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Posted 07 October 2006 - 12:14 PM

Classic examples of cowboy work?

Blocking up vents in walls.
Chipboard white plastic coated wood. Or is it just a modern habit?
No large screws for bottom support but dal wood instead.
No top support in the framework.
No nailed or screwed floorboards underneath.
Some edges glued flat to the walls with no screws
Screws that are so weak in state the screw-in piece gets damaged with a few turns and some are even rusty. What good is a screw then?

I pulled the entire unit out today. The wood work behind the side of the blocked vent was mouldy and disgusting. The only good things are the pine doors. I am no builder but I do understand the stupid concepts of blocking up vents and causing dampness. As for the little ceiling support there was the danger of the frames collapsing on me. Also if every screw came out it wouldn't have been so time consuming.


Has anybody pulled out units like this before?

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Posted 09 October 2006 - 12:05 PM

QUOTE (Deepsycher @ Oct 7 2006, 01:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Has anybody pulled out units like this before?


It would not appear so.
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 05:13 PM

The cowboy workers who lived in the house before did all kinds of things like this. They blocked up and plastered all the vents (this was the last one), they painted pink over the white wallpaper and ceilings. The house needed a lot of work to undo the damages they caused. The original features such as the woolen 1950's? woolen carpet and the quality 1960's style wardrobe remained when I moved in for a while.
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 09:44 PM

QUOTE (Deepsycher @ Oct 7 2006, 12:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What good is a screw then?

I pulled the entire unit out today.


teheheheheheh...

sorry, mind in the gutter.
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Posted 10 October 2006 - 02:34 AM

*giggles childishly*

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Posted 12 October 2006 - 05:18 PM

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Posted 12 October 2006 - 09:34 PM

oh christ, dotty's new av is blindingly adorable!!!!


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Posted 12 October 2006 - 09:37 PM

QUOTE (barend @ Oct 10 2006, 02:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
teheheheheheh...

sorry, mind in the gutter.

That's quite a talent you have, Mr. Barend.
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Posted 13 October 2006 - 08:33 PM

Well here is a talent of cowboy work:



The wood there is glued flat against the wall and a blocked went.

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What good is a screw then?

I pulled the entire unit out today.


I wish, but it is a built in unit. A screw is good for undoing but sadly most of them were no't.

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