What "man jobs" have you done today?
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My man job for today was to try and figure why my daughters bike has a stiff twist shift (I've posted a thread) and failed, I then thought I'd fit some socket/switch fascias and failed so gave up and playing some video games
. The fascias have been fitted by a sparkey but he's broken one and now I've had to order replacements.
. The fascias have been fitted by a sparkey but he's broken one and now I've had to order replacements.Aren't you supposed to insulate water pipes chased into brick walls also, or is that only if they are going into external walls?
Not needed but I would have used plastic myself, no worries about corrosion then. Rarely see copper chased into walls now.
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I found some of the copper pipes (even though they are not leaking) cause issues when touch plaster. Don't know if it a reaction between the 2.
Chasing with this cutter hardest thing I've ever done, there's virtually no plaster and its twin brick walls no breeze block. So its cutting 3cm deep into brick with 3 blades and you have to push it up as well as onto the wall with crap hand placement. Just does take it out of you, 7 rads done and 3 sockets per room and hot and cold water chasing still to do.
Looks very tidy. Have you done much plumbing work before? I'm having such difficulty getting a plumber that I'm considering doing similar but never done any significant plumbing work before
Would be good to learn to weld/bend copper pipe too! I presume your preference is copper over plastic pipe? I know there's mixed thoughts on it
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Got a new job to do now, had a leak from the bath mixer where it meets the bath so isolated it and tried to loosen to inspect it. The leg snapped off the body! Lesson learnt, don't buy cheap taps off ebay.
Just hanging, chasing and laying out the rads, there are 7 vertical and 2 horizontal. Luckily my next door neighbours son a plumber as is his best mate, so they just call around when they have a spare day or so to plumb it up.
Have gutted this bungalow completely, new electric service put in, ripped out all central heating and water pipes, complete rewire to be done next month, I'm chasing sockets too 3 in each room. Ripped all skirting up, sanded all walls several times etc. New wet room and orangey extension on the side of the
kitchen, new kitchen.
Doing alright with builders etc, the only one that's a pain is a carpenter that's doing a new oak stair case at home, booked 3 months ago. Other wise doing most of it by myself. I have done some copper pipe work before never again! Plastic piping just don't trust over time.
Guys,Never thought I'd get these jobs done...
Seized cold feed stop tap replaced. I can now isolate the bathroom taps without holding the ball, draining the tank, and then Wet & Dry'ing the air lock out when it is all back together
(made me think of Valve doing this)
Also managed to get my bath taps replaced. Bought this over 9 months ago IIRC. Not really happ with them but they aren't as bad as expected flow wise.
To this....
Also started to have a dabble at the plastic cladding (thanks @200sols) on the step down.
I've been doing the bathroom for ages, little one has made things 10x as hard to get the time. As with any job you take this long on you realise how differently you could have done things... I am now regretting my decision to retain some original features (i.e. the bath) as it has a few ceramic chips.
Relatively pleased with my tiling efforts too although there is always that one tile that catches your eye that isn't quite right. Anyways, I'm a pencil pusher so I couldn't have done any better! Almost there...
As per my pic above - I replaced the bath taps but the new ones have either identical foot print or slightly less. It has left some of the cast iron exposed which has now changed colour (like what you can see around the waste). Does such a thing exist as a spacer that I can put between my bath and the tap to ensure a complete seal, and cover the exposed cast which is discolouring?
I know I should just replace or fix the bath but it isn't something I want to do atm.
Best bet is to cover in tile adhesive then plaster after.
Its well known plaster can corrode copper, depends on type though and bonding coats tend to be acidic.
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What's the black thing on the right in the image you quoted?
Pillar tap washers is what I think you're after, usually come with a new set of taps (I've just replaced the ones in our bathroom basin).
That was the o-ring for the new taps; I ended up using the o-ring for the old taps though as it was slightly broader. Unfortunately not broad enough.
I did a quick Google and came up with tap shroud but pillar tap washer probably not far off either. I guess it is a case of looking up something that looks roughly right and trying to make it work?
Edit: Tap cover collar seems close, too?
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If the weather's anything like it is here, I think you picked the wrong day. Not sure it's actually clouded over at all today. My man job was chopping up a worktop to form a shelf, I've roughly done it with that precision tool the jigsawFinally got rid of the concrete base from inside the chicken run. Thought I'd make use of the builders and their skip being here
and I've got a small router to finish off but I'll be taking the offcuts to tip (these were already offcuts from our utility room, I didn't just buy a worktop for a single shelf
).
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Ran a water supply to the garage from the outside tap. Within minutes I hit 1.5ft of concrete between me and the tap, damn I thought. Then I noticed some old electric ducting not far from where I needed to run the pipe. It's not as deep as if have liked, and I'll have to insulate the pipes, but it'll do, probably my best get out of jail free card ever
If the weather's anything like it is here, I think you picked the wrong day. Not sure it's actually clouded over at all today. My man job was chopping up a worktop to form a shelf, I've roughly done it with that precision tool the jigsaw
It was roasting but don't know how many weekends the skips will be on the drive.
then also strimmed the nettles in the chicken run with my new strimmer
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A trip to the tip to start emptying the old shed, prior to demolishing it. Not looking forward to that.
I weeded the patio out front, though the Mrs wanted me to leave the poppies.
Then about 90 minutes weeding the rose patch. It is infested with horsetails. It was a good day to do it, hopefully the heat stress, in addition to the weeding will kill them off.
I always wanted a big garden. It turns out I was foolish.
I weeded the patio out front, though the Mrs wanted me to leave the poppies.
Then about 90 minutes weeding the rose patch. It is infested with horsetails. It was a good day to do it, hopefully the heat stress, in addition to the weeding will kill them off.
I always wanted a big garden. It turns out I was foolish.