What "man jobs" have you done today?

aVdub · Thursday at 13:16

A spray gun comes into it's own when painting behind rads and have done some by spraying the rads and then adding a lacquer coat for knock protection.

RedMogg · Thursday at 13:20

aVdub said:
A spray gun comes into it's own when painting behind rads and have done some by spraying the rads and then adding a lacquer coat for knock protection.

Radiators & white pvc window trim/panel will get painted anthracite (and I'll do behind the radiator, too), just as soon as I build a pen for Jaxx, to keep him away from the fumes.

dirtychinchilla · Thursday at 15:18

aVdub said:
A spray gun comes into it's own when painting behind rads and have done some by spraying the rads and then adding a lacquer coat for knock protection.

To get behind a radiator, you just need a small roller on a very long arm. I'm pretty sure it's a known solution: https://www.screwfix.com/p/4-radiator-rollers-3-piece-set/669FM?tc=FA8

DD_Crash · Thursday at 19:28

Finished painting the wood on the garage. I ran out of paint and had to buy another tin. Still it will get used next year on something or other.

Participant · Friday at 09:30

All this chat about how to paint behind a radiator when removing it takes about 15 minutes!

200sols · Friday at 09:45

Painting behind with a roller takes about about 30 seconds

aVdub · Friday at 11:56

One for the experts is to remember that not all rads have enough access to roll behind, or are easy to remove from the wall

alexakasloth · Friday at 16:18

Lifted some floor boards to feed ethernet from the front to back of the house.

Darkpilgrim · Friday at 16:23

Jet washed garden fence all ready for painting on the weekend

200sols · Friday at 17:26

aVdub said:
One for the experts is to remember that not all rads have enough access to roll behind, or are easy to remove from the wall

Proper experts just don't paint behind them

Unless they are those designer types of course, then you get the apprentice to do it.

Richie · Friday at 18:45

Cut the grass and cleaned the car all after work... Means I can have a nice lie in tomorrow as dont need to do it then

LuckyBenski · Friday at 23:36

Richie said:
Cut the grass and cleaned the car all after work... Means I can have a nice lie in tomorrow as dont need to do it then

Nice work! I put bleachy water in the car screen wash tank and flushed a bit through, so tomorrow need to flush it all out and replace with proper screen wash. Got the job started today at least...

RedMogg · Saturday at 00:08

Built the carcasses for my son's wardrobe - struggled a bit due to limited space, but got them up eventually...

(Still need to pick lighting and rejig his desk area, as it's becoming a bit of a cave.)

Will secure the carcasses to the wall anchors and put the internal drawers & shelves in Sunday, as tomorrow is my late sister-in-law's birthday and we're taking her kids to her favourite view, then releasing balloons with happy birthday wishes on them (biodegradable ones, because we're not a-holes).

{SAS}TB · Saturday at 09:12

#WinterIsComing

Replenished the firelighter bags and kindling bucket

Last of the crappy offcuts into Big Bertha

And lounge prepped too

zom247 · Saturday at 14:14

Got all my wifes winter clothes boxes out of the loft, not on the scale of building patios etc but still a very important job.

tonys · Saturday at 14:18

zom247 said:
Got all my wifes winter clothes boxes out of the loft, not on the scale of building patios etc but still a very important job.

My wife just uses most of the wardrobe space for all her clothes and leaves me with just a single section

zom247 · Saturday at 14:26

tonys said:
My wife just uses most of the wardrobe space for all her clothes and leaves me with just a single section

That still happens

Richie · Sunday at 12:21

Cut down the wildflower garden for another year. Will leave the cuttings to dry out and deposit its seeds then bag up and remove in a week or so

Jokester · Sunday at 15:32

Replaced the o-ring seal on my petrol cap on the car. Thinking that was everything sorted on it for its MOT, I then promptly snapped off the bonnet release handle.

Participant · Sunday at 19:09

Started laying engineered oak flooring in the hall. As ever, harder than I thought it would be!

Think I'm getting the hang of it now though, although I'm not sure what to do about the doorways on the right side as I'll need to slide the boards under then join them somehow.

The underlay got creased too so I'll have to make relief cuts and tape some more.