What "man jobs" have you done today?
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So first time doing anything like this.
Doing a lean to which will have a clear corrugated roof.
Will allow us to use the pizza oven rain or shine and with covid likely have people round.
It's 3.9m x 3m.
Plenty of work to do with some cladding and planting but this is a work in progress.
Had some offcuts so made a quick bench for the oven, slightly better than a pasting table!
Doing a lean to which will have a clear corrugated roof.
Will allow us to use the pizza oven rain or shine and with covid likely have people round.
It's 3.9m x 3m.
Plenty of work to do with some cladding and planting but this is a work in progress.
Had some offcuts so made a quick bench for the oven, slightly better than a pasting table!
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Putting together a very large flat pack wardrobe. The instructions are unbelievably vague, and riddled with misprints.
And WHY not put stickers on the pieces so you can identify them quickly? It would cost prnce.
And WHY not put stickers on the pieces so you can identify them quickly? It would cost prnce.
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For all the criticism that IKEA flatpack furniture gets, it is head and shoulders above all the rest in terms of build quality, ease of assembly and clarity of instructions.
Got a camera installed and ran a bit more cable round my house to connect it up. Camera was a cheap H.View one bought on a warehouse deal. I had a spare POE injector and some cat 6 and some conduit and fittings leftover from other jobs. I have a Synology 218play so that is more than capable of working as an NVR. For the sub £40 cost I'm really pleased with it.
Dave
Dave
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Are you not using a steamer, I find it quite therapeutic. I painted 4 doors last night (I really hate glossing), despite when we started decorating, my Mrs assuring me she'd do it all and I wouldn't need to
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@GinG looks great
Before you put the horrible corrugated plastic on have a look at glass, measure it up and order it yourself it’s not that much extra money really for not having plastic.
It should be laminated really
Before you put the horrible corrugated plastic on have a look at glass, measure it up and order it yourself it’s not that much extra money really for not having plastic.
It should be laminated really
This. Parents neighbours went with corrugated clear plastic and after a couple of rainfalls it looks awful and is only getting worse with age.
Thanks, looking forward to get it finished.
We would have spent more on the roof however we are planning on an extension on the rear.
We are not sure if it is going to be in a year or 5 years so didn't want to spend much on this build hence why I've gone for the clear corrugated.
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We had that corrugated plastic on the car port at the old house. Awful stuff 
Got a camera installed and ran a bit more cable round my house to connect it up. Camera was a cheap H.View one bought on a warehouse deal. I had a spare POE injector and some cat 6 and some conduit and fittings leftover from other jobs. I have a Synology 218play so that is more than capable of working as an NVR. For the sub £40 cost I'm really pleased with it.
Dave
What is that cable outside the junction box (coming from the camera)? It looks like the network cable without the waterproof connector fitted to it (difficult to tell from your picture though). It looks like it goes in to something black.
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.
Today was my first day off work for a bit over a week, so got more work done on the table top for the bookcase.
Planed the surface almost perfectly flat, I've never used an electric plane before and realised while I was trying to even it out I was taking off more than I needed in some spots, but got it looking pretty good in the end. Now I know for next time I use it!
I put a 12mm trim all the way around, I didn't want the end grain showing once I've stained it and didn't just want to put trim on the edges so I wrapped all the way around. Then I've used some wood filler to fill any small gaps. Tomorrow I will sand the whole thing ready for stain and varnish.
Only thing I'm not sure about the look of is a few spots where you can see glue in between the boards, which compared to the wood looks quite dark. Not sure if it'll disappear when I stain darker.
We had that corrugated plastic on the car port at the old house. Awful stuff
Had it delivered today... Seems quite decent quality.
Like I say we are looking at a rear extension at some point so didn't want a huge outlay in this.
All together it has cost £430 and that's including all the materials which includes. Timber, roofing, roofing accessories such as infills, flashing, fixing screws, timber screws, flashing tape etc etc.
If I was to put a different roof on it would have cost 50% more at least.
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I'm guessing it must vary in quality then. The stuff we had was thin, brittle and cracked easily.
I imagine it will vary, this has a 10 year guarantee so will just see how it goes!
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Secind go at the giant wardrobe construction. The instructions get worse. The final picture is tiny and incomprehensible, so I just winged it. Seems solid enough now.
Could have done without a six year old wanting to help...
A second giant wardrobe sis being delivered tomorrow, before 9am.
*weeps*
Could have done without a six year old wanting to help...
A second giant wardrobe sis being delivered tomorrow, before 9am.
*weeps*
Can't remember if I posted here but put some loft boards up, will increase it over time but not to anything massive.
Loft boards for new build
Loft boards for new build
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My kids love helping. (4 and 7, I've let them use the drill (held by me), and hammer the odd thing. Washing the car with my 4 year is a bit of a chore though, I think if he did it on his own there'd be 1 really clean patch on the door and the rest of the car would be grafted
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