bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 13/01/18 04:52 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 04:52 AM 2 minutes ago, .Stripes. said: Houses are expensive... did a reno about 7 years ago budget was 80 to 100K Stopped when we hit 300K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/01/18 04:58 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 04:58 AM Jesus! @bloodycrashboy I can see how that happens though! I reckon I could easily still spend a good $100k on my place when it comes to bathrooms, kitchen, laundry, skirting and carpets etc...fark that's a depressing thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 16,004 Member For: 9y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 13/01/18 05:01 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 05:01 AM 13 minutes ago, .Stripes. said: initial estimate is that it'll cost me $2.5-3k Clear silicone mate. Less than $20 at bunnings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/01/18 05:07 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 05:07 AM All the seals around the awning windows edges have disintegrated too...which would mean needing to pull them apart to replace, which would damage them and require full replacements anyway...which won't necessarily guarantee water won't get through after. I could try silicone sealing, but there's parts it won't be able to reach...and it's not really an idea fix as it doesn't really address the major issue, just masks it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 16,004 Member For: 9y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 13/01/18 05:12 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 05:12 AM Masking it would be a good thing if it didn't leak lol. See what you can do by yourself though man. You might find that it isn't too hard to do and the materials come to a fraction of the cost of paying someone to do it. Get your google hat on as there will be info available on how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,077 Member For: 16y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/01/18 05:13 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 05:13 AM that's good advice, in general, Nath... but if it's like cars, you can get into more trouble and end up paying twice, if you go down the "I'll do it myself cheaply" route haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 13/01/18 05:19 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 05:19 AM My thoughts exactly, Keify. At least this way, do it once and do it right...then move on and not have to worry about it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 16,004 Member For: 9y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 13/01/18 05:25 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 05:25 AM Doing it yourself means that it is cheap because you cut out the labour not because it isn't done right. Still... I ain't gonna argue if you wanna pay someone to do it. Not everybody has the ability to fix stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 13/01/18 05:29 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 05:29 AM 6 minutes ago, .Stripes. said: do it once and do it right this is what cost me the 300K but having said that^ it was worth it for the end result we now live at our own BCB Resort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAXRTUTE Gold Donating Members 2,639 Member For: 8y 8m 13d Posted 13/01/18 09:52 AM Share Posted 13/01/18 09:52 AM 4 hours ago, .Stripes. said: My thoughts exactly, Keify. At least this way, do it once and do it right...then move on and not have to worry about it again. Id suggest looking on gumtree for a semi retired chippy and see what he says on fixing/time/hourly rate to repair it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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