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Replaced the led light in the cooker hood. It has started flickering and died. I found an led bulb in my box of bulbs which had the same small screw fitting.
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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My man job for this weekend is to take up some laminate due to it flexing too much. Unfortunately I have to start from the tongue side so may be interesting.
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Descaled kettle and did a clean cycle on washing machine - knackered now 
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Bought a car online whilst drinking last night. Doesn't get more man than that (except if it was on ebay, which it wasn't I'm not that alpha).
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Username checks out, presume you used a credit card
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Username checks out, presume you used a credit card
it wasn't that much so just swallowed it. With prices as they are it would be silly to pay interest on top. (especially Capital One rates)
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They have a text number so I sent them a text, they replied and got me onto WhatsApp so you don't have to wait around all day for a reply. They first came back with £138.70 .... a £1 discount. So I said no, I said I'd pay £89 or leave and they said OK
I priced up sky but with BT sports it was more expensive per month with no unlimited sim and crappy fibre.
Thanks I didn't know about the text WhatsApp thing, much easier. I went from £64 down to £38 a month
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Day off work tomorrow to sort the garage out. Bought some metal shelving racks to put together and store all the crap on 
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Finally bought some racking and sorted the garage out.
Buy some pipe insulation next.
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Had a weekend project planned to build a raised bed. Boshed it off today
Before
Laid out the boards
Was tricky due to the slope of the garden but measured twice (at least) and dug out for the deepest side
Mocked up the posts and facing board
Got squared up and post creted them in
Aligned the sides and back for more hole digging
Then started to fill the sides in
Got the sides in and lined the inner walls with visqueen
Then topped off with a coping / cill to finish the top off and hide the posts
"Done"
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Got several tonnes of topsoil coming Monday to fill it up
Before
Laid out the boards
Was tricky due to the slope of the garden but measured twice (at least) and dug out for the deepest side
Mocked up the posts and facing board
Got squared up and post creted them in
Aligned the sides and back for more hole digging
Then started to fill the sides in
Got the sides in and lined the inner walls with visqueen
Then topped off with a coping / cill to finish the top off and hide the posts
"Done"
.
Got several tonnes of topsoil coming Monday to fill it up
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Does it seriously get cold enough to freeze pipes in a garage?
Nope but they do lose heat.
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Looks good, never really thought about how much more work and angled garden is.Had a weekend project planned to build a raised bed. Boshed it off today
Before
Laid out the boards
Was tricky due to the slope of the garden but measured twice (at least) and dug out for the deepest side
Mocked up the posts and facing board
Got squared up and post creted them in
Aligned the sides and back for more hole digging
Then started to fill the sides in
Got the sides in and lined the inner walls with visqueen
Then topped off with a coping / cill to finish the top off and hide the posts
"Done"
.
Got several tonnes of topsoil coming Monday to fill it up
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Good point, hadn't thought of that.
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Thanks, I'm really pleased with it. Yeah it's a bit of a pain, that's the most sloped part and was a bit of a waste and ideal spot due to the sun it gets. To give you an idea of the slope it's 600mm high at the tall end and 100mm at the short end just 2.4m away
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Wow, I felt bad digging out a few inches to level the kids playing slide thing.
My job tomorrow is to investigate a leaky tap, it's leaking from under the sink, but not sure from where. Only noticed as the kids wanted to do some painting (stuff is stored under there) and the tub had half an inch of water in it. Considering that the drip is only every few minutes, it must have been going for a long time.
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Unless maybe it's the waste, and it drips more when being run though? I spent ages trying to stop a drip behind my bathroom sink. I'd think it was sorted, but then a week later after draining a full sink realise it had soaked the boards again.
Spent most of today repairing the bathroom wooden windows. I did a full refurb about ~2 years ago, but unfortunately the glaziers putty I used for every other window didn't fare at all well in the hot/humid environment.
I noticed about a year ago when I wiped it that the putty had just become liquid - super, super annoying. The external stuff has cured thankfully.
I did what I could back then, with new child, and dug out what wet rot I could and the putty and replaced it with plumbers gold with a view to fixing it later.
About a year went by and finally - 5 days of being away - I thought it is as dry as it is going to get. Replaced most of the putty with wood filler. At least 3 'builds' to get what I found acceptable. Just given it the first coat of paint. Hopefully it fairs better than the putty!
I noticed about a year ago when I wiped it that the putty had just become liquid - super, super annoying. The external stuff has cured thankfully.
I did what I could back then, with new child, and dug out what wet rot I could and the putty and replaced it with plumbers gold with a view to fixing it later.
About a year went by and finally - 5 days of being away - I thought it is as dry as it is going to get. Replaced most of the putty with wood filler. At least 3 'builds' to get what I found acceptable. Just given it the first coat of paint. Hopefully it fairs better than the putty!
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Next door neighbour had some skip space free so I got a friend over and we moved a bunch of old rotten pallets out of the garden. Along with a dishwasher someone put there in 2012 and a rusted through barbecue... Those 2 were collected by passing scrappies within an hour! Also a fully rotten through railway sleeper and concrete lintel discovered in the front garden.
Took the last of the winter hedge trimmings too and swept the front garden and alley of loads of debris. Much tidier out there now, I can move out leaving it better than I found it
Took the last of the winter hedge trimmings too and swept the front garden and alley of loads of debris. Much tidier out there now, I can move out leaving it better than I found it