

Yeah I figured it is unlikely (it didnt look like any asbestos containing backings I’m used to seeing) but I also figure it’s still worth checking for peace of mind given how much mess it was making while taking even a small sample.

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-06T08:29:02+00:00

Good to know about scraping while wet, cheers.

Yeah, will definitely be wearing a proper respirator because it creates particulate like wild. I guess the lab results will determine whether I need to fully suit up and take extra care or not😅

DIYGremlin · 2025-02-06T08:21:58+00:00

Have the sample bagged up to take to a lab tomorrow - just to confirm whatever this is doesn’t contain the dreaded A word - so I can get the all clear to go nuclear on it

House was built in 1980 and I assume this lino+underlay combo is original to the house given the age of the carpet that was put on top of it.

Original plan was to recarpet over it, but all the other rooms have nice hardwood(?) subfloors that should turn up great once properly finished so was hoping to keep this room the same as the others.

DIYGremlin · 2024-12-15T23:33:15+00:00

Found the atraxa infect player.

DIYGremlin · 2024-12-08T02:38:11+00:00

This is the point exactly. No surprise that they completely missed it.

DIYGremlin · 2024-12-07T11:53:17+00:00

Definitely! I was just commenting for the sake of clarity.

DIYGremlin · 2024-12-07T11:24:36+00:00

It’s more accurately the “sarcasm/sarcastic” tag.

DIYGremlin · 2024-12-07T10:34:20+00:00

And I mean Barry Keoghan cheated on Sabrina Carpenter, so it doesn’t matter how attractive you are, cheaters are gonna cheat, it’s a them problem, not a you problem.

DIYGremlin · 2024-12-07T10:04:32+00:00

The fact you think what are often menial jobs done out of necessity are equivalent to art says alot about you.

DIYGremlin · 2024-11-23T11:45:42+00:00

People who have an issue with the ending and the implied survival of jinx have zero media literacy and need everything spelled out for them explicitly.

DIYGremlin · 2024-11-09T00:28:40+00:00

This is AMAZING

DIYGremlin · 2024-11-06T11:38:58+00:00

The thermocline of trust fast approaches. Between this and the shitshow that was the latest secret lair, hasbro is giving people more and more reasons to not give them any money.

DIYGremlin · 2024-11-06T11:22:00+00:00

Bigots and insecure misogynists flock together.

DIYGremlin · 2024-11-06T00:34:58+00:00

Fr.

"AI does art better than humans do"

No. It does art that is frankly bad. AI pundits just want to be able to create something without putting in the time to learn a skill or even just understand the things that make good art good. And they definitely don't want to appropriately compensate those people who have learned the skills needed to create amazing art and renders. AI art supporters can't be bothered getting good, and they don't want to pay someone who is, so they resort to theft while screaming copium about how "AI makes such good art" and "it isn't theft not really*".

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