looney
22nd February 2006, 03:24 PM
I'm new here, great site for idiots like me.
Now please hold out swearing and laughing until you hear the complete tale of woe, then rush outside, hang your head over the fence and tell the old dear next door that you have found this years winner of the total wally of the year award.
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And so the story begins:
8 year old two story house, been here 3 years, builder went bust, hih to top it off, had to fix many things he did, not enough ventilation under floor and falling off styrophone architraves for a starters.
2nd story balcony fell apart, runs over garage. Tiles on about 2 inches of cement or some other whatever (though when i got to it it looked like it had been through a masher) on top of chip board, no drop on it at all. Had colonies of mushrooms growing inside the roof too.
Pulled it apart to find it was rotten all the way down, everything, chip board was like cardboard. The floor joists which ran out of house and rested on a frame which sat on a steel girder in roof line of garage were also gone, not the frame, just the joists, had to cut them off at wall and flash on top as i was scared water would seep into interior of house and cause no end of problems. Had to pull it all down as it was rotten through and through.
Built a mezzanine under balcony in garage and used this to work on.
Loads of fall, about 2 X 3.5 meters in size.
Used tongue and groove jarrah - wife insisted, which I think is my main problem, no, not think - I know.
Ran silicon down all grooves and cleaned up excess as I went. Two side which are against house and garage wall (sticks up about 8 inches) had a recess which I keyed boards into and then rendered to level finish, these sides are water tight.
After 6 months few drips getting in which i expect to get worse with time, not at edges but in some joins as timber has opened up a tad. Did use floor vices but I now know this was gonna happen anyway.
Happy to keep using WDW system every 6 months.
Going to put roof over the eventually or a rain proof sail cloth, but will always get some rain.
Door will be changed for sound proof one that will sit higher than existing.
Is there anyway to waterproof the underside of flooring or a different treatment for top surface, I have easy access.
Or do have to pull it all apart and start again?
If too expensive it may be better to just enclose the whole lot.
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Be gentle, this is my first time, as a thank you, anyone who helps can join my new comedy team, the dodgy family from dodgysville.
Attached are two pics of balcony, one inside view and a rough, not to scale plan.
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/view1.jpg
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/view2.jpg
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/inside.jpg
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/plan.gif
Now please hold out swearing and laughing until you hear the complete tale of woe, then rush outside, hang your head over the fence and tell the old dear next door that you have found this years winner of the total wally of the year award.
----------------
And so the story begins:
8 year old two story house, been here 3 years, builder went bust, hih to top it off, had to fix many things he did, not enough ventilation under floor and falling off styrophone architraves for a starters.
2nd story balcony fell apart, runs over garage. Tiles on about 2 inches of cement or some other whatever (though when i got to it it looked like it had been through a masher) on top of chip board, no drop on it at all. Had colonies of mushrooms growing inside the roof too.
Pulled it apart to find it was rotten all the way down, everything, chip board was like cardboard. The floor joists which ran out of house and rested on a frame which sat on a steel girder in roof line of garage were also gone, not the frame, just the joists, had to cut them off at wall and flash on top as i was scared water would seep into interior of house and cause no end of problems. Had to pull it all down as it was rotten through and through.
Built a mezzanine under balcony in garage and used this to work on.
Loads of fall, about 2 X 3.5 meters in size.
Used tongue and groove jarrah - wife insisted, which I think is my main problem, no, not think - I know.
Ran silicon down all grooves and cleaned up excess as I went. Two side which are against house and garage wall (sticks up about 8 inches) had a recess which I keyed boards into and then rendered to level finish, these sides are water tight.
After 6 months few drips getting in which i expect to get worse with time, not at edges but in some joins as timber has opened up a tad. Did use floor vices but I now know this was gonna happen anyway.
Happy to keep using WDW system every 6 months.
Going to put roof over the eventually or a rain proof sail cloth, but will always get some rain.
Door will be changed for sound proof one that will sit higher than existing.
Is there anyway to waterproof the underside of flooring or a different treatment for top surface, I have easy access.
Or do have to pull it all apart and start again?
If too expensive it may be better to just enclose the whole lot.
----------------
Be gentle, this is my first time, as a thank you, anyone who helps can join my new comedy team, the dodgy family from dodgysville.
Attached are two pics of balcony, one inside view and a rough, not to scale plan.
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/view1.jpg
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/view2.jpg
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/inside.jpg
http://djdesign.customer.netspace.net.au/plan.gif