What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Soldato
That's an epic trick. Must try that, my background is in super fine carpentry (guitar making and repair so working in thousandths of an inch, fitting tiny joints together etc). I struggle with certain "normal" building/DIY as it's on a different scale where I'm being too precise and take forever, when I should just take off an extra mm in the first place. This method looks really useful to get the bigger scale stuff precise
Also good work getting 6 rooms done in a day with that technique, you're a machine!
As you go around a room each profile holds the next piece in place against the wall, making fixing it a doddle.That's an epic trick. Must try that, my background is in super fine carpentry (guitar making and repair so working in thousandths of an inch, fitting tiny joints together etc). I struggle with certain "normal" building/DIY as it's on a different scale where I'm being too precise and take forever, when I should just take off an extra mm in the first place. This method looks really useful to get the bigger scale stuff precise
Also good work getting 6 rooms done in a day with that technique, you're a machine!
For the record I hate any carpentry its to unforgiving when you make any mistake, mostly in measuring. I always cut longer now and cut back a few times till its spot on, takes longer but less waste.
Use MitreBond Aerosol Kit only takes 10 seconds to stick external corners. I have done many houses this way so getting better each time
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Caporegime
Building some raised beds this weekend, pretty much done today then I'll put the membrane down tomorrow.
Then need to order god know how much stuff to fill them (any pointers on 'the amount' if it was tonne bags and they're square (120*120cm) and 400cm deep?)
Thennnnnn need to make it all pretty and buy another tonne or so of slate chip or something
££££
Then need to order god know how much stuff to fill them (any pointers on 'the amount' if it was tonne bags and they're square (120*120cm) and 400cm deep?)
Thennnnnn need to make it all pretty and buy another tonne or so of slate chip or something
££££
Soldato
Wildflower section covered in tarpaulin until Aug to kill off the remaining weeds and grass prior to sowing the wildflower seeds in Sept for over-Wintering.
Seeds ordered as well.
Long process but should hopefully have a nice wildflower meadow area in my back garden come next Spring.
It's only a small 8m² ish size area and keeping the rest as a lawn but I'm hoping it comes up good and gives some diversity to my back garden for bees and birds.
Seeds ordered as well.
Long process but should hopefully have a nice wildflower meadow area in my back garden come next Spring.
It's only a small 8m² ish size area and keeping the rest as a lawn but I'm hoping it comes up good and gives some diversity to my back garden for bees and birds.
Soldato
Don't worry about filling the entire beds with compost as the plants don't need it really deep.
People generally fill it with big bulky things like rubble and even polystyrene packaging (the big chunky things that are wrapped around big things) to take up the space then fill the last foot with compost.
Soldato
Dug up some turf where I'm going to out the edging, barrier membrane and gravel to form paths
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Soldato
DP!
Caporegime
Eh?
Lorry driving isn't a man job
Caporegime
Fair point - we’ve got five women driving at my place.
Past couple weekends I've been working on my garage, painting the breeze blocks/bricks and then laid down some flooring tiles.
Also stuck up a camera
It needs a good old mop to get some of the dust off that I traipsed across it, and still need to have a sort through and put some shelving and bits up; but that's for another day!
Also stuck up a camera
It needs a good old mop to get some of the dust off that I traipsed across it, and still need to have a sort through and put some shelving and bits up; but that's for another day!
Soldato
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Looks so much better with them tiles doesn't it? Just a ball ache moving stuff around to fit them
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Soldato
Borrowed a van and brought my table top home from work.
Having legs fabbed for it so currently it's just sitting on top of my old table.
Having legs fabbed for it so currently it's just sitting on top of my old table.
Past couple weekends I've been working on my garage, painting the breeze blocks/bricks and then laid down some flooring tiles.
Also stuck up a camera
It needs a good old mop to get some of the dust off that I traipsed across it, and still need to have a sort through and put some shelving and bits up; but that's for another day.
Looks great, would you mind popping a link up for the tiles please?
Caporegime
Double Garage Floor Tiles Pack | 96 DuraFlex Flooring Tiles + 8 Ramps | 6M X 4M Area | Garage Floors Direct
Double Garage Floor Tiles Pack | 96 DuraFlex Flooring Tiles Available In Black, Dark Grey, Red, Blue and Green | Area covered: 6M X 4M | 8 FREE RAMPS |
garagefloorsdirect.co.uk
I ended up collecting and doing a cash deal to save some more, but its only 30-40m from me.
Soldato
Went up to the new house to investigate the exterior walls which appear to have separated from the house a bit... These are timber cross walls between the main brick walls that separate properties. It appears to be that the full length PVC windows were bolted to the brick and the wooden beams hung off those. This means that the walls above and below the window are only as wide as the PVC frames, about 10cm thick 
It seems that when the windows were replaced, no reinforcement was done so the timber and/or window frames were able to sag away from the house. We'll be building stud frames, bolting those to the floor/brick walls, then bolting the saggy walls onto that frame. This way we can add ~10cm insulation and replaster. Then bolt the windows to the brick too, as whoever fitted this floor's windows didn't bother.
The existing walls appear to be 7cm air gap, then about 2cm of rockwool insulation (seriously, one inch!). Then literally felt and exterior wall tiles. Bonkers. On one floor you can actually push the walls and they flex outwards at floor and waist level.
Exterior view of house construction and wall tiles:
Window and lower wall coming adrift 2cm. This needs pulling back in with a rope I think:
Upper wall above a window - note air gap between timber and window in third pic, and timber not fixed to walls or ceiling! And also the big hole where we can fit 75mm extra insulation...
Bonus pic: Look how clean the under floor cavity is! Looking forward to running LOTS of mains, network and RF cable without cleaning 120 years' worth of fluff, debris and mouse skeletons. Right now each room has a single mains outlet.
It seems that when the windows were replaced, no reinforcement was done so the timber and/or window frames were able to sag away from the house. We'll be building stud frames, bolting those to the floor/brick walls, then bolting the saggy walls onto that frame. This way we can add ~10cm insulation and replaster. Then bolt the windows to the brick too, as whoever fitted this floor's windows didn't bother.
The existing walls appear to be 7cm air gap, then about 2cm of rockwool insulation (seriously, one inch!). Then literally felt and exterior wall tiles. Bonkers. On one floor you can actually push the walls and they flex outwards at floor and waist level.
Exterior view of house construction and wall tiles:
Window and lower wall coming adrift 2cm. This needs pulling back in with a rope I think:
Upper wall above a window - note air gap between timber and window in third pic, and timber not fixed to walls or ceiling! And also the big hole where we can fit 75mm extra insulation...
Bonus pic: Look how clean the under floor cavity is! Looking forward to running LOTS of mains, network and RF cable without cleaning 120 years' worth of fluff, debris and mouse skeletons. Right now each room has a single mains outlet.
Soldato
Also @Buffman thanks for the nudge, I will be starting a house thread when I've got time at the laptop
Posting the above on mobile proved painful!
Posting the above on mobile proved painful!
Don
You reminded me I need to do mine, out of interest which method did you choose, did you mix the contents with water and brush into the gaps or did you not add water and let the weather do the part/use a hose to lightly water?