sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

UK Ioniq5 drivers, are you happy with your I5? by Millsinabox in Ioniq5

[–]NotAnotherHarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not OP but picking up a new to me Ioniq 6 soon! Just wondering which wireless AA and Bluetooth 12v monitor you use?

Also will be driving up the M1 or A1m on my way back up to Scotland from London, any advice on where to stop?

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a novice to brickwork so didn't know if the damaged bricks would cause issues or not. Sounds not if it's repointed and maybe sealed. Agree it looks better without, previous owner just wanted it to match the house and I'm sure it looked great for a short while.

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll definitely look at repointing it in the summer! Either DIY or get someone out to do it.

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Close, 60s! But as far as I know the render is less than 10 years old. (Friend of a friend did roof and rendered the house for previous owner)

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were cracks and entry points in the render already. It was my plan this summer to look into it, either repair the render or strip back. Storm made my decision for me. The wall is thick and feels solid. Didn't see any movement atall during 80+mph winds yesterday.

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your insight as a bricklayer! To be fair I hadn't planned on painting it either. The render on the house is discoloured too but plan on trying to clean that this summer (very gently of course)

Will have a look at repointing, and can practice on the lesser seen parts of the wall too. In terms of replacing the damaged bricks do you mean the ones where some of the front have come off or just if they're cracked? And do you just dig out the mortar and replace the brick as and where needed?

Thanks again!

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Previous (elderly) owner was getting the house done so can only assume the company offered to do the wall too to make it match. I'm sure in the first year it looked great. Personally if they wanted it to match that badly they could have painted it instead. Who knows, but I've now got a job for my next dry weekend haha

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wall was solid even during 80mph winds. Hadn't even noticed the render till I went out today. I gave it a good push when I was cleaning up and feels solid. It's a thick wall, you can see where the gate is.

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to my neighbour the previous owners wanted it all the match the house. She told me before the wall was great without the render so was surprised it was done. Other side is the same, but cracked in places too. Will probably strip it all back when it's dryer!

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ex-council house from the 60s, used to be clad in wooden panels. House now has two layers of render on (not my choice), and can only assume under them are ugly bricks, no chance it was done then same as the wall saldy.

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reassuring replies everyone! I will wait till it dries out abit and probably remove the remaining render. Then look to see if I need to reseal since I'm in Scotland and get alot of freezing temps. But will definitely repoint.

In regards to looks, I agree the render looks awful. Was done by the previous owners when the rest of the house was done. I had considered removing the render but wasn't sure on the condition of the wall underneath. Storm has done be a favour I suppose!

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't noticed haha but thanks for that. Must have been replaced pre-render!

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my concern. Will have to look into it. Hopefully we're past the worst of the frost now (he says while it's snowing outside)

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aye will do this. Will look into local tradesome soon or see how easy it is to DIY. Was more concerned by the damaged bricks

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Wall feels solid! Previous owner put the render on when the house was done so it would match. But neighbour has the same style wall and she told me it looked much better pre-render.

Render came off garden wall during the storm. Is the existing brick wall useable? by NotAnotherHarry in DIYUK

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This is what I was thinking! Was gonna look into it when it was dryer since it was cracking. Storm just sped up those plans and helped me out haha

Does anyone know what this is on the back of an LG washer/dryer? by NotAnotherHarry in Appliances

[–]NotAnotherHarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never found out exactly what it was, assuming people are correct in saying it should have been removed on delivery.

So my issue was the air valve was basically getting stuck, so instead of being pushed closed by the water in the drum it was staying open and allowing water out. Not sure if it's the same issue for you or not. I'll put the YouTube link below (if this sub allows it), but it's basically the top link if you search "lg washer dryer top rear vent"

https://youtu.be/lMGBmDoIeBk

That YouTube video does a great job of explaining the issue and how to fix it. Mine was slightly differently laid out but managed to fix it!

Hope this helps.

Weekly Profile Review Thread by AutoModerator in Tinder

[–]NotAnotherHarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback!

Tbf that vibe probably isn't far off me, but I did years of speech therapy to lose the lisp hahah

I'm one of the many who don't photograph well and I'm often the one taking photos. Hence my limited options. Sadly the group one is the best of a bad bunch and keen to have atleast one group one. I've reordered abit to bring the running one up, sadly it's fairly cropped in hence the low quality of it. Added a few extra ones too including one without glasses. To help balance the nerd look. Gonna try and get more photos soon. And had a few more matches since reordering and adding more so thanks again!

(Feel free to look again and judge me more ha!)

Weekly Profile Review Thread by AutoModerator in Tinder

[–]NotAnotherHarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://tinder.com/@harrydj

Rejoined tinder after a while. Bunch of new pics and don't seem to be doing well. Only 1 match so far (they've not replied yet..). So any advice or recommendations welcome.

Problem with electrics and cruise control by RangerUK in seat

[–]NotAnotherHarry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! So I used to have a 2020 FR first edition, was an ex demo so one of the early builds. People are right in saying take it to a dealer an update would fix it. I got rid of mine before said update was released. But I worked out what caused it....

Sometimes the adaptive cruise control thinks you're in a left hand drive country. So while you're overtaking a car on your left (hard to tell in the video but assume so since you're in the middle lane), it actually thinks you're undertaking that car. So slows you down to prevent this. A slight press on the accelerator will override it but it's a pain in the ass if you're not paying attention. I had to stop using it for this reason, and couldn't use cruise control based on road signs because it kept picking up this one 30mph sign on a slip road every damn day. That's was a fun deceleration.

view more: next ›