What "man jobs" have you done today?

This is what mates are for :D

Got a phone call yesterday -bring your trailer - got some wood for you- Unfortunately the tree had to be divvied up between four of us but I am not complaining - free wood is free wood.

Two barrow loads have come out of the trailer in this picture and they are now split logs.

To think I spent 40 years wielding a Maul/Axe/log bombs when I should have splashed out on a splitter.

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ps - The arrow on that square piece of wood on splitter is for the wife's benefit - she put it on sideways and split last one. Grain was going wrong way.

The big rounds were split by my mates young neighbour - Mate thought let him get on with it - those days are far behind us. :)
 
Fixed the arm of the chair I broke back in December by standing on it whilst fitting coving :o

Cut in to the bottom to gain access, fortunately the entire arm is hollow.
Looped a ratchet strap around the broken beam.
Glued.
Used blocks to extend the purchase point of the ratchet further back (outside of the arm) due to lack of room.

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Put it off for yonks but took less than 15 minutes :)
 
I did a Donald, two walls, walk through wardrobe and dressing room into a bathroom all off the bedroom.

Building control won't let me put two doors on so I think it'll be a full door this end and a frosted glass swing door into the bathroom

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Maccapacca said:
I did a Donald, two walls, walk through wardrobe and dressing room into a bathroom all off the bedroom.

Building control won't let me put two doors on so I think it'll be a full door this end and a frosted glass swing door into the bathroom
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Why wont building control let you put two doors on?
 
It's not an inner room. Your en suite / wardrobe forms part of your bedroom. The bedroom is a habitable room which has escape by means of your stair and secondary escape via your French doors. Your en suite is a non habitable room which doesn't require escape although it does have a window.
So stick a couple of doors on and tell the council to whistle if they question it.

We've had a first floor bedroom without an openable window adhere to the secondary means of escape via the window in the en suite.
 
Drilled in 3 loo roll holders, mirror in the ensuite, built a chair, and attached 2 external solar sensor lights in the drive.
 
@Maccapacca oddly enough, just had a letter to do with one of my jobs with that same situation. Building Control required an additional smoke alarm in the walk in wardrobe for enhanced detection. But the doors are fine.
 
Just did a little job on sink waste pipe - needed to move it temporary to a soak away while drains are being worked on - Got helmet-goggles-mask -overalls and steel toe boots on - Just pushing two 90 deg push fit's on so shoulders of both touch and they went suddenly pinching my finger - now have a big blood blister on my trigger finger -I did then stab it a few time with a pin to release the blood but it still feels funny.-- I forgot the gloves.:confused:
 
Turned a cheapo knife into a cheapo knife with a slightly nicer handle with an offcut of Oak worktop I had lying around.

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1pudding1 said:
Nice, any more pics? How do your shape the 2 Oak halves, and get them to match?
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Thanks, I just did it by eye as it didn't need to be perfect, it's just a cheap knife I have in my drawer for opening packages etc. I had to drill and tap the liners as they used some tiny screws for the original rubber handle. Then bolted the oak to the liners and sanded to the liner with my cheap Draper belt sander, then shaped them by eye with a power file and dremmel.

I didn't take any pics during the shaping, but heres one after sanding to the liner.

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Just replaced the pathetic T hinges on my shed with some 102mmx102mm stainless steel ball bearing butt hinges as the T hinges were rusted up and were bending the metal, rather then opening. Even though i oiled them regularly. Opens so much smoother now!

Also had to replace the felt a few days ago as it blew off. The felt supplied by Tiger sheds was again abysmal and just ripped apart. Also noticed when i took the facias off that there is a bit of rot starting on the back sides of the facias, which I was shocked to see as the shed is supposed to be pressure treated and should last 15 years before it rots at least :mad:. Pretty sure its only been around 5-6 years since I bought the shed. For a £1k 'elite' shed I didn't expect them to skimp on the fittings and felt etc and certainly didn't expect rot so soon.

Going to give the outside a good soaking in Barretine preservative at the weekend if the weather holds up.
 
My summer house came with rice paper felt on it - leaked after a year because they used staples and water ran down the little legs of staples - Now felted with some quality felt -

When we bought this place 10 yrs ago it came with a 8x10 shed which I had to straighten roof as it sagged in middle and felt it- I am now waiting for it to go but will use that thin metal roof sheets - that stuff has good ridge sections and ends for the eaves. - Don't think I would use felt again.
 
Spent the day finishing off the 3 wall kitchen splashback tiles with the trim, grouted two colours and almost ready for the final silicon sealant.
 
I finally hung my bedroom TV on the wall after looking at the bracket for three weeks now. Also tidied up the cables in the process. Surprising amount of cables for four consoles and a soundbar. :)
 
DXP55 said:
My summer house came with rice paper felt on it - leaked after a year because they used staples and water ran down the little legs of staples - Now felted with some quality felt -

When we bought this place 10 yrs ago it came with a 8x10 shed which I had to straighten roof as it sagged in middle and felt it- I am now waiting for it to go but will use that thin metal roof sheets - that stuff has good ridge sections and ends for the eaves. - Don't think I would use felt again.
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I am not sure whether to go for felt or EPDM rubber. I have seen heavy duty felt that has reinforcing built in, so I think that would do the job, but the rubber would be easier to install and probably last a bit longer, but costs a fortune.

I opened the shed door today and nearly smashed a hole in the front as I swung it open so hard. I totally forgot it was now super smooth to open and before I had to yank the door open.


Next job is removing the old decking oil experiment that has failed. I used a few coats of preservative stain then a couple of coats of decking oil as reccomended by the wood finish direct, and to be fair it looks great when done and did last a year or so, but now it has started to peel and looks a mess. I'd hoped the oil would soak in, rather than create a surface layer that could peel.

What would be the best way to remove old oil? Are there any decent paint strippers, or are they all junk now? I seem to remember the EU banned some chemicals a while back and products like Nitromores are now useless. But the finish is really thin and is coming away with steel wool very slowly, so a paint stripper might just help to soften it enough to wire wool away?
 
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