What "man jobs" have you done today?

LuckyBenski said:
No such thing, just turn it round :p
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Lol, hadn't thought of that :D;):p

theone8181 said:
Might be the windows not straight, my experience of builders in that they struggle to make anything square:D. Also ^ lol:p.
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I had the same conversation with the Mrs before I started - do you want it level with the celing, coving, window head / reveal or the floor - she thought I was taking the **** :D

Maccapacca said:
You’ll be surprised how many are bent especially builders where it’s been rattling around in the back of a van, used for laying bricks one day then joinery the next.
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I remember, many years ago, when labouring on site over school holidays and watching the bricky clean the cement mixer - get it started, bucket of water, chuck in a few bricks and bash the hell out of the drum with the spirit level :D:D:D
 
{SAS}TB said:
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I remember, many years ago, when labouring on site over school holidays and watching the bricky clean the cement mixer - get it started, bucket of water, chuck in a few bricks and bash the hell out of the drum with the spirit level :D:D:D
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I thought that was the proper way to clean a mixer - I always used small bricks/stones - full bricks seem to much but there again my mixer was small electric one. To this day I wish I had never sold it.
 
Took the dado rail off of the wall in the dining room and the previous owners decided to glue the thing on rather than nail it, this is probably why it isn't on straight but also means that the thing took chunks of the skim coat off with it...
 
Greased some squeaky bathroom door hinges, added some extra shelves to one of the kitchen cupboards, and fitted some missing wooden trim under the stairs. Not the busiest of weekends..
 
Ripping up all the old carpet in the bedrooms and replacing with herringbone oak. New skirting and painting to follow!

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IvanDobskey said:
Greased some squeaky bathroom door hinges, added some extra shelves to one of the kitchen cupboards, and fitted some missing wooden trim under the stairs. Not the busiest of weekends..
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When I lived in a semi in Brum next doors lounge door squeeked like hell - day in day out - One day he came round and asked if I could look at his turntable -wife had dusted and knocked the balence weight on the arm -Took a bottle of turntable oil with me - after I had finished I made sure I got to door first -Oh this door squeeks and oiled hinges before he blinked.
The pleasure of quiet nights.
 
I now have a scald to go with my cuts, so am assuming the dishwasher is cursed and will replace it.

I destroyed a large cupboard today, as part of prep for painting a bedroom.
 
Bought a 3.6m Redwood timber from Wickes to make a tabletop for the top of an Ikea Eket bookcase. We needed a little shelving unit and liked the Eket and the colour, but thought it'd be nicer with a solid wood top.

Glued the wood up, it is planed square edge so was hoping to not have to do much other than sanding, but it was a little twisted so is a bit uneven now it's together and will need planing. Best price I could find for a half decent hand plane was £25, but I noticed a well reviewed electric plane on offer at Amazon for £35, so went with that. That's what's in the box.

Next few days when I find time I will trim the edges straight, plane both sides flat, sand smooth and then stain and varnish before screwing from underneath to the top of the bookcase. Also currently using the off-cuts as feet, I will chop them down and attach them to the bottom once I've decided exactly what shape and size I want them to be. Will stain them also to match the top.

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rodders said:
I turned a lot of gloss into dust and have plenty more to go :-(
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You tried scraping it off with a decent scraper? Or a heat gun. Sanding gloss just clogs up sandpaper in my experience.

Unless you are just sanding it to key and paint over then ignore :)
 
Mostly just keying. Some parts I've taken it back quite a bit, but not enough to worry about getting the heat gun out. Good bit of 80grit, so doesn't clog too easy.
 
R-evans said:
Bought a 3.6m Redwood timber from Wickes to make a tabletop for the top of an Ikea Eket bookcase. We needed a little shelving unit and liked the Eket and the colour, but thought it'd be nicer with a solid wood top.
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I've done this with shop bought redwood before and it's never the simple job you expect.

Last time i went with reclaimed scaffolding boards to get a bit more character (Really old pic)

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Martynt74 said:
I've done this with shop bought redwood before and it's never the simple job you expect.

Last time i went with reclaimed scaffolding boards to get a bit more character (Really old pic)

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Nice work, looks good.

I plan to do more of this but not until we buy a house, so far I've done this one and also a desk made from stud work timber for the office when first lockdown hit. When we buy something and the furniture is a bit more permanent, I'll invest in nicer wood to try and make something more worthwhile.

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We changed something while planning our kitchen and didn't change a 400 unit to 500 so I was left with a little end bit. After 6 months I finally got round to filling it.

Just a little unit for chopping boards and stuff. MDF and worktop offcuts, painted with colour match paint from another unit I knocked up previously.

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