What "man jobs" have you done today?

No pics yet but just moved into my new build place

Immediately dug out a 3m x 8m flat area in the garden ready for railway sleepers to be delivered! once thats in rake and flatten another section and turf to go down next week!
 
Continuing my kitchen re-furb, finished laying all the tiles on the floor. No pictures as I immediately covered it all in Proplex, in case of dropped tools, etc.

This morning I have just finished the re-plumbing. I've had to remove the ceiling panels and re-plumb the hot and cold water (now neatly inside the closet next to the kitchen doorway rather than running down the kitchen wall in some ugly boxing) and re-do the pipework for the central heating as it was too low to allow for our new pull-out larder unit. Connected everything up, uttered a few prayers to the DIY Gods and opened the stop-**** and...no issues at all. :D

Now over to the professionals for the electrical work, then I re-board the ceiling and the whole room gets re-plastered.
 
I re-boarded the kitchen ceiling last night. One of those annoying jobs where you measure 2-3 times, cut once and still find tings are 1-2 mm too large. Nonetheless, I did it all and the spread is downstairs now replastering.
 
Cut and rounded the hedge for the first time this year. Also repaired the wire when I cut through it 2 mins into the job :o. Had to extend my arms fully to reach the neighbours end, so my arms feel like jelly now.
 
so this is my new build garden...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/G4Qknu2CUG39RSJv8

this is some digging to level it
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vVbpjuKAupTFoGL46

Some junk found "sticking out of the ground"
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PAFgjVupHDr1QpUEA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xmEE5ZHwHEeJJZd99

The rough wall design
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PRDC3cS9ZSjaeKLBA

Some of the wall construction and final
https://photos.app.goo.gl/afuh9pgqE5tqnSKM9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4MZgo2coW8riMyQV6
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WZWq2JnKwFZZE5La9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5LAMEYt7VqRC7LEz8
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qPid9ycVr1mAL5cX8
https://photos.app.goo.gl/TC3qGr2tkmUn4SxW7

This is the first time I've ever done woodwork and I'm very happy with the outcome, it was a lot easier to work with the sleepers than I imagined and its been far quicker than having a brick wall put int (and the cost is vastly different)

Next up will be the stone to infill the patio area for this summer and some decorative flags for the BBQ to stand on etc
 
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Changed the siphon on the toilet at my Mum's. Bought an all singing/dancing Dudley job that "fits most cisterns" guess who's it didn't fit :rolleyes:

Found some ideal material to repair the old one and put it all back together with a new closed couple kit and bob's your uncle it works like new, will get my £20 back for the other one so cheap fix all in.
 
On the final stretch with my kitchen. Scribed the plinths to the rather uneven floor and grouted the tiles.

It was a job I was dreading as last time I grouted it didn't go well to say the least, but used Bostick Smooth Finish and it was a breeze. Spread like warm butter and cleaned off easily, even on the mosaic parts.
 
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