What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Soldato
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Fitted an interior door, but didn't have my electric planer at home so had to take half an inch off with my hand plane.
Manwork!
I bet you had a nice pile of beautiful shavings when you were done!
Lino taken up, Plywood sub floor fitted over floorboards and lino put back down. Should really have been done when the lino went down originally but we were in a hurry to get the bathroom done and be able to shower again.
Also dot and dabbed the old doorway that was bricked up in the hall (not pictured) that we no longer need. Need to tape and joint that on Monday when I'm not at work. I quite liked the concrete block doorway to nowhere, would have been quite cool/sureal to fit a door just in front of the blocks!
Dave
Also dot and dabbed the old doorway that was bricked up in the hall (not pictured) that we no longer need. Need to tape and joint that on Monday when I'm not at work. I quite liked the concrete block doorway to nowhere, would have been quite cool/sureal to fit a door just in front of the blocks!
Dave
Went up into the loft today and started fitting loft boards. About half finished, but I underestimated the length screws I would need so I ran out
About half way done and we already have so much more storage that the wife is going to have to go shopping to fill it up!
About half way done and we already have so much more storage that the wife is going to have to go shopping to fill it up!
Caporegime
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It looks good. But I still think you were stupid to brick it up in the first place (assuming you're the guy that took out the old door).
Just ordered up some speaker cable and will be sorting out the trunking for some rear speakers this weekend
Thanks. Each to there own about the doorway, as I live here I'm happier with the extra storage space and being without the damp and cold that got on through the unused and unnecessary doorway. It's now much warmer and not significantly darker as it never got much light anyway, with the exception of when next doors security light was turned on! The plan was to fit a sunlight tunnel thingy but I can't see that being needed now.
Dave
Is that bathroom suite from Wickes? Am starting to look at replacements for a small bathroom and they look familiar.
What do you think of them?
It's a B&Q bathroom suite, pleased with the toilet and sink, less so with the bath (though it does look nice). By the time we got it fitted (plumbed in and with the splashwall fitted over the edges where it meets the wall) we discovered a minor crack in it that was causing a leak. After wasting my time complaining to B&Q in the past I thought the best I could expect was a new bath, meaning I would have to take all the splashwalls down, probably bringing the plasterboard down too and the worst I could hope for was to be told I damaged it when fitting it and to get lost. In the end we spent £150 having a specialist company do a fibre glass repair on it. Quite annoying, but now that it's fixed I'm quite pleased with the way it all looks.
Dave
Dave
Unlucky with the bath
Will act as forewarning to make sure I check mine thoroughly before permanent fitting.
Nice work! You would have been charged something silly per hour if you would have got someone in to fix it. The element is one of the most common things to go bang and one of the cheapest to fix apparently.
Out Hotpoint dual fuel cooker went bang a few days ago, but it luckily still had 1 months warranty. He replaced the element and fan first but it was still tripping the electrics. Then he found water had found its way into the electrics some how. Should have listened to Dimple regarding Hotpoint
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Today i have swapped 3 x 20 year old Danfoss TRV valves for some brand new Danfoss RAS-C2 valves. Did some research on google and these seemed to be highly praised as a good bang for buck valve.
Had to cut the old olives off the pipe with my dremel as the old valves had a female thread.
Caporegime
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Probably being thick, but how were the old valves attached to the radiator pipes with female threads?
Also what's the concensus as to the effectiveness of decent thermo valves for radiators?
Nice valves, but I would still prefer the Drayton TRV4 valve.
Participant: A Liquid Sensor is more sensitive to temperature changes than a wax sensor you find in other radiator valves.
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Caporegime
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^ I'd be interested to see the steps involved. We splashed out 1.5k on a Hammonds wardrobe and whilst we're really pleased, I can't help feeling that I could have done something similar myself for a quarter of that.