What "man jobs" have you done today?

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Currently working on turning an attic space into a proper room. Adding lots of insulation ready for winter.
 
Uhtred said:
I stuck the rubber seals back on to the bottom of the door of my focus. It's a common problem and I often see other focuses with theirs dangling out of the door. I used contact adhesive for the driver door and it's been fine for over a year so I've done the same now for the two back doors.
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Oh year, I used that on my wife's mk3 St. It's amazing how many you see, but I didn't do the neatest of jobs.
 
Uhtred said:
I stuck the rubber seals back on to the bottom of the door of my focus. It's a common problem and I often see other focuses with theirs dangling out of the door. I used contact adhesive for the driver door and it's been fine for over a year so I've done the same now for the two back doors.
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Got sick to death of doing them working for Ford in the past :cry:
 
fitted these pipe sleeves behind the radiator and sealed up the gap between the floor and skirting, massive drafts around these areas with a dot and dabbed wall.


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Made a start in removing the artex in the upstairs bathroom. Jesus, it's a messy job! The removal 'goo' goes everywhere and doesn't like staying on the walls. Then when you come to scrape it off, it's even worse! Plus, it's transformed into a rubbery 'super goo' that sticks to absolutely everything!
 
casper_uk said:
Made a start in removing the artex in the upstairs bathroom. Jesus, it's a messy job! The removal 'goo' goes everywhere and doesn't like staying on the walls. Then when you come to scrape it off, it's even worse! Plus, it's transformed into a rubbery 'super goo' that sticks to absolutely everything!
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Ahh, are you using X-Tex? I've just bought a couple of tubs. Yet to try it - we have something textured on our walls :eek:

The trick is to keep spraying it with water to keep it very wet I believe.
 
Fitted some more shelves to the man cave. Tomorrow I'll be fitting some more shelves around the place head of the mother-in-law arriving..
 
LuckyBenski said:
Ahh, are you using X-Tex? I've just bought a couple of tubs. Yet to try it - we have something textured on our walls :eek:

The trick is to keep spraying it with water to keep it very wet I believe.
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I am. Water? Am sure the instructions just say put it on the wall and leave alone for an hour or two. It works well, but is super messy! I ended up with a laundry basket taped to my front that had a plastic sheet lining in it. Scrape the goo from the wall with both hands and flick it into the basket. Pull the liner out when done and chuck into a black bin.
 
casper_uk said:
I am. Water? Am sure the instructions just say put it on the wall and leave alone for an hour or two. It works well, but is super messy! I ended up with a laundry basket taped to my front that had a plastic sheet lining in it. Scrape the goo from the wall with both hands and flick it into the basket. Pull the liner out when done and chuck into a black bin.
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I think the idea is to never let it dry out, either keep spraying it regularly, or spray it to revive if it dried e.g. overnight. What I understood was it's safer because it's wet and traps the fibres. Depends on the ambient conditions apparently.

There was a webpage somewhere I read it, let me have a search!

Edit: Hmm can't find the one that basically said keep it wet or re-wet it later, but check the video at bottom of this page:

www.ecosolutions.co.uk

Home Strip X-Tex - Eco Solutions Powerful Removers & Cleaners

Home Strip X-Tex from Eco Solutions. A solvent-free super strength artex remover and stripper for walls and ceilings. Buy direct or find your local stockist.
www.ecosolutions.co.uk

Basically, do everything you can to let the moisture soak into the surface.
 
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Being as we are having a new cooker I thought this is the opportunity to get another Sat dish cable into lounge -There is a 2" gap down outside of oven unit but it's boxed so no access -- so today I have been up in the loft and run the cable -drilled through gable end and cabled it -Just waiting for sun to move round and put the dish in shade so I can connect cable plugs then screw to LNB (got 2 outputs)
All I have to do this time next week when cooker is out is run cable down side - across back and into lounge behind.

It was bloody hot in loft.
 
Spent some time turning this nest (bit exaggerated, most of the excess cable was coiled):

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Into:

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I could do more but quite frankly I don't want to see a crimp tool for a while.

I'm in two minds about mounting my firewall on the wall (the black box on the table). It has passive cooling and it essentially a heatsink so it's mega hot.
 
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ChrisD. said:
Spent some time turning this nest (bit exaggerated, most of the excess cable was coiled):

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Into:

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I could do more but quite frankly I don't want to see a crimp tool for a while.

I'm in two minds about mounting my firewall on the wall (the black box on the table). It has passive cooling and it essentially a heatsink so it's mega hot.
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Maybe attach a small tile to the wall to isolated the heat from it. Also lol at the name of a device called firewall but gets mega hot. Does it not do the same as a firewall on your router? Oh and nicely run cables are very satisfying to see.
 
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