DIY at South Western House

For Sin’s flat at South Western House in Southampton, we wanted to put up a screen of batons.

The batons dimensions are:

  • 1170mm long to fit between ceiling and mezanine floor;
  • 44mm wide
  • 17mm deep

We bought them from B&Q at about £34 for six in a pack. They come in a length of 2400mm and do actually fit in a mini. We cut them to length and stained them with walknut varnish, satin finish.

The distance to be covered is 1180mm from post to post. In this gap we need to fit ‘x’ batons, with a gap of ‘y’ The question is, what size is ‘y’?

Total width of batons  17x
Total number of gaps   x-1
Total width of gaps    (x-1)y = xy-y
Formula: 1180 = 17x + xy - y
17x + x*y - y = 1180

So from this we can pick a number of batos on the x axis and read the required width on the y.

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Kitchen Update

The kitchen is at last being progressed. As of today we have all the building works done, floor, ceiling, fake brick wallm lights, most of the cabinates assembled. Just needs surfaces adding, wiring up, plumbing for gas and sink etc. Also need 2 replacement ovens as the ones Wren sent are all dented and smashed.

Around the steel beam where they have covered the steel in plasterboard I am making an oak ‘L’ shaped piece. It is 10cm wide on each arm. Using some old oak left over from the stairs for this. I’ll post pics at some point.

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Impact Driver

My current cordless drill has two problems: 1) the battery no longer holds charge for more than half a dozen drillings. 2) the chuck is worn and no longer holds a drill bit long enough to drill a hole.

Since I bought this about 15 years ago I thought I would treat myself to buying a new one today. I’m moving to the Erbauer EXT 18v ecosystem – meaning that I have common battery chargers (actually two, which is nice) and a set of batteries that fit into all the tools I’ll own. So far I have a rotary sander and a multi-tool. Today I bought a twin-pack of a drill and an impact driver.

I had no idea what an impact driver does but a bit of research shows that it is good for long screws through wood and concrete etc. You don;t have to pre-drill holes I think. Should be useful when it comes to replacing the decking at the front, and also the garage art installation.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-eid18-li-ecd18-li-2-18v-2-0ah-li-ion-ext-brushless-cordless-twin-pack/542fv

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