What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Soldato
More weeding and weedkillering in the garden today. One more patch to finish off after work tomorrow before churning the soil where my grass will be.
Cleared out garage guttering. Realised it doesn't flow down hill, So took it all down and adjusted so the water flows to the down pipe.
Cleared out the other side and found the water flowed to the downpipe but the down pipe is blocked.
Next man job - Sort blocked down pipe
Cleared out the other side and found the water flowed to the downpipe but the down pipe is blocked.
Next man job - Sort blocked down pipe
Soldato
Made some plank/camp/viking chairs. just need another coat of polyurethane and they are good to go.
Made some plank/camp/viking chairs. just need another coat of polyurethane and they are good to go.
I like those. Very simple but distinctive
Soldato
Had a stressful day yesterday - Wife ordered a new Vertical blind for bedroom - I had cleaned and painted window opening and just waiting for blind brackets - Only had top fix and needed vert fix - Got on with it - all up and thought where is chain to open blinds and where is rope to slide them open ?? -- all it has is a wand you have to turn for about 10000 turns just to turn blinds through 90 deg. and then you have to PULL the wand to slide them open. 
H & bloody safety say you can't have rope and chains as little ankle biters will hang themselves.
What has world come to.
One of the older roller blinds has a plastic chain with breakaway link. - Is that now dangerous.
H & bloody safety say you can't have rope and chains as little ankle biters will hang themselves.
What has world come to.
One of the older roller blinds has a plastic chain with breakaway link. - Is that now dangerous.
Emptied the shed, made screw-hooks for all the tools to lift them of the floor, bought some shelves, built shelves, placed everything back in the shed neatly. Binned all the crap I didn't need. Mowed lawn.
Next job is to create a climbing wall on the side of the garage for my son, just have to wait for the holds and fixings to arrive!
Next job is to create a climbing wall on the side of the garage for my son, just have to wait for the holds and fixings to arrive!
Soldato
Put another camera up in rain
Soldato
Dig Dig Dig, then saw with a hand saw...
then eventually, after many hours and blisters..
Soldato
You could make a nice fancy table out of that!
Soldato
You could make a nice fancy table out of that!
My Girflriend said the same thing. Not quite sure how i could neatly cut the top off though. I dont have a good saw for such things
Soldato
Went to use my bbq and the ash collector/adjustable air vents part fell off as it had rusted away. So made a new bracket out of some stainless sheet I had in the shed. I have no proper metal working tools, or even a vice, so its not pretty, but works fine.
Think i'll buy a proper Weber next year..
Think i'll buy a proper Weber next year..
Soldato
Pressure washed the driveway, first time in about 5 years I think.
Looks so much better and it always amazes me how dirty you realise it is once you start cleaning it, never looks as dirty before you start.
Looks so much better and it always amazes me how dirty you realise it is once you start cleaning it, never looks as dirty before you start.
Man of Honour
Mown the lawn again.
^ Likewise. Nice short cut to leave to grown for 5 days before a good old weed & feed treatment.
Also, I've started making a compost heap at the botttom of the garden.
Currently sat in the sunshine deciding what else to do with the bottom lawn - its quite heavily shaded and the grass doesnt grow under a tree so will likelt remove the top layer, put some new sopil in and plant some shade loving plants.
Also, I've started making a compost heap at the botttom of the garden.
Currently sat in the sunshine deciding what else to do with the bottom lawn - its quite heavily shaded and the grass doesnt grow under a tree so will likelt remove the top layer, put some new sopil in and plant some shade loving plants.
Caporegime
Mowers engine was revving all over the place, took the carb apart, cleaned the jets and float, put back together and now runs like new.
Soldato
Yep looks much better but what's with all the lines in the paving cement?Pressure washed the driveway, first time in about 5 years I think.
Looks so much better and it always amazes me how dirty you realise it is once you start cleaning it, never looks as dirty before you start.
Soldato
Yep looks much better but what's with all the lines in the paving cement?
All the cement between each slab has a line drawn through it basically outlining the slab. No idea why, was done about 15 years ago whilst I wasn't living here.
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Looks like the sort of thing a child has done whilst it was drying...
I mowed the lawn for the first time at the new house. It was long overdue.
I borrowed the petrol mower, it was atrocious. It stalled about 16 times.
I need to fix the the broken one now which has a bite more bite to it.