What "man jobs" have you done today?

a1ex2001 · 4 Mar 2022 at 16:07

Finished the destruction and tidy up of the hideous fireplace in our new house, I still can't believe how many bricks and chunks of concrete I have had to chuck in the skip! Only bonus was uncovering the original tiled hearth even if it is properly battered after someone concreted over it!

{SAS}TB · 5 Mar 2022 at 17:40

Started building a greenhouse

Before

Base laid out

Frame up

Glass in

Just the door and two opening roof sections to do tomorrow

And the view from inside

IvanDobskey · 5 Mar 2022 at 18:30

Previous owner had put interior sockets on the garage wall, did not look safe at all. Took them down and replaced them with proper wall mounted sockets. Much better.

lookitsjonno · 5 Mar 2022 at 20:57

andy_mk3 said:
Finished off my AC install for the cabin with some ducting. The untidy end panel is from the previous owners of the house and will be sorted in time.

Where did you get the ducting? Looks a good finish

{SAS}TB · 6 Mar 2022 at 12:12

Just finished the greenhouse - opening windows and door on and bolted through the base into the paving

theone8181 · 6 Mar 2022 at 20:14

Started scraping the walls after I've taken wallpaper down. Taking off wallpaper paste is very time consuming. So noticed my sons room has a small spot of mould in the corner of the ceiling again. I'm wondering if it's partially due to lack if insulation in the loft, 1990s house with 100mm or so. What's the usual goto for insulation, I had a look and the silver backed stuff seems mega expensive, I've emailed local council to see if I can get any grants on it.

PermaChanged · 7 Mar 2022 at 10:42

Last weekend we took down the stack in the most health and safety conscious way - pulling it down in a single large piece given its overall height - unfortunately the timelapse didn't catch the moment too well!

https://imgur.com/a/8hyTQWj

This weekend we've taken down the majority of the chimney breast through the building, although I've only got pictures of where we'd got to by Saturday afternoon - things got a lot dustier and sootier after this point!

We've got another chimney to do at some point, but it's more central in the house meaning we can stand higher up the roof and take it down properly, level by level, without the need for scaffolding, and can then take it down through the loft.

NickK · 7 Mar 2022 at 15:10

Sparky turned up today and the garage has power - finally. The old owners had a fuse board put in with sockets etc but no connection to the house! I've just buried the armoured cable at the front.

bainbridge · 7 Mar 2022 at 19:13

Changed the hose on the power shower, the old one had gone solid.

R-evans · 8 Mar 2022 at 19:02

Cleaned the cassettes from my wife's bikes.

One just needed a good scrub, the other needed some rust remover after she washed it and didn't dry it properly. Took me about an hour but looking good now.

father-ted · 9 Mar 2022 at 17:47

x2 new electric garage doors fitted this week.....I now need to get new LED lights t oreplace the old fluorescents (been making excuses for years lol)

DXP55 · 9 Mar 2022 at 19:36

Don't make excuses - go buy biggest you can find -you will never look back and I bet you say "wish I had fitted more"

father-ted · 12 Mar 2022 at 12:33

Fitted a new house number between the garage doors - another small task ticked off the wifes list

father-ted · 12 Mar 2022 at 12:35

DXP55 said:
Don't make excuses - go buy biggest you can find -you will never look back and I bet you say "wish I had fitted more"

I have removed x2 old fluorescents this morning, strewth one of them was heavy lol
Replaced them with x2 6ft led - plenty light enough for the garage - I wish I had done this years ago now.
I have x1 5ft led to go in the pitched roof of the garage, as I store all sorts up there.....not fitted that yet....one of my upcoming tasks (not on the wifes list :-)

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alexakasloth · 12 Mar 2022 at 13:21

Have the decking a scrub with some bleach and water, and re oiled it ready for using soon (knock on wood).

father-ted · 12 Mar 2022 at 15:54

I am on fire today - caulked the living room ready to paint.
Top husband points incoming :-)

Uhtred · 12 Mar 2022 at 22:45

I replaced two LED drivers in the kitchen for the under cupboard lighting which were buzzing so much that we avoided using them. The drivers I replaced were 2x8w running a 7.5w load and I've replaced with 2x12w. Buzz free now

Also changed the halogen cooker hood lights for LED.

Today was spent in the loft fitting more insulation. It's a hell of a job but I'm over half way there now

theone8181 · 13 Mar 2022 at 08:07

What causes the buzzing, is it just cheap components? I've fitted some panel lights in our kitchen then have a slight buzz when being used.

Uhtred · 13 Mar 2022 at 09:56

theone8181 said:
What causes the buzzing, is it just cheap components? I've fitted some panel lights in our kitchen then have a slight buzz when being used.

I'm not sure if it was just because the driver was old or bad quality. When testing the original I noticed the more load you placed on it the more it buzzed/hummed.

Another thing that annoyed me was that the two drivers were different make/models and one (the one with the buzz) started up much slower than the other so I decided to replace both with identical units.

DXP55 · 13 Mar 2022 at 10:11

I have a LED strip in garage and that buzz's like hell. Other 4 are OK and all are same make and model