No, the brackets will attach to the 1x2 as well. For the parts where the brackets are you add a piece of 1x2 going north to south. This also gives a bigger footing for the bracket.

Thank you for the feedback!

For the 1x2, do you mean build a lip instead of the brackets?

Yeah paint removal is probably necessary to get proper bounding of the layers. Maybe there is some kind of primer but that is dependent on the used paint.

For reference I used something the like of this: https://www.amazon.de/PRODIAMANT-Diamant-Schleiftopf-doppelreihig-Diamantschleiftopf-PDX829-025/dp/B00ECWRMRQ/ref=sxin_21_pa_sp_phone_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.b3c099a2-7e6a-4a1a-a4ce-a6664d93a79f%3Aamzn1.sym.b3c099a2-7e6a-4a1a-a4ce-a6664d93a79f&crid=31H826ZLPVMNE&cv_ct_cx=scheibe+f%C3%BCr+beton+glatt+schleifen&keywords=scheibe+f%C3%BCr+beton+glatt+schleifen&pd_rd_i=B00ECWRMRQ&pd_rd_r=1f678aa0-59d1-4cff-a672-ab42d2d97de4&pd_rd_w=mqj65&pd_rd_wg=IiuxU&pf_rd_p=b3c099a2-7e6a-4a1a-a4ce-a6664d93a79f&pf_rd_r=7D02EYS1CFND0XQB39S8&qid=1675030594&sprefix=Glatt+scheibe+%2Caps%2C147&sr=1-1-6e6ea531-5af4-4866-af75-1ef299d1c279-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM&psc=1&smid=AHP4NSCWH5R9U

I saw the pictures and honestly don't see what the big deal is - unless you have money to burn and maybe a slight case of OCD?

It worked out really well! Thanks for the suggestion!

Could be the rollers that the drum rides on. Mine went bad and it was about 200-300 to fix.

Oil is a perfectly fine countertop finish, if, as you said, you don’t chop directly on it. We have a traditional butcher block island counter top that we oil occasionally (every 6 months or so) and its held up just fine to daily use as a counter top, not as a chopping surface.

The nice thing about oil is that you can easily sand or even steam out dings and dents and just oil those areas and get a great consistent finish.

My grandparents did this, but ended up not doing a very good job and there was a noticeable hump about a foot higher than the rest of the grass in the backyard where they buried everything for the next 40 years.... so just make sure you've got a plan to make it look nice and don't get lazy.

Thanks! It's my first time doing this so I think I needed the confidence

I'd have used something like Odie's Oil instead of mineral oil, but that's just me...

Thanks! Not a bad idea, but I should sand everything down anyway to remove the paint first, as it would not allow anything to stick correctly, so a combination of both would be best.

Ah okay, mine drains straight down into a drain in the floor (via gravity).

I thought about how 3d printing could help, but not everyone has access to such goods yet so I didn't mention it.

Hope it works!

That will work, but I would run a 1x2 around the walls to give a lip for the play wood to rest on. 3/4” can be used as subfloor with a joist span of 24”, so you should be fine with the weight you are planning.

I used an angle grinder with a diamond grinding disk to flatten out an old wall but the concrete parts are tough and take some time.

You could also add a layer of mineral plaster to get a new texture and even out the pattern. Or a combination of both ;)

It drains into a condensate pump which then pumps it into the drain. I'm thinking the cloth is there to help prevent the pump from building up a bunch of stuff. I had the same idea about using plastic shortly after making this post. I 3d printed a 2mm thick plastic thing that clipped onto the bottom to raise it up slightly. So far it seems to be working fine.

You can dye the patch material, if all else fails you could use a marine fairing compound and paint it to match. Or fix it and paint the while thing to make it even.

I'm betting that it's getting sitting on the drain... Looks like it has a little valley in it that should let water through from the sides, but I bet it's covering up the hole now.

If it were mine, I'd probably find something flat and plastic to prop it up a bit on either side to let the water under it better.

It's just going out into the drain, I wouldn't think it would need to be filtered at that point.

Plus you get all those awesome afci nuisance trips! Who doesn’t love having to go all the way to the basement because you plugged something in wrong?

I think it helps it filter out stuff? I'm not completely sure, but that's how it arrived and it was also on the previous one. I tried to see if I could take it off earlier, but it didn't really budge.

The last time this happened to me it was a thermal fuse that had blown. Most likely the vent had gotten clogged and it just got too hot. A $4 part if I recall, and about 5 minutes to replace it.

Before you start throwing parts at the problem, especially heating elements, you should check for basic continuity with a multimeter.

Whole thing. I've never seen a way to patch that stuff that doesn't look like dog shit

It’s £3 per rubble bag, and the nearest tip I can use is over 30 mins drive away. Will be a lot of rubble over the course of the job, enough to fill a large skip probably, but will be over the next couple of years, so actually getting a skip is no good. Hoping to get rid of bits of rubble as and when I can

Is that a split outlet? In other words, does the switch control one half of it and the other half is on the other circuit? If so, I have your solution.

The circuit that the switch is on was designed to terminate at that spot. With the power and the switch on, find the hot wire for that circuit. Then, connect that pair to either the top or bottom of the outlet.

With the remaining two pairs, you’re going to have to make two pigtails. Take a spare piece of black/white wire accordingly and cut off about 9-10”. Strip the ends and with a wire nut, bundle the two black wires in the box together with one pigtail, and do the same with the white. Connect the other side of the pigtails to the open half of the outlet accordingly.

I'll just call an electrician tomorrow to figure out this neutral issue. Is that what's causing the light fixture to not work? If so I'll do the hook up myself since that part is pretty easy

What's with the piece of cloth/material on the bottom? That's probably getting wet and causing the suction effect you're thinking about about. Can it be removed?