What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Get your misses to do it
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That does make your keyboard look small. Your monitor is also confusing me, is that bit on the right holding the thing or are you wall mounted? I ask as it looks very out of proportion if its the stand. You are brave having a pc on a desk, I like to hide the spaghetti junction out of the wayCan't take much of the credit, other than the painting - but scaffolding is down, lights are in, first fix for kitchen sink plumbed and shutters have been fitted in other rooms. Also picked up a new monster desk which makes my keyboard look laughably small!
.If you do take up the carpet to paint then it's best to leave the paint for a week or more to harden before re-laying the carpet. Go on, ask me how I know? Because when we were doing up the previous house to sell I painted almost every skirting board including the stairway - when the carpet fitter came a few days later he was honest enough to say that the paint would still be too soft and he'd wreck it when laying the carpet.
I usually use wide masking tape on the carpet and push it down into the gap between the wood and carpet as much as possible. Remove immediately after painting.
I’ve just replaced the banisters and using that method we got all the visible wood and nothing on the carpet.
Definitely not taking up --- this is the only bit of the house that is "good". I doubt I'd be able to relay it anywhere near as well.
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Played Garage Tetris and managed to make a fair bit more room in there.
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Finally tidied up the garage, just over a year after moving in.
The number of random screws, washers, nuts, bolts, bits, wires, connectors, rawl plugs, etc. that had accumulated in 100 different containers meant it took hours, but it's so satisfying.
The number of random screws, washers, nuts, bolts, bits, wires, connectors, rawl plugs, etc. that had accumulated in 100 different containers meant it took hours, but it's so satisfying.
Looking good.Went to the tip - had a lecture about building rubble being limited to 1 boot a month. I live about 2 mins from the tip so hoping I can score a deal
Then post kids party I tackled the stairs:
And managed to get the road bike wall mounted, where it'll likely stay forever. Had some left over wood which I quickly cut down and then attached to the framework. I feel guilty every time I wall mount anything in this shed, as the previous owner didn't put a thing on the wall for 20 years. Ce'st la vie.
I'm not sure why it is so far away from the wall, maybe it is to work on it? Anyway, I realised the thing holding it up is removable so it'll lie flat against the wall then.
Are you going to paint the whole staircase or leave some (maybe the handrail) wood? Could oil it instead of varnish.
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That does make your keyboard look small. Your monitor is also confusing me, is that bit on the right holding the thing or are you wall mounted? I ask as it looks very out of proportion if its the stand. You are brave having a pc on a desk, I like to hide the spaghetti junction out of the way
It's an ultrawide monitor which may be skewing perspective a little. It is the bit on the right which is the mount - think it's an Invision one from memory.
Haha, the cable routing is one of the more tricky aspects of having the PC on the desk, but the desk itself accommodates cables well
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I know there's trays that can be used under desks for cable support, but I guess it's just one of those things, can't have a desktop without cables.It's an ultrawide monitor which may be skewing perspective a little. It is the bit on the right which is the mount - think it's an Invision one from memory.
Haha, the cable routing is one of the more tricky aspects of having the PC on the desk, but the desk itself accommodates cables well
I had another go at the dashcam hard wiring. Years ago I couldn't get the fuse tapper into the circuit I wanted and settled for one connected to the ignition, which was fine except, the cam takes a good 30 seconds to boot up, so you could be well underway by then, and the stop/start function kills the power to the cam. Both problems mean you could easily miss something.
To get it into the circuit I wanted I had to take a Stanley knife to it to shave off a couple of mm to get the clearance required. Works a treat.
To get it into the circuit I wanted I had to take a Stanley knife to it to shave off a couple of mm to get the clearance required. Works a treat.
Fitted slmee handles and hooks for walk in wardrobe.... Also painted the doors and getting some carpets soon.jpeg... I've lived here 2 years in April and just looking at carpets now (across all the upstairs to be fair)
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I still need to do this...it's just been 'forced' for the last 2 years now lol.
what tool did you use for stripping varnish on stairs ... looks like a days work - good result.
Brute force and ignorance --- and a 125mm Milwaukee random orbital, and a detail sander attached to a Milwaukee multi-tool. I find jobs like this, you can easily stretch over multidays and end up having to tidy up after yourself multiple times - so best to just relentlessly crack on with no break and get it done.
What is the latest thought leadership on wallpaper stripping chaps?
I asked the silly question to YouTube as I am desperate not to damage the plaster, and was surprised to learn about chemical wallpaper stripping which looks pretty epic. Worst case, I'll revert to a steamer.
What do you lot use?
I asked the silly question to YouTube as I am desperate not to damage the plaster, and was surprised to learn about chemical wallpaper stripping which looks pretty epic. Worst case, I'll revert to a steamer.
What do you lot use?
I'd hope so but have a major glitch in that I definitely don't want to be removing the vertical rad that has just been fitted lol. So will be fannying around trying to strip behind it without removing...fingers crossed the plaster is in good nick.Steamer ...
Hate it, but seems the best solution when I stripper the majority of the house after moving in
It's **** but a walk in the park for you after your sanding
Who am I kidding, you'll be done for tea time