What "man jobs" have you done today?

Changed the fill valve in the en-suite loo.

Thought I'd just be able to swap them over without messing around too much, but ended up having to take the cistern right off. Always more of a PITA than you expect it to be!

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tonys said:
Not necessarily a man job but as it's Father's Day me and the wife had the 2 grandchildren so our daughter and her partner could tidy up the house before they went on holiday. Absolutely loved it, puke, crying, wetting and that was just the wife:D
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Yeah, that's definitely a man job, good on you. Bet the kids were delighted (and the parents!)
 
AyeAyeAhoy! said:
Yeah, that's definitely a man job, good on you. Bet the kids were delighted (and the parents!)
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Yes, we all benefitted. We have an 8yr old and a 5.5month old. For the daughter she gets a built in care service for the price of a few bottles of Southern Comfort per year excluding normal present giving;)
 
If the forecast is right and next week is solid sun then I might get my facias and soffits painted. The paint is all flaking off, so theres a chance it might need replacing, but hopefully a couple of coats of 5* wood preserver and then a couple of coats of Zinsser satin black will do the trick. I have been wanting to do it for ages, but finding the time and that time coinciding with dry weather is almost impossible in this country.
 
Nothing major here,

Moved the rubbish the kids have left in the garden
mowed the lawn
repositioned the parasol and garden furniture
washed the patio down (kids and chalk)
 
Mowed the lawn, put some junk in the attic. All easy until I see a baseball sized wasps nest in the attic. No fire used, but large amounts of wasp spray was. I knocked it onto the attic floor insulation. Large spray of wasp killer on it. Will they stay in the damaged nest, rebuild or will they die? Place your bets

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I made another box. Better than my last one but still made some mistakes. The wood was warped from the store (standard when buying from Wickes), I overcut some of the joints, and routing out the bit for the tiles was quite messy. Improvements over the last one though, the lid fits so snuggly, probably my favourite part about the whole thing.

I think I'll just keep making boxes for now for practice, they're fun to do, and much cheaper than building bigger items. I probably only used about £7-8 worth of redwood pine for this (plus the tiles I suppose, but that wasn't really necessary)









 
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I've been doing some tidying up in the shed, which I think counts as a man job.

Also checking the tyres on the scooters*, digging out the spares and generally getting covered in dust.

I need to rinse off my crocs now, they got covered in dust and grass seed.



*The Bosch 3.6v easy pump thing is very good for mobility scooter tyres.
 
Werewolf said:
I've been doing some tidying up in the shed, which I think counts as a man job.

Also checking the tyres on the scooters*, digging out the spares and generally getting covered in dust.

I need to rinse off my crocs now, they got covered in dust and grass seed.



*The Bosch 3.6v easy pump thing is very good for mobility scooter tyres.
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I was going to give a thumbs-up for the jobs done, then you mentioned 'crocs'. Sorry that is definitely not man job footwear;)
 
tonys said:
I was going to give a thumbs-up for the jobs done, then you mentioned 'crocs'. Sorry that is definitely not man job footwear;)
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It's the Don's choice;)

They've even got little flower things on them (niece/great nieces snuck off and put them every pair).
 
ScarySquirrel said:
I made another box. Better than my last one but still made some mistakes. The wood was warped from the store (standard when buying from Wickes), I overcut some of the joints, and routing out the bit for the tiles was quite messy. Improvements over the last one though, the lid fits so snuggly, probably my favourite part about the whole thing.

I think I'll just keep making boxes for now for practice, they're fun to do, and much cheaper than building bigger items. I probably only used about £7-8 worth of redwood pine for this (plus the tiles I suppose, but that wasn't really necessary)
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These are super impressive! They look really great.

How are you attaching the bases to them?
 
AyeAyeAhoy! said:
These are super impressive! They look really great.

How are you attaching the bases to them?
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Thank you much :) I've still got so much to learn but for only my second box I'm happy with the progress.

The base is just a single but of wood cut to size and then glued in. You can see a few more of the imperfections in the joints here:

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Took some cuttings of buddleia , weigela, viburnum and escallonias. Then pricked out some malva and lupin seedlings.

Got a big bank I need to fill so trying to grow as much of it as cheaply as I can
 
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AyeAyeAhoy! said:
I wonder if you could use the router to take out most of two opposite internal faces, leaving a ledge at the bottom, which the base could then slide down to and sit on?
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Yeah that is definitely possible. Or you could do a small dado along the bottom and then slide a thinner piece of wood into it, then construct the box around it. I need to learn more about joints and things like that for sure.
 
Filled the two green bins with more cuttings for tomorrow. Still enough left to fill one again. I did buy 3 massive garden waste bags for tip runs but the hassle of getting a permit or gambling they will let me in without one is too off putting this week.
 
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