What "man jobs" have you done today?

Another busy weekend. Took delivery of the timber for my daughter's loft bed. Chamfered all edges of the uprights and machined all edges of all the slats with a 1/4 roundover. Painted one alcove and two walls of her room with the final topcoat and gave the others their first topcoat. Fitted the architrave round her door and gave it an undercoat. Painted half the skirting.

Yesterday was mostly starting constructing the bed platform. Cutting outside was delayed by rain so I only got the main frame up dry-fitted. I need to cut rebates in the side rail for a centre brace/endstop (the platform is longer than standard matress size), fit the battens to support the bedslats and then glue&screw it all together.

And then paint it.
 
neil_g said:
built and put up an ikea coat hanger/shelf.

wasn't looking forward to it as the walls in this place just crumble and raw plugs just wall out. fortunately where this wall was originally external before the extension was put in it was all red brick and solid :D

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Old house? Downside of them :(
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I broke up an old free standing cupboard that has been taking up space in our spare bedroom for ages. I now have a plentiful supply of firewood for summer BBQ season (assuming I finish my other manly job of building a fire pit)
 
in other news, today I made a hole..

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(the wooden posts that held the metal sheet in place were rotten and it was generally an eyesore. going to remove all of the rubble and tidy the hole and finish with gravel before the new shed arrives tomorrow)
 
Replaced a fence panel.

This weekend is going to consist of replacing another fence panel, fixing some skirting board in the living room and sorting out the shed.

All my tools have been knocked over onto the floor, and none of the essentials are within easy reach. So a good sorting is needed.
 
So - finish the bathroom time..
* new towel rad (1600x600) - means repositioning the CH pipes as it's wider that the current rad.
* put in underfloor heating taking supply from the radiator (both will now have TRVs)
* tile floor

Simples..

Yesterday - got lost getting to the big B&Q at farnbough (2 hours wasted - all new roads for me and the satnav has died, the guildford one is crap). Made a man-sized hole in the bathroom floor. Managed to break the outside portion of the toilet (no leak) whilst attempting to get the last ribbed nail out. Circular saws & chipboard floors..

Today - managed to get lost, but less so, again going to B&Q. Decided that compression fittings aren't the best idea under the floor so I've decided to solder instead. Turns out it's simpler than I thought. Follow the flame with the solder, use enough flux and ensure everything is shiny before starting pretty much says it all. You have to be a bit careful with a 1650deg flame! (I may do some alu brazing at a later date). Constructed heating loop out of 15mm copper pipe - I'll add some metal plates to spread the heat.
Fitted battons to support the floor.
Cut the replacement floor chip boarding into shape. The floor can now be put back temporarily and is fully load baring.

Tomorrow: finalising the soldering, draining the CH, moving the CH pipe to fit new rad, putting the new loop into place. Then fill CH.. Will need to replace toilet too - another trip to B&Q/Wickes.. Tempted to fit a new TRV to the lounge rad whilst I'm at it..

Friday - day of rest, simulate a set of heat cycles exercise the joints. (day of rest?)

Sat - if all ok, close up the floor, smooth if required before starting to lay tiles.

Sun - tile adhesive dry, grout & seal.

I can see repainting the bathroom (no time todo that above) where there's gaps present.
 
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Picked up some pine from the wood recycling place a couple of weeks ago for £10, made it into shelves yesterday 1.8m high. The units from argos or wherever my parents had bought them 10 years ago were too small to hold my books.
 
Nick K - you're not tiling directly onto chipboard are you? That causes problems with floor movement and tiles cracking. I'm sure you know what you're doing, but 9mm water and boil proof ply or cement backed board like aquapanel or hardibacker, would be far better.
 
neil_g said:
Yeah 1930s I reckon? Before we moved in the landlord had two WW2 air raid bunkers removed from the garden. The downstairs extension has the bathroom in it too so that must've been outdoors originally :D

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Are the bunkers filled in? How big were they underground etc. I would possibly have kept one of them for storage and cool factor :cool:
 
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