What "man jobs" have you done today?

Rwac said:
Cool I like the window above the stairs makes it look spacious.

Out of interest what square metre/footage has been converted to deliver how many rooms? And if it's OK - an estimated cost to get it to that point (e.g. excluding bathroom suits, carpets, etc)
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the room is 5.2 x 4.8 and we have a 1.8 x 1.8 en suite.

The stair case used a werid wardrobe in our box room and a bit of a hallway into it, but actually we have gained space and added light into our upstairs landing which is windowless so relied on light from the rooms if the doors were open.

was about 31k. plus a couple for carpets etc. inc on suite fitting and tiling.

The difference is unreal, i am chuffed but it was a lot of cash mind you, we paid for it outright so it really hurt the bank but to buy a house with the space and garden we now have would have been 300k - 340k, ok we would have got a better area and probably a nicer house but this place owes us nearly 100k less than that so it kind of made sense.

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Currently holding a cup of coffee whilst my feather edge quality fencing is standing up to the storm whilst my neighbours homebase panels are scattered around like a pack of cards. Again.

Buy quality fencing folks :p
 
Pushed on with the lounge wallpapering, just got one full drop and an odd corner by the door to do. That will be Thursday as stuck at work on 12 hours for three days now.

Next up, either papering the stairs/hallway (but not damask!!) or scrapping the old greenhouse and putting up a new shed.

The lounge flooring also needs to be done as the fresh wallpaper is really showing up the tatty carpet, but still deciding whether to go for DIY laminate or get a new carpet fitted at which point we will get the passage, stairs and landing done too.
 
Mark A said:
BennyC, that coving looks good. It's amazing how much of a difference something so simple can make. Was it easy to install?
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Ta, always thinks coving finishes a room.

Yep. Supercove is like mounting board, so not as delicate as the polystyrene stuff nor as heavy as the proper plaster stuff, with a paper face so takes paint well.

Only needs one person to fit and can be cut with a craft knife (or any think kerf saw). The adhesive can be used as a filler too and is water based so wipes away easily enough. It's reasonably forgiving but your cuts will still need to be accurate to some extent.

Worth decorating up past the bottom prior and then touching up after if needed. I actually made a small channel under the bottom edge by just pushing firmly with cloth to wipe away the excess which meant a fine paintbrush could get in behind and give a nice clean line without getting paint on the bottom edge.
 
Removed and 'dismantled' an old storage heater from the flat.

Was held together with pop rivets, so one drill with 4mm bit, one cold chisel and one big hammer. :D

Lots of noise and fun later... it's all in the bin outside. :D
 
Replace the fluorescent tubes in our kitchen with 2 x 6 way spot bars. First one went nicely, so expected the second to be the same.

Took down the second fitting to find a 10 to 12cm "gash" in the ceiling created to feed the T&E cable under one of the joists :rolleyes: Meant an extra pootle down to Homebase for more filler.

Then chopped and sawed up some PSE to add to the kindling stash in the garage.
 
Might be able to find a before from the agents pictures, can certainly do an after.

Personally, kitchen feels warmer with the change in colour temperature. Just got standard halogen bulbs in but will change them for GU10 LEDs soon. Had cool white in our old kitchen but will probably stick with warm white in this one.
 
spent the long weekend + an extra 10 days totally prepping and painting our new house

~300ish man hours between me and the wife
1.5kg sugar soap powder to wash everything down
6kg filler - (most of which was either dropped on the floor or sanded back off the walls - pulled about 100 rawl plugs out the walls :()
30L white emulsion - ceilings and cupboards
85L various coloured emulsions - so many damn walls!

so glad to be back at work for a bit of a rest while :)

PS - I really really hate washing rollers :(

PPS - Homebase were doing a 342 on paint thing the other weekend + £5 off your next order if you did an online survey. I did £10 separate surveys - one day I went into the same store, did a review, went back 4 times in a row :D
 
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Today's task is to cut the paving slabs for the BBQ extension and possibly lay them too (finish it!).

I'm investing ;) in a small 115mm bosch angle grinder for the task with a diamond cutting disk but the tool can & will be used for a varied array of concrete/brick and metal cutting/grinding. So in the end that's enough justification :)
 
NickK said:
Today's task is to cut the paving slabs for the BBQ extension and possibly lay them too (finish it!).

I'm investing ;) in a small 115mm bosch angle grinder for the task with a diamond cutting disk but the tool can & will be used for a varied array of concrete/brick and metal cutting/grinding. So in the end that's enough justification :)
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I suggest going bigger.
It will most likely not quite cut through a 38mm slab and you'll have to cut every slab from both sides..
1 - not as neat
2 - gets very tiresome very quickly having to cut every slab twice.
 
Siliconslave said:
PS - I really really hate washing rollers :(
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That's why all the walls in my house are the same colour and all the ceilings are the same colour.

I'm far too lazy to wash them at the end of the day, even with good quality rollers as let's be honest they are only a few £ so I just wrap them in cling film or a large plastic bag when not in use until I've finished decorating (good for at least a week if air tight).
 
MassiveJim said:
I suggest going bigger.
It will most likely not quite cut through a 38mm slab and you'll have to cut every slab from both sides..
1 - not as neat
2 - gets very tiresome very quickly having to cut every slab twice.
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Done and dusted, it cuts easily leaving a very small amount - then use a tile break.
 
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