What "man jobs" have you done today?

Fixed the drawer on my daughters wardrobe, then up the ladders to clean out the gutters and reattach them (putting screws in this time to stop them coming apart again), replace the silicone on the bath/shower and finally fill a few cracks in the plaster prior to painting. Then it's off swimming with my daughter for an hour, food shopping and Sunday dinner to cook. Be glad to be back at work for a rest tomorrow!
 
And today, taking up the floor tiles

Start of job:
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6 hours later:
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56 tiles done, another 118 to go. Bit of a nightmare of a job, to be honest. The tiles come up easy enough with the SDS chisel, but getting the cement up off the concrete floor is a right pain. More so in some areas (near the fireplace :mad: ) than others - was getting the friendlier tiles done in about 5 minutes each, the difficults ones were about 15 minutes each.[/QUOTE]

finished this at the weekend. 17 hours in total it took to get those tiles up (so about 6 minutes a tile). The last 70 or so were a bit quicker as they were laid on top of an old smooth red set of tiles so much of the tile cement came up with the tiles. Did those in about 4 hours. The old tiles are staying in place, as they're fairly level with the concrete on the other side of the room.

In the meantime, we had plasterers in. After stripping off the lower meter of plaster back to brickwork, they injected some damp-proofing into the walls to ward of the rising damp we were suffering in the half of the room near the fireplace. It all got a fresh plaster/skim on that half, including in the fireplace, and around the mantle I put in last week.

Next, need to tank the bits of the floor where there was some damp, and think about whether we need to self-level the floor for wooden flooring to go down (probably solid oak, maybe engineered). Also need to consider whether to take up the existing laminate boards in the hallway (fairly large hallway at ~ 15' x 8') where we're going to lay the new floor right through. Might be better to leave it down.
 
Cleaned up the garage so we can actually get some vehicles in it...

Also made a little bike rack to try and keep the bikes neat

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And installed a hoist for the Canoe, which is just a PITA to store.

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We also ended up moving a garage door opener to the middle door and heath robinsoning power to it using an extension cord from house... (previous owners had the garage built and wiring installed but didn't electrify for whatever reason - on our list of things to do!)
 
Not really a man job more boy job.

Wife has arthritis in her hands and wrists so opening these child proof tops on bleach bottles was a pain - cut outer ring of plastic off the small one and drilled a few holes round outside of big one and used my new hot glue gun to squeeze glue in between inner and outer plastic cap - both now just screw on and off. :D:D

Told her to keep tops when bottle is empty but can see the glue gun coming out again in future :rolleyes::rolleyes:


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Decking looks great. But, if I may, how did you put the steps together for your french doors. I have a similar drop and need to make something just like those, currently I have some breeze blocks I had left over functioning as makeshift steps, which aren't exactly the aesthetic I'm going for :p :D
Apologies complete missed this.

Steps are just wooden sleepers that have been screwed together using TimbaScrews like these http://www.screwfix.com/p/timbascrew-flange-timber-screws-gold-6-7-x-150mm-50-pack/4613j
 
Not really a man job more boy job.

Wife has arthritis in her hands and wrists so opening these child proof tops on bleach bottles was a pain - cut outer ring of plastic off the small one and drilled a few holes round outside of big one and used my new hot glue gun to squeeze glue in between inner and outer plastic cap - both now just screw on and off. :D:D

Told her to keep tops when bottle is empty but can see the glue gun coming out again in future :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Really good idea - hate those stupid caps!:p

Finally done the landing next to our back door (stairs go to basement). It used to be covered with the nasty lino you can see on the stairs. The whole set of stairs were originally the same lino, although half the plastic noses fell off while we were renovating the basement.:rolleyes:

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We decided to install a large rubber mat into the floor as it's going to be a fairly wet area, especially in winter with snow being brought in.

Now just need to sort out the natty bits around the door and the stairs, put back the skirting and do the last bit of painting...
 
Installed and levelled a new washing machine. Yeah not much of a "man job" but about my limit and somewhat complicated by the fact that it weighed nearly as much as me and was an absolutely pig to even slide around, let alone lift!

Also have a total garage clearout/organise/carpeting project going on (and on...)
 
Installed and levelled a new washing machine. Yeah not much of a "man job" but about my limit and somewhat complicated by the fact that it weighed nearly as much as me and was an absolutely pig to even slide around, let alone lift!

Also have a total garage clearout/organise/carpeting project going on (and on...)

You took the bolts out, yes?
 
Built and installed 3 additional slatted shelves in my boiler cupboard (there were already 2 in there)

Bought a sliding mitre saw to make the job go a bit faster (excuse for a new toy). Was only £70 (a Titan one), but it's bloody great - wish I'd had one before, rather than using a hand saw for so many tasks. Just got to find somewhere to keep it (it's pretty huge) - can go in the garage, but it's a bit damp in there and might rust a bit.
 
Already been a rather expensive week with both a washing machine and freezer. Now the boiler is making odd clunking noises like it's cutting out and back in again. Seems to be working but hasn't been serviced in a while. It's about 17-18 years old - reckon I'm going to need a new one? :(
 
Tried to sort a leak on my garage guttering, noticed while I was up there that the whole thing needs repositioning. The guys who built it didn't raise one end, so it just fills up and leaks. Cleaned it out at least, almost a whole bucket of crap up there!

Cleaned out the garage drive gutters too, it was full of dirt and grass had started to grow there. I've only been living here a month, but no doubt it hadn't been cleared since it was built.

ptex'd my snowboard to get all the knocks out of it, should be good for another week worth of fun in Jan.

Cleaned the car. Hasn't been cleaned since before I moved house, noticed that even though i've cleaned it with some proper car shampoo, the bonnet feels a little gritty to touch. Any ideas on how to make it smooth as silk again?
 
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