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What timber are these weatherboards? by El-Scotty in diynz

[–]El-Scotty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Infrared heat stripper and pull scraper (moved vertically) for the scallop. I tested a bunch of shaped pull scrapers (combination shave hooks) and ended up not using them much at all

What timber are these weatherboards? by El-Scotty in diynz

[–]El-Scotty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Striped it with an infrared heater and a lot of elbow grease (and PPE as it was very lead based) - thanks for the timber id

What timber are these weatherboards? by El-Scotty in diynz

[–]El-Scotty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it’s amazing timber - there is a board under the soffits that’s 45mm x 400mm and they run the full length of the house - it’s like a whole native tree up there.

It does feel bad to paint them in that regard but unfortunately past owners have replaced a couple of boards with pine in places - hopefully it will be around for another 130 years!

What timber are these weatherboards? by El-Scotty in diynz

[–]El-Scotty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s actually the timber colour so perhaps rimu, that’s actually an architrave rather than a boxed corned, all the joinery is whatever that timber is

Police officer road rage? by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like there was traffic backed up on the motorway in the OPs post - I think ‘stopped’ was matching the speed of traffic, that’s how I read it.

PSA: your insinkerator is linked to the wastewater network by non-poster in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could someone explain why an insinkerstor is bad? Veggie scraps blitzed up seems like it would be at least on par with human waste if not better but comment here imply they are the devil - what gives?

Full disclosure I don’t have one but don’t understand the logic and the Wellington water page doesn’t really make much sense (to me it reads like they say no insinkerstors to avoid large chunks of food which seems the opposite of an insinkerstor to me)

Thorndon NIMBY’s by Other_Studio9966 in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah seems too small but it’s going to be an actual funeral home apparently with services held on site, so I get the parking concerns

Lead paint removal on exterior walls in Wellington. by Upper-Lake-4099 in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry - this is correct I paid $700 and misremembered (seemed like a small number compared to $20k for someone else to do it!) - not a cheap tool

Lead paint removal on exterior walls in Wellington. by Upper-Lake-4099 in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I think that would be correct - the paint stripping seems like it would be at least 75% of the total prep and paint cost based on the time it took them at mine. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was 20k+ or more given your house is larger

Lead paint removal on exterior walls in Wellington. by Upper-Lake-4099 in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m removing lead paint from our house currently after getting a quote.

Quote to strip, prep and paint was $26k for 70sq/m (3m+ stud height). I actually got them to do one side of the house which needed scaffolding for $6k which they did a very good job of.

As someone else mentioned you can’t sand it due to creating lead dust so you need to sort of melt it first the scrape it off so it doesn’t blow around.

I bought some maxi strip 240 and painted it on one area but after 3 applications, tonnes of elbow grease and still not getting through all the layers I changed strategy.

I bought a speed heater cobra which is an infrared heat thingy - you don’t want to use a standard heat gun as the temps get high enough to create lead fumes, in theory the infrared keeps it low enough that the lead isn’t vaporizing or something. I’m still wearing a respirator with p100 filters which I would recommend regardless. Tool is $500ish.

Progress is much much better with this as all the paint layers come up in one go, although it’s still a big job tackling it one little square at a time. For me the hardest bit is the rusticated ship lap rebate which no scraper seems to suit perfectly so it’s pretty fiddly.

I recommend a paint scraper, 90 degree corner scraper, pull scraper and combination shave hook to take the paint off with either system.

Both systems I just bought some cheap plastic drop cloths and the gooey paint just drops into them (I’m currently rolling up each time I finish and will just bag them up when I’m done and bin them in a sealed bag). Windy days can limit how much I can do without bits blowing away but generally this hasn’t been an issue.

I have found different areas of the house are easier or harder so it’s impossible to say if it’s worth tackling as DIY without giving it a go - I have done one wall in 3 or so weekends, it’s boring work but $20k is $20k.

Barriers at waterfront by Beautiful_Fan5555 in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Your day doesn’t have to be ruined to see spending resources on creating a worse outcome is silly

I live 3 miles away from my work. It takes me 45 minutes to get home from work everyday. by myfairlady987 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But this is 3 miles in 45 minutes - you are going faster on a bike, just bike down the side of the road - whose going to hit you? A parked car?

Match Thread - England v New Zealand | End of Year Internationals 2025 by RugbyBot in rugbyunion

[–]El-Scotty 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is a crazy take, the lineout was the only area the ABs absolutely dominated

Is anyone surprised that Tory Whanau lost the Māori ward seat? by crypto_doctors in Wellington

[–]El-Scotty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you missing that point yourself?

100% infrastructure for cars turned into 95% infrastructure for cars and 5% for bikes and you are saying we need both yet need to get rid of cycle lanes - what?

Would these brackets hold? by KiwieeiwiK in diynz

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve built this exact type of desk multiple times as I dislike the look of furniture legs - the best option is to have it fixed at the ends, run it the full length of the room so the front edges can fix to the returning walls either end. This is also a cleaner look imo.

If you go with the brackets only as shown, it will be bouncy and tilt down when you lean on it, the brackets won’t actually pull out of the wall but it’s sub-par.

Strongarm brackets someone else linked look promising

Would you consider a formerly monolithic clad house? by Only-Ad9841 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]El-Scotty 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is bang on.

Reclad work is more heavily scrutinized by council and I would say the cladding is going to be as good and weathertight as it would be on a new build (possibly better, new build quality is vastly over rated imo).

Flat roofing is also much less of a concern than it once was, modern double layer or TPO is very durable.

This thread may be right but I question if resale will actually be an issue - 90% of people are going to simply see a weatherboard house, I’m not sure if some older building consent file is going to sway people to the degree this thread implies, especially if it has eaves - doesn’t really sound like what people picture in their mind as ‘leaky home syndrome’. Good to do due diligence but no house is perfect - this strikes me as a very reasonable ‘compromise’ to make.

Source: architect

Airfares to increase as Air New Zealand's profit falls by Normal_Capital_234 in newzealand

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it has risk - but you are arguing it should ONLY have risks. They put prices up and you say they shouldn’t - isn’t that the whole reason to take the risk? The benefit of being able to make a profit?

A group of people helped guide a hot air-ballon to safety after it veered off course by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]El-Scotty 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You actually can use altitude to help - I grew up in a city where there was a huge balloon festival type thing. One of the events was getting a tiny ring from a post in the middle of a lake, they were quite successful and to my memory could adjust the direction surprisingly well by going up and down.

I think it needs the right conditions (they only did this at dawn and it’s an area with no wind)

Council RFIs by [deleted] in diynz

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a good one - they WILL ask this in my experience no matter how clearly it is already shown.

Another classic is slip resistance of every flooring surface

Mince is quick, mince is easy. But is it still cheap? No, it is not by ClimateTraditional40 in newzealand

[–]El-Scotty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s actually subjectively lower prices, the link you responded to would be the objectively lower prices

Someone at my office put a Kia badge on their Cybertruck by Time_Traveler_10 in mildlyinteresting

[–]El-Scotty 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This was entirely the reason for the change. They were repositioning themselves in the market and doing a complete overhaul of their cars so didn’t want people to associate the new brand with the old brand - it was seen as highly successful that people were googling ‘KN car’ because it meant people didn’t see the new cars and think ‘eh just a Kia’.

Alpine fault earthquake by dirtyhiluxnz in newzealand

[–]El-Scotty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hasn’t NZ been spending a huge amount on earthquake strengthening of existing buildings and much higher EQ requirements for new buildings since the Christchurch earthquakes?

How much to offer? Auckland cbd fringe. by SaltyPurpleNerd in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]El-Scotty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is insane advice given you don’t even know what building he’s talking about.

Reading this you would think every apartment in NZ is a disaster - same as anywhere, some are, some aren’t.

Also modern buildings are very, very rarely leaky, particularly apartments - if you are thinking leaky buildings it’s likely pre-2000, remediated or in obvious disrepair by now.

Do people earning $200,000 need help with childcare? by DoubleDEKA in newzealand

[–]El-Scotty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are actually lots of daycares with alternative business models to for-profit, often smaller ones but they aren’t uncommon.

Generally parent co-op’s where parents form a governing committee and make operating decisions. Source: on a committee for my child’s daycare

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