What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Knocked out several bricks in the loft for the new joists to go in and removed one old chipboard floorboard that was rotting due to a leak in the roof(that should be sorted now after having a new aerial fitted and the guy hammered the lead flashing back down)
finally bought a cheap bosch pro drill and 103 piece assorted set to make a bug hotel for solitary bees etc
I didn;'t notice at the time but the set came with circle saws :O
I had my washing machines waste pipe coming out over the top of the machine, then down into the cupboard to the u-bend for years.
finally pulled it out and made a hole in the side of the cupboard
bug hotel I made was based on how this guy made the holes and finished them.
I didn;'t notice at the time but the set came with circle saws :O
I had my washing machines waste pipe coming out over the top of the machine, then down into the cupboard to the u-bend for years.
finally pulled it out and made a hole in the side of the cupboard
bug hotel I made was based on how this guy made the holes and finished them.
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Been to Scewfix to pick up my Milwaukee 31bit hex kit I ordered Wednesday.
Yesterday when sorting out the tools I had from my brother I found a brand new Bosch 44 piece Titanium kit I didn't realise I had inherited.
Oh well - One for the house and one for garage. Can't have too many bits. - have already binned boxes of them -Mostly old Lidl/Aldi ones and all the rusty one from Bro.
Yesterday when sorting out the tools I had from my brother I found a brand new Bosch 44 piece Titanium kit I didn't realise I had inherited.
Oh well - One for the house and one for garage. Can't have too many bits. - have already binned boxes of them -Mostly old Lidl/Aldi ones and all the rusty one from Bro.
Took the wife's car back to the garage after a service to get the service light switched off. Plus to get print out of the tracking and wheel alignment, which they couldn't do because they said there printer was broken. And they hadn't actually done the work.
Recycled some cherry from the wardrobes I ripped out a few weeks ago in to a windowsill.
Got this in situ over the weekend following the window change, some making good left to finish and architrave to attach. Shame this sill will be painted white it's lovely
Separately I have a pig of a job to take up about 30sqm of flooring in our hallway/utility that you can see above. It's a flexible thin vinyl style laminate that comes up without too much difficulty but is stuck to a self levelling screed which is laid on 6mm plywood with original floorboards underneath and skirting board surrounds. Part of me knows that the ply is stuck and/or screwed down, ffs.
I need to get under the hallway floor to be able to re-route flow/return feeds from hallway rads to the kitchen reno when that starts in about 7-8 weeks time.
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finally bought a cheap bosch pro drill and 103 piece assorted set to make a bug hotel for solitary bees etc
I didn;'t notice at the time but the set came with circle saws :O
I had my washing machines waste pipe coming out over the top of the machine, then down into the cupboard to the u-bend for years.
finally pulled it out and made a hole in the side of the cupboard
bug hotel I made was based on how this guy made the holes and finished them.
That's a good idea and one I might do for the leaf cutter bees.
Will check they could use it first.
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Built the final wardrobe and added the shelfs.
That now is 3 double wardrobes, 1 half size, 2 x 80cm wide by 1m high 4 draw units and the bed.
Left to do:
Rip out one 5m lath & plaster wall and redo with insulation and plasterboard.
Rewire the entire room, add AV plates and high level wall lights.
Move ceiling fan & light to the center of the room.
Board a new floor over the late victorian floorboards, which sadly can not be sanded and polished.
buy 2 bedside cabinets and build.
Lay wooden floor.
Go on holiday
That now is 3 double wardrobes, 1 half size, 2 x 80cm wide by 1m high 4 draw units and the bed.
Left to do:
Rip out one 5m lath & plaster wall and redo with insulation and plasterboard.
Rewire the entire room, add AV plates and high level wall lights.
Move ceiling fan & light to the center of the room.
Board a new floor over the late victorian floorboards, which sadly can not be sanded and polished.
buy 2 bedside cabinets and build.
Lay wooden floor.
Go on holiday
And tomorrow?Built the final wardrobe and added the shelfs.
That now is 3 double wardrobes, 1 half size, 2 x 80cm wide by 1m high 4 draw units and the bed.
Left to do:
Rip out one 5m lath & plaster wall and redo with insulation and plasterboard.
Rewire the entire room, add AV plates and high level wall lights.
Move ceiling fan & light to the center of the room.
Board a new floor over the late victorian floorboards, which sadly can not be sanded and polished.
buy 2 bedside cabinets and build.
Lay wooden floor.
Go on holiday
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Done rough painting on a couple of bedrooms. I don't know what it is but I don't mind rolling on several coats of paint but I cannot be bothered to get out the masking tape and do cutting in.
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Our house had a gas cooker unit when we bought it, pretty grotty but in decent condition. I spent about 3 evenings meticulously cleaning the cooked on grime, removing the glass for deep cleaning, made the entire thing look new. Despite some interim cleans, 6 months on it looks just like when we bought it
Edit: the oven anyway, the hob I've managed to maintain.
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I have one that has been really used. I did find it took a couple of years before the bees took to it (they seem to like it weathered and I think treatments/varnish/glue can put them off). In fact I have two but I may make a larger one in the same design.
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Yesterday washed the paving slabs.. covered in the usual green/muck from winter. Now looking lovely and spangly. Also cleaned the pond window which means putting my arm up to my arm pit to clean it.. **** me it's cold.
Next up is probably aerate the lawn and plant some seed. I may even cut the lawn simply to prevent the moisture causing moss growth.
I also need to sort out the pond. The drum filter motor seized so that needs fixing. I will probably put the UVC into effect to give the pond water a blast before any parasites get a strong hold as the water warms.
Next up is probably aerate the lawn and plant some seed. I may even cut the lawn simply to prevent the moisture causing moss growth.
I also need to sort out the pond. The drum filter motor seized so that needs fixing. I will probably put the UVC into effect to give the pond water a blast before any parasites get a strong hold as the water warms.
Tools out (matron!)
Drilled through an internal.(Solid brick) Wall to hardwire in my Mrs WFH set up
From my study and the router
Into the snug next door
Slight improvement
Then some pictures up in our bedroom
Just having a general once through to make use of the skip on the drive which is going tomorrow....
Drilled through an internal.(Solid brick) Wall to hardwire in my Mrs WFH set up
From my study and the router
Into the snug next door
Slight improvement
Then some pictures up in our bedroom
Just having a general once through to make use of the skip on the drive which is going tomorrow....
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what colour is that? some kind of teal?
"pigeon" or at least the colour match for the F&B one
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I hope you've hidden your holes