What "man jobs" have you done today?

Cut a flap in the roofing liner in the loft around the flue, pulled out a load of starling nesting material, replaced with a load of wire mesh and patched up. Hopefully that'll stop the little blighters :D

This is where they were getting in:
 
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DXP55 said:
Thats why I have gone all plastic -they come one foot high and six foot long -5 to a 5ft fence etc. I do not have to paint them ever again.

These won't blow out in the next storm or rot - They are not supposed to go brittle but plastic is plastic -Providing they see me out I don't care.:)
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Most fencing won't blow out if done correctly. I guess I was on the fence about plastic myself :cry:

I do like the look of wood fencing. And I could have gone for a wood feather edge panel but the 5 £20 wood panels, pressure treated, battened on both sides supported with concrete posts that I put at the very end of that line 4 years ago are perfectly fine.

Have a lot to do in the garden, so chose the middle pricing point, so the way I have done it is cost-effective and will last easy 10 years.
 
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dLockers said:
Where do you chaps buy door handles from?

I need a bunch - I like the ERA ones but have been told they must be antique brass or black.
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Try Carlisle Brass mate - not used them myself but the joiner was harping on about them when fitting our kitchen :D
 
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Busy morning by all accounts

Cleaned out the chickens

Processed a small batch of kindling

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Then after resigning myself to the fact waiting for the grass / leaves to dry was happen anytime soon, decided to attack the leaves ....

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Swept / raked them into piles

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Bagged them up and stored behind the gazebo to rot down into leaf mould / compost

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Then gave the back lawn a trim

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Looks slightly better and I'm knackered :D
 
{SAS}TB said:
Try Carlisle Brass mate - not used them myself but the joiner was harping on about them when fitting our kitchen :D
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I'll give them a go thank you! I did get itchy feet during the little ones nap and tried Homebase's finest - garbage tbh. The spring either is nonexistent or pathetic. Looks decent tho! Must be the fourth or fifth handle this door has ever had!

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Intended to chase out 10 back boxes today but felt rotten all weekend, so I did one and then quit. Spent the evening tidying the building site that is my house instead. 2 rooms cleared of tools and rubbish, utility tidied and all the materials for finishing this rewire now organised along the bench. Shame I'm working the rest of the week, I'll just have to squeeze jobs in when I can and hope to make progress.
 
Spent ages changing a toilet seat today. Hidden fastenings are all well and good, but you need to be a contortionist to get at them. Plus I had to shorten the threaded rods which were about 3 inches long and wouldn't sit square because they were hitting the china below.
 
Cable snapped on my canopy garage door earlier this week, bought a set of replacement cones and cables for a total of £12.50 and swapped them over within an hour. You just have to be careful with the coil spring not to let it unwind, I don't know if it'd be possible to put the tension back on it, but I wouldn't like to find out.

The new cables are thicker too, so hopefully won't ever be an issue again.

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bainbridge said:
Spent ages changing a toilet seat today. Hidden fastenings are all well and good, but you need to be a contortionist to get at them. Plus I had to shorten the threaded rods which were about 3 inches long and wouldn't sit square because they were hitting the china below.
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Funnily enough me and my inlaws were discussing toilet seats last week. We've got one of that type and it feels like I need another joint in my wrist to get to it (although no trimming needed), and the ones upstairs are just a plug you screw into, much easier but don't go as tight.
 
bainbridge said:
Spent ages changing a toilet seat today. Hidden fastenings are all well and good, but you need to be a contortionist to get at them. Plus I had to shorten the threaded rods which were about 3 inches long and wouldn't sit square because they were hitting the china below.
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Has it has its maiden plop yet? You must post on here whilst doing so. I'd like to see the post start with "Greetings from the throne".
 
I changed my loo seat a few months ago -Old one had push in plugs and they lasted 12yrs (the soft close packed up) so easy off and easy on with the new seat.
The only problem I had was getting a seat like the original -The way the fittings and seat were made made it impossible for the seat to twist due to transfer of weight when on wipe mode -The new one didn't have that and although it's been pretty stable it now squeeeeeels when closing so just reading this thread has pushed me into going round garage for some dry spray to see if it will stop it.
At least this seat is easy removal -just press button and yank - yes I did say yank.

Ps - Job jobbed -smooth as silk and sweet as a nut - Good old Silicon spray.
 
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