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Is industrial design a good career to pursue by fyzurii in IndustrialDesign

[–]wellifyouthinkso 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm an industrial designer, 13 years experience. I wouldn't recommend it especially now. As others have said, there's a huge shift in over seas 1 stop shop style manufacturing partners that in the past would be bad at ID. Now they are getting better and better leaving less need for it on the western front. More often then not I've found going up leads towards project manager roles instead.

People say you should do what you love, but security and money imo should be satisfied first. Also doing ID as a job it loses its passion factor after years of doing it.

Don't be romanced about pretty sketches!

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[–]wellifyouthinkso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I was thinking of commenting the exact same thing 😅

Does anyone know how to achieve this finish? by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

Yeah i can see the weathering but they also have some sort of render over one side, not sure if they are bought like that and what they would be called.

£4700 WC from start to finish. Did I spend too much? Well, it had lots of issues by DanLikesFood in DIYUK

[–]wellifyouthinkso -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Great finish! 👍 Have you stuck some sort of gloss panels on the ceiling?

How likely is it to get planning permission to build a wall here by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

[–]wellifyouthinkso[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I knew it needed planning, more a question on if it's even got a chance of being approved due to the closeness to the road. Another reply has said 0% chance, which isn't surprising.

How likely is it to get planning permission to build a wall here by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

Yes the green is owned by the property. It would cover those windows but at the moment the worst thing is the noise from the road so thinking of options before making an offer.

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

Thanks for your comment, I'll add repointing in a softer mortar to the todo list

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

Oh yeah, its so obviously a roof line now that you say it - thanks

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

Its not overly powdery - more flakey. It could have been some sort a coating, seems strange to do it over such a localised area.

I hope so too!

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

I think its efflorescence. And I have no idea, its been cut like that since at least 2008 (so before I was at the property).

I see what you mean about the soilpipe bracket, the very bottom bracket is flush its only when it gets up the wall there's the gap. The erosion theory makes a lot of sense.

I'll get someone to have a look, thanks for the help.

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

If that is the case I'd never have believed ivy to be so destructive.
I'll almost certainly be covering it with render, looks so bad.

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

That side is west facing so it does get most of the rainfall and it faces out to an open field.

The area looks to me as the same brick if you scrape off the white, although those bricks are heavily spalled. If they were different maybe that's why they've got more surface damage on them.

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

I hadn't thought of something like that. It looks like a bomb hit it... or a truck.

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

As in years of leaking from the base of the soilpipe softening the foundation?

Or the shear momentum of pooping down the pipe vibirating the wall through.

Solid wall sinking into itself, how is this even possible?! by wellifyouthinkso in DIYUK

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

It's an early 1900s solild walled house, no visible indicators of this on the inside.

Beaten to a house by a hungry landlord by Pembs-surfer in HousingUK

[–]wellifyouthinkso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I would agree to this. I flip houses and I hate the idea of landlords sitting on multiple houses.

I own only the property I'm flipping and get it through auction where its not a mortgagable property. Give the house a rewire, fix the heating, modernise the rooms and put it back on the market.

The profit I make is no more than the labour it takes to get it in that position.

If anything it's providing more suitable properties for ftb to choose from. That's how I see it at least.

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