What "man jobs" have you done today?

200sols said:
That is a tiny floor, as you say planning is key and it is perfectly DIYable. The hardest and most time consuming part will be removing the existing tiles and making the floor suitable to accept the new tiles. You need to prime the floor before tiling as well, take it slow use a slowest adhesive and on such a small floor you can layout most of the tiles before fixing them down to get it just right. If you go with porcelain tiles you will need a cutter that can snap them, the cheaper cutters are good for ceramics only.

You wouldn't have to screed the floor, although again in such a small space using a thin layer of self levelling compound could give you a perfectly flat surface to make the tiling that much easier if you needed to.
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We've just done our entranceway of of roughly 1m squared. We made the mistake of assuming it was reasonably level (new extension), as it wasn't we ended up using more adhesive at one side which meant that some have sunk more:mad:. Its not mega noticeable, only a step of a mm or so but I can't unsee it now. So basically, make sure it's pretty level:D and as above try and do as much as possible in one go.
 
Not all today but what has been done over last week:

Stripped wallpaper
Removed Picture Rail
Removed Brick Fireplace surround
Removed Laminate flooring + underlay
Removed Marley Tiles held down with bitumen in full PPE because it's probably got asbestos (1930s), right pain in the arse but it's done now.

From this (estate agents photo, not our furniture):

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To this:
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Got some end caps for the radiator valves and mopped up the leaks from the TRVs, they held their seal for 2 days but then got knocked a bit when taking up the Marley Tiles so now they have end caps.

Did the hallway as well:

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Yes that is lime green trim.... the coving in the hallway is lime green too... it'll be getting removed. But the lounge is to be done first.

Now need to get a stove + mantel fitted. Room + ceiling skimmed, then decorate + flooring.
 
Mason- said:
Not all today but what has been done over last week:

Stripped wallpaper
Removed Picture Rail
Removed Brick Fireplace surround
Removed Laminate flooring + underlay
Removed Marley Tiles held down with bitumen in full PPE because it's probably got asbestos (1930s), right pain in the arse but it's done now.

From this (estate agents photo, not our furniture):

lezEvAo.jpg


To this:
3niwEsE.jpg

Got some end caps for the radiator valves and mopped up the leaks from the TRVs, they held their seal for 2 days but then got knocked a bit when taking up the Marley Tiles so now they have end caps.

Did the hallway as well:

sfgk9wM.jpg


Yes that is lime green trim.... the coving in the hallway is lime green too... it'll be getting removed. But the lounge is to be done first.

Now need to get a stove + mantel fitted. Room + ceiling skimmed, then decorate + flooring.
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You're going backwards with this decorating lark:D. Any hidden gems you've found (always my nightmare when doing jobs).
 
{SAS}TB said:
New unit was delivered this afternoon so just put that together too ..

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Next to the bookcase

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Bit more on the cupboard today

The handles IKEA provided were somewhat lacking ...

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So bought something a bit more like

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Then drilled the doors and fitted them

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Then started to fill the left hand side gap. Used some offcut timber to provide securing points (drilled and screwed from inside the cupboard) then cut some MDF to fill the gap:

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And

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Just need to fill a few joints, couple of coats of paint and a few coats of oil to the rubber wood top and job done !
 
Installed a piv system in my loft today. Is very quiet, the method of hanging it to isolate the vibrations works really well. only have it on speed 3 for now. Hopefully it helps with the condensation/mould issues we are having (mainly due to large fishtank)

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Cut, shaped and fitted an extra piece of timber to widen my threshold on the garden door. Prep for new door arriving Monday so will be filling and sanding the frame tomorrow.

theone8181 said:
The first time I did that job, I made it level but it didn't look right. Turns out the windows were slightly not level and looking at it made it look wonky so I redid it:D.
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Golden rule, of it looks right, it is right! I have to ditch the spirit level upsettingly often.
 
@NoobCannon bloody brilliant those things.

Only problem we had was it dried a fairly moist but not damp house out very quickly which caused a bit of cracking.

Once the moisture was gone from the windows in the morning we turned ours down.
 
Maccapacca said:
@NoobCannon bloody brilliant those things.

Only problem we had was it dried a fairly moist but not damp house out very quickly which caused a bit of cracking.

Once the moisture was gone from the windows in the morning we turned ours down.
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was hoping someone here would reply, my missus thinks its snake oil but the theory seems sound and googling around lots of people have success with them.

my problem is the fish tank and no trickle vents on top of the usual heating etc etc, the tank evaporates 20+ ltrs a week its quite a large amount of extra humidity.

Forgetting to crack the windows leaves an obscene amount of condensation on the windows and sills in the mornings. Looking forward to seeing if it makes a difference Tomorrow Morning

Update :- absolutely 0 condensation on any window in the house and the air is noticeably drier. Would usually be going round with a towel drying the sills and glass now. For the price of the unit and half a day of my time it seems so far to be worth its weight in gold.
 
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NoobCannon said:
was hoping someone here would reply, my missus thinks its snake oil but the theory seems sound and googling around lots of people have success with them.

my problem is the fish tank and no trickle vents on top of the usual heating etc etc, the tank evaporates 20+ ltrs a week its quite a large amount of extra humidity.

Forgetting to crack the windows leaves an obscene amount of condensation on the windows and sills in the mornings. Looking forward to seeing if it makes a difference Tomorrow Morning

Update :- absolutely 0 condensation on any window in the house and the air is noticeably drier. Would usually be going round with a towel drying the sills and glass now. For the price of the unit and half a day of my time it seems so far to be worth its weight in gold.
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Sorry just trying to follow as we sometimes get a bit of condensation in the morning. Are you saying radiator covers make that much of a difference?
 
theone8181 said:
The first time I did that job, I made it level but it didn't look right. Turns out the windows were slightly not level and looking at it made it look wonky so I redid it:D.
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Haha, yeah I was a bit worried the windows wouldn't be level considering the finish in the walls here are terribly finished in places
 
NoobCannon said:
Update :- absolutely 0 condensation on any window in the house and the air is noticeably drier. Would usually be going round with a towel drying the sills and glass now. For the price of the unit and half a day of my time it seems so far to be worth its weight in gold.
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Good aren’t they. We noticed overnight a complete change, chalk and cheese :D
 
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