Went into the loft to figure out why a couple of rooms upstairs are cold. Lifted the boards the previous owner had laid down and bazzinga about 3mm of really old loft insulation.
Now the hunt begins to get new stuff for free
On a similar hunt myself
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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On a similar hunt myself
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Took delivery of two bags of part seasoned logs
And a chopping log
First pass at filling the store
Bit still "a bit" left :O
So did a second row of logs
And still a good chunk of the second bag left !
And a chopping log
First pass at filling the store
Bit still "a bit" left :O
So did a second row of logs
And still a good chunk of the second bag left !
Soldato
Soldato
On a similar hunt myself
Me too...Or I was.
When I converted the loft into a Computer room / Music Studio / Porn stash, I just floored it and that was that.
It only took me one winter and one summer to realise that its simply not possible to cope in there...
Winter time was brilliant for overclocking, but in the summer I would be naked all the time I was up there, and thats not a pretty picture I can tell you!
Anyway, I re-done the lot, pulled up the entire flooring, and removed all previous bits of stuff, put the stuff down nice and thick, put the floorboards back, and also did the roof too, this time round however, I also used the foam filler stuff to fill in the cracks where wind was getting through - there were loads and its quite shocking really.
Now, my loft is comfortable all year round.
I think that a big help, was actually putting down a carpet in there too. Not fitted, a rough cut that does not quite reach the sides is all thats up there, cos its an old one from the living room, but its enough for a room thats only for me.
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Took delivery of two bags of part seasoned logs
First pass at filling the store
What is your storage shelving?
I have had a look online at some and they seem really expensive for some treated wooden shelves.
Soldato
The top shelf? It's just a slatted shelf which came with the log store
The store itself was £75 delivered which I didn't think was too bad
The wicker basket is an old laundry basket I found in the garage and is full of fir cones to use as kindling
The store itself was £75 delivered which I didn't think was too bad
The wicker basket is an old laundry basket I found in the garage and is full of fir cones to use as kindling
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Put a blind up in bedroom. So much rage. Took me 8+ drill holes in various parts of recess to find somewhere it would actually bite. Made a right mess of newly plastered wall. Not happy really! Just every damn hole I drilled was just a void or load of soft mortar.
It's up now but damn it was annoying!
It's up now but damn it was annoying!
Soldato
The top shelf? It's just a slatted shelf which came with the log store
The store itself was £75 delivered which I didn't think was too bad
The wicker basket is an old laundry basket I found in the garage and is full of fir cones to use as kindling
I have some fine plastic green garden mesh which I have fitted along top of log store and it hangs down front over the logs - just cable tied a cane to bottom - keeps rain from driving into log store but allows ventilation.
That store would last me about 2 months.
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Did a spot of wallpapering this afternoon. Just got one small section of the inside of my wardrobe to do and I'll be ready for painting at the weekend. Having an early tea so i can go out and do some industrial weeding before the light completely goes tonight. Get that finished off tomorrow before covering for the winter and continuing the garden remodelling in the spring.
Soldato
Fixed boiler which needed a new filling loop. Fitted some plywood down onto the bathroom floor ready for tiling.
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built the flat pack wardrobe for the nursery, it's been in the house since March and our son is 1 next week it's a long story!
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Im going to stack the rest of the logs (currently in the bag) next to it and get some mesh to drape over with the bag on the top
We (will) have a log burner in the lounge, but also central heating so the logs should see us through the winter and beyond !
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Im going to stack the rest of the logs (currently in the bag) next to it and get some mesh to drape over with the bag on the top
We (will) have a log burner in the lounge, but also central heating so the logs should see us through the winter and beyond !
We have a log burner in the garden cabin and an open fire in the office / game room. With central heating for the rest of the house.
We dont go through much about 1 large bag through winter. Ours are currently just sat in a pile next to the shed.
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so today just made a shelf unit for the shed and thats about it.
Soldato
Mist coated bedroom. Bought 2 tins of dulux today from Homebase on BOGOF. Absolutely hate painting but gotta finish bedroom before carpet fitting on monday.
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