What "man jobs" have you done today?

Siliconslave · 4 Jul 2017 at 15:05

nice cable cover - very subtle

ThereIs0nly0ne · 4 Jul 2017 at 16:20

Siliconslave said:
nice cable cover - very subtle

Thanks for that.

Matt O'Brien · 4 Jul 2017 at 16:33

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
*snip*

I second Siliconslave, that cover looks great

ThereIs0nly0ne · 4 Jul 2017 at 17:03

Matt O'Brien said:
I second Siliconslave, that cover looks great

Thank you. I wanted to make something that was more of a feature, hence the larger panel size and speaker cloth. Spindly/thin conduit can look like a bit of an afterthought and doesn't look particularly pleasing imho.

Simps · 4 Jul 2017 at 22:24

That cover is a great idea. Might have to do something similar. Thanks

ThereIs0nly0ne · 5 Jul 2017 at 06:48

Simps said:
That cover is a great idea. Might have to do something similar. Thanks

Thank you and glad it was useful!

Skiddley · 5 Jul 2017 at 08:10

Door looks great too!

ThereIs0nly0ne · 5 Jul 2017 at 14:41

Skiddley said:
Door looks great too!

Thanks. It took a while to get it epoxy'd, filled in and sanded back. The colour is Farrow and Ball ' Down Pipe' in eggshell. Can't say I'm a particular fan of this paint as it has taken much longer to dry than expected.

I still need a new doormat and porch light.

Molep · 6 Jul 2017 at 17:20

Fixing severely rotted sash window frame and sill.

after

Molep · 6 Jul 2017 at 17:25

And window to go in it - also rotten to hell on the bottom, first time glazing, used acrylic putty, a lot more expsenive but paintable after 4 hours to worth it for me.

ThereIs0nly0ne · 6 Jul 2017 at 18:05

Molep said:
And window to go in it - also rotten to hell on the bottom, first time glazing, used acrylic putty, a lot more expsenive but paintable after 4 hours to worth it for me.

Good job. I'm currently in the process of doing something similar but they're not as bad as yours. It's a lot of work.

Skiddley · 7 Jul 2017 at 15:05

ThereIs0nly0ne said:
Thanks. It took a while to get it epoxy'd, filled in and sanded back. The colour is Farrow and Ball ' Down Pipe' in eggshell. Can't say I'm a particular fan of this paint as it has taken much longer to dry than expected.

I still need a new doormat and porch light.

I painted our front door in F&B external eggshell and the 2 part filler has shown through. Not impressed. Generally not impressed at all with F&B estate emulsion inside our house too, in the few rooms we have it. Never using it again.

Vanquish-Storm · 7 Jul 2017 at 16:35

DampCat said:
Got an indoor pool now though. Silver linings.

Username is apt

Old shed is coming down this weekend with a new one going up next week.

Hopefully going to make use of parts of the old shed that are still okay and with help of the father in law make it into extra storage.

Martynt74 · 7 Jul 2017 at 22:35

Who the hell ever decided wood chip wallpaper was a good idea. This stuff is vile to remove!

My current tactic is to score as much as i can, then sponge with wallpaper remover, but it's still horrific to remove.

Simon · 7 Jul 2017 at 23:23

Steamer !

Hedge · 8 Jul 2017 at 08:26

Skiddley said:
I painted our front door in F&B external eggshell and the 2 part filler has shown through. Not impressed. Generally not impressed at all with F&B estate emulsion inside our house too, in the few rooms we have it. Never using it again.

I tend to get any Farrow and Ball colours mixed in Johnstones. The quality is much better and cost is much lower.

rexehuk · 8 Jul 2017 at 14:22

Yesterday completely required 1st floor lighting. Today completely rewired the 2nd floor lighting and tested all circuits.

Loving the wago connectors. Now ready for switchover to new cu.

Martynt74 · 8 Jul 2017 at 22:44

Simon said:
Steamer !

A steamer was used, today we even bought a second one. The room is still only partly done, admitadly i wasn't involved today as i got to rip out the bathroom suite and tiles ready for Monday.

Now just need to finish off removing the adhesive. Any tips? I've never used any of the adhesive remover products, was just planning on using the scraper on my multitool.

Siliconslave · 10 Jul 2017 at 12:12

sorted and painted the main garage (after the small garage success above)
before:

After:

GinG · 11 Jul 2017 at 11:30

Nice transformation, just need a log shed to tidy them bits up more.