What "man jobs" have you done today?

[IvanDobskey]

Replaced the rusty hinges and latch on the gate. Gone for galvanized ones this time. The old painted black ones only lasted two years.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Very nice of you @{SAS}TB , just hope you haven't set a precedent with your local council!

Thanks and me too. Or having to argue with the bin men as the green bin is now a tad heavy ....

 

[ci_newman]

Thanks and me too. Or having to argue with the bin men as the green bin is now a tad heavy ....

Our green bin was trashed during the pickup the last time it got too heavy (in the autumn last year, when the council suspended green bin collections due to driver shortages). They emptied it but the whole bin split in half when it was lifted into the lorry

 

[{SAS}TB]

They have moved the normal bin and recycling to a fortnightly cycle (food waste weekly) but as of March this year moved the green bin / garden waste to a paid for service as well

 

[ci_newman]

They have moved the normal bin and recycling to a fortnightly cycle (food waste weekly) but as of March this year moved the green bin / garden waste to a paid for service as well

yeah, my green bin has been an additional charge for nearly 10 years now. Cheeky council refused to replace the broken bin too despite they hadn't emptied it for 3 months.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Wow! That's shocking !

 

[SpeedFreak]

 

[Invertigo]

Leaking toilet, no problem methinks, likely just a dirty seal or something.

After scratching my head wondering how to even get into the toilet (fully integrated cistern, fitted before we moved in) and finally finding a youtube video of the right one (turns out a suction cup and yanking it hard is the answer), turns out its a ripped diaphragm in the fill valve causing overflowing.

No worries, pop to toolstation/screwfix etc and grab a new one. Nope. Plumbing merchants, nope. Well bugger, lets just replace the valve then. Standard thread? Nope! 3/8 rather than 1/2 for whatever reason, and nowhere has stock of 3/8 fitting ones, except a generic fits all one at screwfix. It did not fit all

Ordered a new Geberit valve for tomorrow, seems they are common standard fits in this toilet so should work

 

[LuckyBenski]

Leaking toilet, no problem methinks, likely just a dirty seal or something.

After scratching my head wondering how to even get into the toilet (fully integrated cistern, fitted before we moved in) and finally finding a youtube video of the right one (turns out a suction cup and yanking it hard is the answer), turns out its a ripped diaphragm in the fill valve causing overflowing.

No worries, pop to toolstation/screwfix etc and grab a new one. Nope. Plumbing merchants, nope. Well bugger, lets just replace the valve then. Standard thread? Nope! 3/8 rather than 1/2 for whatever reason, and nowhere has stock of 3/8 fitting ones, except a generic fits all one at screwfix. It did not fit all

I feel your pain, we had the cistern overflowing in our new house last month. We had been visiting for renovate for a few weeks, must have flushed it 50+ times. One day it didn't shut off and kept filling - the overflow runs into our porch! Literally just hangs a few inches out of the ceiling and pours out

I shut the supply valve off to the toilet and came back a week later to a puddle - turns out the service valve also didn't shut off entirely, so had to replace both the fill valve and service valve. Looking at it now I see it was a gas valve so no wonder it corroded and failed.

 

[LuckyBenski]

Had an isolator installed today, so I can work on my electrics safely. Made a start - for now just have the new consumer unit mounted and whacked the existing circuits into that, so I can remove the old fuse box. Cue 2 weeks of diagrams and chasing walls and swearing

 

[Delvis]

Removed the long aux cable from the car, as well as the Bluetooth connector and the dash cam.

Put the Bluetooth thing into the new vehicle until I change the radio.

 

[Martynt74]

Our dogs love being outside when it's sunny, but from our front room my wife can't see them when working and it'd be easy for a delivery driver to open the front gate and they make an escape. As much as we think they love us, one of them can't wait to spot an opportunity to leg it!




The front windows look back over the patio, so i put the gate in on the blue line so he's a bit more restricted. Not sure he's overly happy about it as he likes to patrol between the 2 gates!

 

[Uhtred]

I spent last weekend decorating the spare bedroom and applying a mist coat to some bare plaster in the hallway that we had done almost a year ago

 

[roccles]

I spent last weekend decorating the spare bedroom and applying a mist coat to some bare plaster in the hallway that we had done almost a year ago

Well they do suggest letting it dry out completely!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Some utter moron has put weed and feed on their lawn. It stinks in this heat. Your not even supposed to use it in drought conditions. Idiot.

 

[ChrisD.]

@Martynt74 is your house for sale on Right Move by any chance?

 

[Martynt74]

@Martynt74 is your house for sale on Right Move by any chance?

Hope not!


Unsure if you followed the other thread, but i decided against the whole move thing until we actually want to move.

 

[Uhtred]

Well they do suggest letting it dry out completely!

Well, the funny thing was it was done on probably the hottest day of the year so you could see no wet areas within 24 hours. In my defence the priority was my Daughter's bedroom which I did do in a timely manner

 

[{SAS}TB]

Watered the garden

 

[Richie]

Pro-tip - get the head of the lance right to the base of the plants.to get the water at the soil as the water on the top like that ends up with lots just evaporating.