I believe I mentioned the conservatory under the window.
My plan is now to fix wooden, carpet-covered skis to the feet. This will enable us to push/pull with the rope up the stairs, while maintaining a foothold for the person at the bottom. The only issue then is getting it onto the stairs over the newel bottom at the bottom. Once on the landing , it can be cursed and sworn into the adjacent bathroom-to-be.
Then I can build the stair balustrade.
I'll keep you posted.
Cheers Richard
Are you sure the bathroom floor can take the weight?
Robert
Is that a "ding" ?
What? Pardon?
"Dong" then
Lets all call TMH names while he can't hear us ...
When plumbers used to fit cast iron bath they turned the bath upside- down, put a hammer, with the head wrapped in cloth, with the shaft through the plug hole and two of them got the bath up stairs. One at the plughole end lifting on the hammer shaft and the other lifting from the bottom. The hammer can be subtitled by a stout piece of timber and a rope looped round and threaded through the plughole.
When plumbers used to fit cast iron bath they turned the bath upside- down, put a hammer, with the head wrapped in cloth, with the shaft through the plug hole and two of them got the bath up stairs. One at the plughole end lifting on the hammer shaft and the other lifting from the bottom. The hammer can be subtitled by a stout piece of timber and a rope looped round and threaded through the plughole.
Ah ... but plumbers were REAL MEN in those days
AWEM
Now that *is* worth knowing.
The floor isn't new, but according to the tables the joists are just at the limit for the span. I'm assuming that the current standard is over-engineered for an unlikely number of people jumping up and down at once. The bath will be cross-ways across several joists; I'm going to add extra noggins between, and also 4x2 struture screwed across on top to form a plinth (so I can see out of the window). I'm not sure, no ;-)
Still haven't taken a final decision on using the bath, which isn't new. I've cleaned it with CIF cream but there are still some dark streaky marks. If I can get those out I'll use it. What should I try - bleach too strong? Bicarb?
Cheers Richard
Cheers Richard
Another old cleaning product used for cleaning baths was Ajax or Vim. Not seen any of this for years.
Getting them out is easy. Cover ears, hit bath with sledgehammer, carry out a bit at a time. Time it for 1pm and people will just think the local church clock is stiking :)
SteveW
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Get your brute force from a 12v battery. Hire a stair walker:
hth,
bookieb
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Steve Walker saying something like:
And for f*ck's sake wear goggles. The enamel splinters can pierce your eyes.
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