Soldato
Looks like a nice big lawn. Tell me, what is this scarifying lark? My grass is full of Moss and weeds!
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Caporegime
There are different types of scarifier and strictly speaking, I used a rake not a scarifier. However to most people, raking and scarifying are interchangeable phrases. Rakes have lots of wire hook type things on springs:
...which rip through the moss and tear it out of the lawn. The grass is mainly left untouched because it is straight and has nothing for the hooks to cling on to, as well as the fact that grass is rooted whereas moss is not, so the moss comes out easier.
Scarifiers in the true sense, cut through the thatch with blades and go deeper into the soil to provide aeration benefits in addition to breaking up the thatch. Scarifiers still do a job on moss but it's generally accepted that wire tine rakes are perfectly adequate if your goal is moss removable rather than full-blown scarification.
...which rip through the moss and tear it out of the lawn. The grass is mainly left untouched because it is straight and has nothing for the hooks to cling on to, as well as the fact that grass is rooted whereas moss is not, so the moss comes out easier.
Scarifiers in the true sense, cut through the thatch with blades and go deeper into the soil to provide aeration benefits in addition to breaking up the thatch. Scarifiers still do a job on moss but it's generally accepted that wire tine rakes are perfectly adequate if your goal is moss removable rather than full-blown scarification.
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Associate
A bit more progress on the living room, not that anyone can live it in just now..
How the previous occupants left it
During
Test fit of the van damme cable
Doing away with the hideous trunking, running 5.1 surround sound cable, ethernet for data and hdmi with a hdmi cable for backup in the wall and a fused spur.
Plan for tomorrow is to do the other 3 channels for the remaining speaker cable and I may as well run some ethernet to where the sofa will be while the skirting is off. Waiting for more Van Damme cable, bought 20m thinking that would be enough but it turns out from the amp to the rear right speaker is 13m on it's own, oops.
Sofa should be here in 3 weeks so I need the room finished and painted by then.
How the previous occupants left it
During
Test fit of the van damme cable
Doing away with the hideous trunking, running 5.1 surround sound cable, ethernet for data and hdmi with a hdmi cable for backup in the wall and a fused spur.
Plan for tomorrow is to do the other 3 channels for the remaining speaker cable and I may as well run some ethernet to where the sofa will be while the skirting is off. Waiting for more Van Damme cable, bought 20m thinking that would be enough but it turns out from the amp to the rear right speaker is 13m on it's own, oops.
Sofa should be here in 3 weeks so I need the room finished and painted by then.
Man of Honour
Patched the render for where my outside light has been chased in. Bloody pleased with my efforts actually, render is a right sod to match and I think I got this pretty spot on.
Also attached a gate post to the wall with some Thunderbolts, countersunk them nicely with a flat wood bit. Got to use my SDS drill, combi drill and impact driver all on one job
Also attached a gate post to the wall with some Thunderbolts, countersunk them nicely with a flat wood bit. Got to use my SDS drill, combi drill and impact driver all on one job
Soldato
Nice work on that render, I thought it was some sort of stain when I first glanced, will be invisible once painted up.
I think one of these lights will be my next job. Did you fit it yourself or get someone in to do it?
I think one of these lights will be my next job. Did you fit it yourself or get someone in to do it?
2nd day of putting in oak wood floors in living room and hallway. Would be fairly straight forward if it was all square but have lots of diagonals and fiddly bits so it's very time consuming! Worth doing it myself though as seems to be around £18-20per sqm to get it fitted!
Sanded and painted the porch post and god kennel doors (don't laugh - it's as big as a shed as it's an Edwardian dog kennel with a preservation order on it, suitable for Great Danes).
Then jet washed the driveway (ran out of time to re-sand it so will do that tomorrow).
Then jet washed the driveway (ran out of time to re-sand it so will do that tomorrow).
Man of Honour
Cheers, I used my fingertips and a water sprayer to replicate the render effect. I fitted the lamp myself, it's powered by a fused RCD spur from the kitchen ring.
Caporegime
The render above looks very convincing. Might benefit from sanding down the lip at the very bottom where your stippling has continued but the original was less textured, but that's not hard. Good job.
Also - more love for the gate above...looks really good!
Also - more love for the gate above...looks really good!
Built a new shed,
Nothing special just a standard 6x4 but the old one was falling down so decided to flatten it & replace with a nice new one.
The old shed after I attacked it with a hammer !
Ground prepared for new shed
New shed installed.
Just needs painting now.
Nothing special just a standard 6x4 but the old one was falling down so decided to flatten it & replace with a nice new one.
The old shed after I attacked it with a hammer !
Ground prepared for new shed
New shed installed.
Just needs painting now.
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Associate
Finished decorating and building the furniture for when my first child arrives at the beginning of July
Associate
Nothing exciting. Just replaced a tap washer
Managed to remove all the upstairs carpets and moved my stuff out to the downstairs back room.
The toilet had one layer of carpet and 2 layers of tiles which are major pain to remove, need to try and remove the upstairs old floor tiles, seems to be stuck down with bitumen.
Hopefully the builders start to tomorrow
The toilet had one layer of carpet and 2 layers of tiles which are major pain to remove, need to try and remove the upstairs old floor tiles, seems to be stuck down with bitumen.
Hopefully the builders start to tomorrow
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This morning, I made a stand for an antique sabre. All of the ones on Amazon were geared towards displaying Japanese weapons and that was the wrong look. Just need to get some nice dark stain and give it a varnish.
I really need to get more tools though, and a workbench!
I really need to get more tools though, and a workbench!
Soldato
Cleared out the conservatory guttering on Friday, should stop the leaking a bit.
I hate conservatories.
I hate conservatories.
Associate
Fired up the chainsaw and started to tackle the deep overgrown bottom of our garden. Chainsaw and wood burning, real mans work 
Soldato
Not today, but over the weekend:
My study / mancave / crud dumping ground went from :
Broke down the old, huge and heavy desk
Cleared the wallspace
Battened the walls
New beech worktop as a desk
Placed the kit to judge where the cable holes needed to go
Took delivery of the essential component
Unpacked
In place with just a little cable management left
Still need to sort out the touching up / painting where the shelves came down and sort out something on the walls to take the bare look off, but all in all well chuffed
My study / mancave / crud dumping ground went from :
Broke down the old, huge and heavy desk
Cleared the wallspace
Battened the walls
New beech worktop as a desk
Placed the kit to judge where the cable holes needed to go
Took delivery of the essential component
Unpacked
In place with just a little cable management left
Still need to sort out the touching up / painting where the shelves came down and sort out something on the walls to take the bare look off, but all in all well chuffed
Soldato
^^ Nice cooler! Gives me an idea
I shifted some earth today but still got a lot more to do over the weekend before removing the tarpaulin thats underneath. Then got some serious garden planning to do!
I shifted some earth today but still got a lot more to do over the weekend before removing the tarpaulin thats underneath. Then got some serious garden planning to do!