What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Man of Honour
sorted the garage / shed - moved all the rubbish out, cleaned and painted it, put some shelves and hooks up for the tools:
might be able to find stuff now!
might be able to find stuff now!
Associate
Looking good. I bought a few of these recently too. A very cost effective way of organising stuff.
sorted the garage / shed - moved all the rubbish out, cleaned and painted it, put some shelves and hooks up for the tools:
might be able to find stuff now!
How do you get in and out, the door has a wheelbarrow and gas cylinder in front of it!
Soldato
Ever seen a hot water pipe in the middle of a wall, 15mm below the surface?
Me either.
Me either.
Associate
Well I certainly wouldn't have expected that!
Soldato
Got an indoor pool now though. Silver linings.
Soldato
This is obviously so you can install new taps in the water safe zones, what's the complaint?
Was it actually IN the plasterboard? Or sitting behind?
Soldato
It's behind the plasterboard (pressing against it) but it's been plastered in so it's totally solid round the pipe. There's no air round the pipe, basically. The plaster is about 6 inches across after which it just becomes cavity again.
Thanks! We got the materials from a local timber merchant.
Concreted the upright posts into the round, the horizontal rails are notched into the post to allow the verticals be a bit more flush to the gravel board, and then just nailed each board onto them.
Space for three cars and then one in the garage. Living the dream
Obviously haven't seen my other post what I am doing to the garage! https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/little-garage-conversion-the-dog-house.18783807/
Maybe fit a motorbike!! haha
Nice. What dimensions of timber did you use?
I'm looking to erect a fence and two gates myself. Just looking into if I can make it all myself. Will be a nice little project.
The posts are 3" x 3" and the rails are 1.5" x 3". Maybe a little overkill but this fence is going nowhere soon!
We dug down approx 20" and used postcrete which literally set in 10 minutes, however we left it for a day to make sure before we started hammering into the posts.
Man of Honour
I can't - i'm still in here, this was a horrible idea
at least theres wifi... (its a second door thats stuck closed, might brick over it at some point - not really sure why its there tbh)
Very useful, thanks.
I have one gate to install in an opening in a brick wall and one fence, only about 2.5m long with a gate on the end.
I don't think i have all the tools required to make it myself though. I'm pretty sparse in the saw department.
Soldato
Yesterday was spent stripping very old wallpaper. Along with most evenings this week i think
However to make the job much easier i've bought a 6" scraper on a 24" pole. It's taking the top layer of the celotex paper off brilliantly.
However to make the job much easier i've bought a 6" scraper on a 24" pole. It's taking the top layer of the celotex paper off brilliantly.
Associate
Repaired and repainted the front door which had the lower, right panel completely split.
Assembled and stained a small compost bin to match the shed.
Also painted the concrete and re-stained all the wood on the raised borders.
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Also made a panel to hide the cables from the TV from 6mm MDF, rounded wooden edges and covered with speaker cloth.
Assembled and stained a small compost bin to match the shed.
Also painted the concrete and re-stained all the wood on the raised borders.
Edit:
Also made a panel to hide the cables from the TV from 6mm MDF, rounded wooden edges and covered with speaker cloth.
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