Skirting Quandry

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:07 pm

To remove cut nails put the claw of a hammer on them and turn the hammer round, they will either loosen enough to pull out or snap off level with the wall, saves any mess with a grinder, and a lot quicker than a hacksaw

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:13 pm

Or even whack the *wats in with a hammer!!

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:43 pm

Gadget wrote:Or even whack the *wats in with a hammer!!

Now we are talking proper butchery

peter c · Post by **peter c** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:10 am

Don't do as I did once. I hammered the cut nail into a single skin wall and the bugger came out the other side! Causing far more problem than if I had used a claw hammer.

Peter C

Bludall · Post by **Bludall** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:04 pm

I tried pulling the nails out with a claw hammer but they didn't all come out cleanly. The ones that stuck in were cut off as near to the wall as possible then I whacked them until they were almost flush. There was less damage that way. I'd love a job removing stuff before the builders start. I gutted our kitchen before the builders fitted the new one and I've gutted rooms ready for new plaster. I must have a destructive streak!

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:04 pm

i love demolition too Louise, it's a great stressbuster.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:12 pm

It is puting it back together that brings the stress back. Or is it the voice of little woman that keeps asking "have you finished yet?" that does it??

I do like getting the angle grinder on metal though - all those lovely sparks everywhere

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:15 pm

"Tool Rage" you can't beat it.

peter c · Post by **peter c** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:22 pm

Woody

Do you mean by that throwing tools around that have failed to do a good job. Nothing wrong with the operator you will note!!!!!

Peter C

Bludall · Post by **Bludall** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:11 pm

Woody the best thing that I did was remove a whole plastered wall in one whack with the scutch hammer as a teenager. The plaster was nearly 100 years old and blown off the wall I put the hammer in it and pulled the lot came down. That is satisfying!

Barrowing it out was another matter. I should have trained as a builder I reckon.

Welsh Decorator · Post by **Welsh Decorator** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:24 pm

Putting it back in is stressfull

Not a bit of it! if you have got stress then you are doing it wrong, old saying 'Plan your work........work your plan' I would rather put stuff back than the messy labour intesive wack it an run like hell!

Good demolition is a skill, esp if trying to rescue a feature, now there is stress!

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:44 pm

Welsh Decorator wrote:Putting it back in is stressfull

Not a bit of it! if you have got stress then you are doing it wrong, old saying 'Plan your work........work your plan' I would rather put stuff back than the messy labour intesive wack it an run like hell!

Good demolition is a skill, esp if trying to rescue a feature, now there is stress!

I was tounge in cheek a bit with that comment. but having said that, I think it is clear that different people enjoy different aspects of trade.

Personally, I see P&Ds and that kind of trade as Artists, who like their work to be seen and recognised directly.

Plumbers and Sparks are more the engineers who are sucessful when their work is NOT visible and no one comments on it - as it doesn't go wrong

I reckon this is why I like doing electrics and plumbing much more then any finishing work that is on show as I am an engineer by training (electrical, electronic & computer) and have very little artistic bent (unless you include a bent pipe

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Welsh Decorator · Post by **Welsh Decorator** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:08 pm

I take your point, but I would much rather see a nicely set out run of cables, or even pipes for that matter, I reckon that a lot don't care as they will not be seen, so long as it works who cares!

I do like things that are pleaseing to the eye, they tend to show that somebody has taken the care to do it, because they can, and not because they have been told to do it.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:44 pm

Oh yes, even when they re hidden, they still have to be right - Artistry in Engineering

Same as putting a PC together - making sure everything is neat and tidy even though you actually hope no one will ever see inside

Maybe I should take a couple of photos of my exposed wiring now the skirting is off

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:55 am

peter c wrote:Woody

Do you mean by that throwing tools around that have failed to do a good job. Nothing wrong with the operator you will note!!!!!

Peter C

Naah! That's my term for demolition.

Theres nowt better than knocking holes in walls with a hammer and chisel, power tools don't give the same satisfaction imo.