What "man jobs" have you done today?

200sols · 27 Apr 2021 at 15:04

Welshman said:
30cm high from which point within the garden?...the lowest point or from the point of the fence??? How high is the fence 3ft, 4ft, 5ft....can you tell from the pictures???

also looks like from the new pictures, that decking was already in place when the property was purchased and higher than the new decking........

You cant just raise your garden 2ft and then stick a deck ontop and take that as the new reference. If I was the neighbour I would definitely be raising the issue with the council.

MarkA · 27 Apr 2021 at 16:07

You sound like someone who would buy a house at the bottom of a hill and then go complain that everyone was looking down on them.

The Angry Welshman · 27 Apr 2021 at 16:16

200sols said:
You cant just raise your garden 2ft and then stick a deck ontop and take that as the new reference. If I was the neighbour I would definitely be raising the issue with the council.

And you call the other guy a scurge on society....that above comment says more about you, then it does about him. Careful with that hole your digging, its starting to get too deep for you to climb out of.

200sols · 27 Apr 2021 at 16:22

Welshman said:
And you call the other guy a scurge on society....that above comment says more about you, then it does about him. Careful with that hole your digging, its starting to get too deep for you to climb out of.

Come back when you have a valid argument.

The Angry Welshman · 27 Apr 2021 at 16:35

200sols said:
Come back when you have a valid argument.

Come back, when you’ve climbed out of that hole your continually digging.........

200sols · 27 Apr 2021 at 16:40

Welshman said:
Come back, when you’ve climbed out of that hole your continually digging.........

You didn't even attempt to counter my argument, just some nonsense personal stuff. Another one on ignore.

The Angry Welshman · 27 Apr 2021 at 16:51

200sols said:
You didn't even attempt to counter my argument, just some nonsense personal stuff. Another one on ignore.

Says the guy calling a poster a scourge on society....pot, kettle springs to mind

MarkA · 27 Apr 2021 at 17:42

Anyway... lets get back on topic. Thanks.

Delvis · 27 Apr 2021 at 17:55

MarkA said:
Anyway... lets get back on topic. Thanks.

Yup.

Got my slabs coming Friday hopefully, don't want to leave them on the drive so probably be hand balling them to the garden

IceBear · 27 Apr 2021 at 18:04

I replaced an outside tap.
No one saw me do it.

theone8181 · 27 Apr 2021 at 19:38

IceBear said:
I replaced an outside tap.
No one saw me do it.

Dies that mean you even did it :confused:

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IceBear · 28 Apr 2021 at 07:31

Dave the cat might have seen me, but he's notoriously unreliable as a witness unless there's some treats in it for him.

DXP55 · 30 Apr 2021 at 15:20

Took trailer to local builders merchants and had half ton of pea gravel. - Also treated wife to two small Trugs so she can hump gravel - don't want her using a bucket as it's much harder.

Trouble being retired I never even knew it was bank holiday this week end. Good job I went.

Delvis · 1 May 2021 at 11:46

Starting to dig up the garden for the patio, really should have got a digger I think

DXP55 · 1 May 2021 at 13:39

Thats the trouble doing DIY - you always think you can do it and by half way you think about the digger but by then you say bugger that for just half a garden so you carry on.

Killing you back isn't worth it

potatolord · 1 May 2021 at 14:09

I dug over a few metres of garden that is infested with hawthorn trees and raspberry bushes. Not weeded that bit since we moved in 8 years ago.

What looked simple turned out to be horrible as it was a solid mat of roots. Ah well, done now.

Delvis · 1 May 2021 at 14:55

DXP55 said:
Thats the trouble doing DIY - you always think you can do it and by half way you think about the digger but by then you say bugger that for just half a garden so you carry on.

Killing you back isn't worth it

The bit I'm attempting to do right now is 22m2, still got the other 12m2 or so at a later date!

{SAS}TB · 1 May 2021 at 20:09

The builders have left for the BH weekend with the skip, tools and planks in place, so would be rude not too .....

Need to get rid of some more wall and path, from the steps up to the garden

Flags up and set aside

Breaking up the concrete base and dwarf wall

Then loading up the wheelbarrow and off down the ramp to the skip

Few more barrow loads tomorrow then will backfill to create one large flowerbed / border

psd99 · 2 May 2021 at 07:28

{SAS}TB said:
The builders have left for the BH weekend with the skip, tools and planks in place, so would be rude not too .....

Need to get rid of some more wall and path, from the steps up to the garden

Flags up and set aside

Breaking up the concrete base and dwarf wall

Then loading up the wheelbarrow and off down the ramp to the skip

Few more barrow loads tomorrow then will backfill to create one large flowerbed / border

why did u get rid of that wall and concrete path for? It looked okay in the pics

theone8181 · 2 May 2021 at 07:32

{SAS}TB said:
The builders have left for the BH weekend with the skip, tools and planks in place, so would be rude not too .....

Need to get rid of some more wall and path, from the steps up to the garden

Flags up and set aside

Breaking up the concrete base and dwarf wall

Then loading up the wheelbarrow and off down the ramp to the skip

Few more barrow loads tomorrow then will backfill to create one large flowerbed / border

Your outhouse needs modernising :cry:

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