What "man jobs" have you done today?

Got a few days off to catch up with stuff. painted an external retaining wall, laid new floor in spare bedroom, got digger in to prep a bit for a new patio, cut grass (again :mad:)
 
Finally finished my nest doorbell (wired) install. Was giving me the run around as there appears to be a bug in the software with mechanical chimes. Had to switch on chime duration even though that is intended for electronic chimes but once that had been cycled through on and back to off it now works as expected.
 
Little bit late, but fitted a nice new garage door!

It makes such a big difference to the insulation of the garage, which is useful when its attached to the house.

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I’m not a fan of the colour (white would have been my choice there) but I have zero regrets about our motorised door, it’s great and I’d never go back. I don’t really understand why manual doors are so popular, looking across ‘the pond’ they are basically ubiquitous.

Getting one that is insulated makes so much sense when it’s integrated into the house.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
I’m not a fan of the colour (white would have been my choice there) but I have zero regrets about our motorised door, it’s great and I’d never go back. I don’t really understand why manual doors are so popular, looking across ‘the pond’ they are basically ubiquitous.

Getting one that is insulated makes so much sense when it’s integrated into the house.
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I get the thoughts on the colour, I always imagined it was a given that it'd be white until I was given the choice when ordering it. I just liked the idea of having it a bit different in the end, although I'm not about to go replacing all my PVC with anthracite any time soon :o

I think it's a mixture of a lot of detached garages without power and money. Lots of cheap up and over doors are sold without operators but you'll be hard pressed to find a manually operated sectional or roller door.
 
mikehhhhhhh said:
I get the thoughts on the colour, I always imagined it was a given that it'd be white until I was given the choice when ordering it. I just liked the idea of having it a bit different in the end, although I'm not about to go replacing all my PVC with anthracite any time soon :o

I think it's a mixture of a lot of detached garages without power and money. Lots of cheap up and over doors are sold without operators but you'll be hard pressed to find a manually operated sectional or roller door.
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No need to replace the door you can have them resprayed.
 
mikehhhhhhh said:
yeah, I’ve considered getting the front door painted to match as neither of us like the awful purple it is now :cry:

I think it would look good with just the door done but frames/windows still white
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Definitely, just changing our door colour from white to anthracite grey in a couple of weeks time, keeping the white frames.
 
Cut the grass, tidy up in the garage, tip run, drop off at the charity shop

Then spare / broken garden furniture transformed into kindling

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Put a bottle opener in the garage

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And put up a temporary "sail" over the patio until the gazebo is installed

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@{SAS}TB I so enjoy watching your house come along :)

Yesterday/today I've trimmed two weather/drip bars and a new stile for the garden and roof doors. Fitted, primed, first coat of gloss. I'm really bored of doing full cleanup after using green oil based paint. 10 minutes of painting followed by just as much time cleaning brushes and hands! Last coat tomorrow and I can put everything away for a bit.
 
Ha ! That's the wife's potting bench. I'm pushing my luck having it where it is without risking moving into the garage :cry:
 
No comparison a £12 bit of material against a £3-4k gazebo but gives a bit of shade / shelter for the Mrs going gardening shizzle outside

Seems sturdy enough and will do its job (also store some garden furniture under there as well) until the gazebo is ordered / installed
 
{SAS}TB said:
No comparison a £12 bit of material against a £3-4k gazebo but gives a bit of shade / shelter for the Mrs going gardening shizzle outside

Seems sturdy enough and will do its job (also store some garden furniture under there as well) until the gazebo is ordered / installed
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OK fair enough. The gazebos I've been looking at wernt quite that much, more like 3-400.
 
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