Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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A freind of mine...... noticed a bulge gradually appearing in his kitchen ceiling.
It seems that the previous owner had taken out the chimney on the ground floor but not removed anything higher and not supported what was left.
Mercifully, it was not the chimney that was trying to come through the ceiling, but it was a large concrete slab that had formed the hath of the upstairs fireplace and had been left supported only by plasterboard between the joists. Needless to say, this was removed, large mounts of steel added and prayers said for nobody having received a paving slab to the head during breakfast.
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Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:13,
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