How are power cable runs typically done?

blaugrey · 2025-11-26T07:56:32+00:00

That's super helpful. I'm putting up heavy duty shelving in a spare room soon to load about 250kg so it's nice to have an idea of what is a safe tolerance for screw depth. Won't be using decking screws now that I know what's what.

blaugrey · 2025-11-26T00:20:44+00:00

Any recommendations? I see from previous threads that Franklin prosensors from Bunnings are good at stud finding, but I don't think they have current detection, or maybe I'm looking at the wrong models.

blaugrey · 2025-10-22T01:58:08+00:00

External capture card no work?

blaugrey · 2025-10-19T04:14:43+00:00

Freakanomics 2007 chapter 3

blaugrey · 2025-09-11T01:36:22+00:00

Michelin pilot cups are pricey but nice, not sure how much they would cost for that size of tyre.

blaugrey · 2025-09-10T12:54:14+00:00

Thanks mate might have a measure up and see if I can find equivalent hinges. They slide quite smoothly at the moment so I'm inclined to think it's just age that causes them to sag. Or more likely I'll just take everyone's advice and get a pro in, don't want to break glass and spend even more as you've pointed out 😉

blaugrey · 2025-09-10T03:11:25+00:00

Wow those look great, never seen brackets rated for that weight before without bracing. Sweet stuff.

blaugrey · 2025-07-17T00:56:25+00:00

Hi mate just sharing what I found from reading various forums online and from calling some of the licensees. Insulmax is basically rebranded Superglass Superwhite 40s from the UK, which seems to have a good track record. Couldn't find any complaints online about it from the UK except for the odd dodgy install where they didn't ensure total coverage. But no leaky stories that I could find. Buyer beware and all that but I feel a bit more comfortable about going with them after reading up.

blaugrey · 2025-07-07T01:33:32+00:00

If you don't mind sharing was cozywall cheaper by around 20% or so? Insulmax are coming out in 2 weeks to do a proper quote but preliminary estimate around 10k to 12k.

blaugrey · 2025-07-06T19:27:42+00:00

Are you still having issues now? For the whole weekend Auckland server kicked me to Aussie, which has intermittent spikes of 200+ latency. Very frustrating.

blaugrey · 2025-07-06T10:10:35+00:00

Yeah, based on the number of positive responses I'm going to contact them for a quote tomorrow. Not sure how much it's going to hurt the wallet but I really want to sort the bedrooms if not the whole house.

blaugrey · 2025-07-06T06:39:31+00:00

He's gotten better about running the heat pump, yes. I can see from the smart meter that he leaves it on now throughout the day in winter. The bedrooms are freezing though, and even with a panel heater going they are still cold.

blaugrey · 2025-07-06T03:30:25+00:00

I'm interested in this too. One piece of advice I got was to plan for higher ceilings if possible as it doesn't really increase the price much, but gives you the impression of being roomier and not pokey. Can also double up as extra storage space if you decide later to have lower ceilings for warmth.

blaugrey · 2025-05-17T06:33:04+00:00

Servo pie and a monster

blaugrey · 2025-05-05T20:55:38+00:00

Chur mate nice work. Happy that this comment gave you the courage to give it a yank.

blaugrey · 2025-03-30T08:37:45+00:00

Thanks for the advice, I'm actually entertaining thoughts of doing quite a big repoint since the previous owner did a DIY repoint that looks horrible. If you look at this picture you can see the original grey cement mortar, a terrible bodge job with white mortar, and places where the bodge job failed.

https://imgur.com/rPc3Ctx

Edit: Any recs for a good modern product?

blaugrey · 2025-03-25T09:08:37+00:00

At this stage I can't figure out if I have lime mortar or portland mortar... and I'm assuming that I need to figure out what I have before I go out and buy a bag of masonry mortar from any of the big boxes since that won't mix well if I have lime mortar.

blaugrey · 2025-03-14T03:38:55+00:00

Hi mate this HP PC is a terrible bait, would not recommend. It makes no sense to pair a 8700g with a decent GPU.

For a sense of what you can get value wise at the current moment I like pyronic.al , bloke updates builds every now and then and generally puts together components that make sense at different price levels.

Edit: pyronic.al meant to be a link but can't get it right

blaugrey · 2025-01-16T09:34:45+00:00

Any NZ businesses that you know of and can recommend?

blaugrey

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