laser
that's the thing about living in an apartment i have to drive
to my storage container every time i forget a tool
scott brown here in today's exciting episode we level out the ceiling it's getting colder
how to cover a kitchen when you're demolishing everything around that kitchen
now we're going to set this laser up and we've got a little stick
and that's going to help us determine just how crooked this ceiling is
sort of at any point there couldn't you yeah
there we go three two three two zero you mean no at least so yeah 300
just lower there three three that's surprisingly consistent so 300
290 there so it's lower than everywhere else you want to see it on there you see 310 i think
there's two more difference from there to these so far what do you got there 309 so it's kind of
consistent with that side about 308. yeah you can see it so it's going up like that so the middle
is sagging down and you know typically we could disconnect all the things that are holding the
middle and push it up the problem is we can't push it up at the wall line because obviously
you've got the roof and the wall it's load bearing so we have to work to the low point
so we're going to try something here
could be an interesting way of bringing it up this ceiling runner is helping to stop these
ceiling joists stop them from dropping sagging they have sagged um but it's settled you know
like this timber's not going to bow anymore but to help prevent that we're going to add an lvl
beam to the side of the ceiling runner to make it even stronger but in the meantime just to try
and get it a little closer to level and bring the middle up hydo here is going to disconnect
the ceiling runner at this end and put wedges on the top plate of this wall
you're disconnecting over here as well they bring it up a bit more as well yeah i did
so almost 295 there oh yes you got that up a good six or seven mil yeah it's just a bit
different from there to here so we just need to make sure we feather it and get it straight
got a new one a bit more heavy-duty than the previous one
the previous one got all these holes in it and everything and it still worked as shade
but as soon as you were under the rain everything got weird
this one is way better quality a lot thicker
and it's got these walls that we could put up if this rain gets really bad
i care about that thank you welcome to another exciting episode
you sound like darth vader yeah i don't like him yeah nice jacket thanks
delivery delivery is here
a tricky maneuver is all propped up here but we got power lines up here and this big arm
is sort of having to maneuver around and get to here maybe here somewhere
that was pretty impressive
all right guys we've got most of the materials we need now including the high span beams so before
we pack everything we're going to get these beams up there in case we have to remove some of these
batteries uh for people who don't know an alveolar beam is layers of timber glued together to form
a strong bang one piece of timber has got natural grains and everything in it and it's not as strong
as a laminated beam so you basically get more strength for the same size
i gave it like an extra 200 ml from the walls yes that's the end there
so i've got three and a half will be good oh we might have well leave it 3.6 yep
stop by
do this without the camera this time all four without dropping one
we're using the milwaukee hey potter sponsored bro
wearing a makita jumper using a mulkey nail gun i'm the player bro
i had a comment recently wondering why we were using the milwaukee over the hikoki
after me saying that i prefer the hikoki um i like both of them they're both good at the moment the
koki started jamming i've had that longer than the milwaukee and it started jamming up i think what
it is is the glue from the nail strips uh over time it sort of collects in the magazine and then
dust attaches to that and you need to clear it out so i just haven't got around to clearing it out
that's all it is but yeah milky's going going good so 297 and then we've got 297 with us clampers
yeah it's probably blurry but now instead of a clamp one of those blocks gets nailed there
all right
oh so now is that the last block on that side yeah just on the side yet we'll explain
why we just cut it off so now that was the last block on that side of the beam
and now that leaves that side of the beam clear so we can chuck on the new beam on the side of it
so what's the plan now nail it off or should we get the other one out get the other one out first
yeah let's get the other one up
much stronger
see oh yeah nothing but nothing awesome oh well more packing and screwing okay well we did very
well to get those beans at the moment there is a huge timber shortage in new zealand and um lucky
that the the person we're working for knows a lot of people who sell timber so he was able to
get it a couple of lvl beams at short notice and we're able to get them up there all within a week
now that we have a new 4x2 in there and i've nailed this block onto the new 4x2
and i haven't nailed it to the beam yet so you just did it like let's say photo yeah
so now crank it up i'll turn the lever on just so you can get a height but you've got like
30 seconds of laser because the batteries did i know i don't know where the battery is either
it's one of those batteries that sort of went amiss during the old cleanup of the other drug
and then here we've got 305 so that's too high is it
oh yeah so that actually wants to be down and make it
oh that one's come down all right down yep hold it there
we got it wrong and we've got no laser in here oh we need more batteries
go for it mate on the dot whoa 300.
there we go all supported a bit of straightening to do still
probably been in that rest of our lives the long weekend is here the easter weekend is here
by the way the m1 is my demo hammer that's why i've been using that quite a bit lately
it's got a good claw in it for pulling nails out and uh
it's quite heavy on the head kind of like a little mini sledge hammer in many ways
enjoy your easter potter peace out homie g peace out have a fun weekend this weather's not great
but oh long weekend and we've done the hard parts of the job and we've got all the materials ready
for the next part of the job ah changing the beam and reframing the openings from the dining to the
kitchen to the lounge all coming up in the next exciting episodes thanks for watching
just to support that middle area where we put the beam up