What "man jobs" have you done today?

Tried to put up a simple floating shelf from Homebase. Got all the drill holes perfect, spirit level perfect but when i put the supplied rawlplugs in and then fitted the base upon screwing it all in the rawlplugs disappeared halfway in to the wall and i couldn't screw the screws up. I used 7mm drill bit as it said and i think the plugs aren't big enough. Too late for going to get more plugs. Have to wait until tomorrow.

My wife always thinks its my DIY skills but i did everything right, its these rubbish rawlplugs.

That's what I'm blaming anyway
 
Looks great @Rilot ... my last shed was from Tiger Sheds two years ago, as soon as the ground is ready I'm getting a workshop one, too.
 
Very nice, I wish my garden was larger so I could have got a larger shed. I had to go for 10x8 and that extra few feet would have been so useful. I did add some double doors on the back to allow for large pieces of wood to stick out of the shed when cutting on my crosscut saw.

I got mine from Tiger shed as well and it is now 7-8 years old and still solid. The only issue I had was the felt was rubbish and only lasted around 3 years. I think i'm going to get some fiberglass shingles or epdm eventually.

I have been extending my workbench today, ready for hopefully getting a lathe at christmas.

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Added in some diagonals while I could get to the walls. The shed was flexing quite a lot when sawing and planing by hand, so hopefully this stiffens it up. @Rilot I'd recommend you do this as well before plasterboard if you plan to use any hand tools.

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Public service announcement for all amateur manjobbers who may not have passed their "test your kit before you use it or pack it away after seasonal use" exam: Leaf blower/sucker bags rot, and may suddenly give way, redistributing your nice neat leaves as shredded mess all over your just-hoovered area. Gaffer tape will fix them... but only for long enough for you to forget about the repair and witness another debris explosion.

Right, off to Ebay.
 
Awesome shed Rilot.

I pressure washed my front wall yesterday and painted all tops with some white Sandtex today.
Need to point some missing mortar between paving tile. I believe I need 4 parts building sand to 1 part cement and a fairly dry mix so not to stain the tiles.

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Rilot said:
I built this:

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It's a 14x8 XL workshop shed from Tiger Sheds. Haven't finished the front edge of the roofing but the rain was coming at I just wanted it on before I packed in for the day.

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V mesy inside because the priority was just getting everything back inside from the old shed.
The next job will be to Celotex the walls and then plasterboard on top. Carpet tiles for the floor and kitchen units and worktop all around.

Build quality is OK rather than outstanding. It really needs another 2 roof A-frames so I'll knock some up next weekend before I put the ceiling up.
We elected to screw it together rather than use the supplied nails.
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Did they short change you on the wood for each end of the roof, the capping edges? Just redid ours as it was different wood to the rest and had weathered a lot but every one I've seen overhangs past the longest edges. Got some new wood for it from Wickes but wasn't cheap. I'd clout nail the edge of the felt along those longest sides at 50mm intervals if I were you as the wind will take that off otherwise.
 
Have been up-cycling an old hand built english wardrobe. Just been priming it to ensure knots don't come through so whole thing is in pieces to spray up each side with a new toy (electric paint sprayer from Argos). Quite impressed so far as the paint has gone on pretty well. Got to find some chrome screws and hinges etc to give it a bit of a more modern look. Top coat is going to be chalk white. Considering something similar is about £900 from The White Company, am hoping it's going to come out good, has got more character than one of theirs due to the coachwork part at the top. Will do some pics when I get a chance. Looking forward to not having the stink of zinsser bin.
 
Over the last week or so I have - Torn up an old laminate floor, mortared holes in the concrete underneath, repaired walls, assembled and fitted an entire toilet, including drilling holes in porcelain tiles and down into concrete (that toilet is never, ever coming out), painted our utility room (two different wall colours and the ceiling), painted the kitchen ceiling, painted the entire downstairs loo room, designed and started building an acrylic liner for the space under the stairs (where the cats' litter tray goes) and a whole load of other satisfying man-job things. I was feeling quite proud of myself ... until I did this to a door!

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2 clamps and a straight edge go a long way!

I tried a bit of plumbing yesterday, adding in a T join (compression) and extending one side of the pipe with an extra appliance outlet on the end. Then changed/simplified the wastes so only one pipe exits the wall. Push fit and compression fittings made it a simple task.
 
Mushy chipboard, lovely. I hate floating chipboard floors and previous plumber seemed to be practising his soldering with joins every 2 inches.

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Jimmy Weirdarms said:
Over the last week or so I have - Torn up an old laminate floor, mortared holes in the concrete underneath, repaired walls, assembled and fitted an entire toilet, including drilling holes in porcelain tiles and down into concrete (that toilet is never, ever coming out), painted our utility room (two different wall colours and the ceiling), painted the kitchen ceiling, painted the entire downstairs loo room, designed and started building an acrylic liner for the space under the stairs (where the cats' litter tray goes) and a whole load of other satisfying man-job things. I was feeling quite proud of myself ... until I did this to a door!

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Jigsaw?

I did exactly the same the first time. Circular saw and straight edge ever since. You live and learn :D
 
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