What "man jobs" have you done today?

MattTheTall77 · 1 Jun 2023 at 19:21

dLockers said:
What colour chaps?

We went with Cobham Blue when I did ours the other year. Partner had wanted gloss white with no handles, thankfully I convinced her otherwise, and now she loves it.

This was it just after I fitted the worktop,.

And the original when we purchased three years back.

Kohaashi · 1 Jun 2023 at 23:05

Spread a further 2 tons of topsoil over a 7m x 2.5m area. (5 tons total). And planted some grass seed.

Also planted 3 Portuguese Laurel trees.

413x · 2 Jun 2023 at 10:51

MattTheTall77 said:
We went with Cobham Blue when I did ours the other year. Partner had wanted gloss white with no handles, thankfully I convinced her otherwise, and now she loves it.

This was it just after I fitted the worktop,.

And the original when we purchased three years back.

Looks smart.
Not sure myself (personal taste) if I like such a dark colour in a kitchen.
I do love that sink.
Handles are nice and easy to clean. In our old kitchen have handles that are hard to clean. They never look nice.

That ~~bender~~ blender totally clashes with the colour!

Edited for political correctness!

aVdub · 2 Jun 2023 at 11:43

413x said:
Looks smart.
Not sure myself (personal taste) if I like such a dark colour in a kitchen.
I do love that sink.
Handles are nice and easy to clean. In our old kitchen have handles that are hard to clean. They never look nice.

That bender totally clashes with the colour!

That bender

Pigeon_Killer · 2 Jun 2023 at 15:28

Cut the back garden, electric raked it on the highest setting to pick up the weed grass, and some nasty yellow ****, then cut it again.

Cut around 20L of grass the first time and just under 80L the second. Looks a bit patchy in places now but should lessen the spread of weeds, especially that yellow **** that seems to be multiplying by the second.

miller745 · 3 Jun 2023 at 10:26

Tortured myself once again by skimming a tiny wall in the upstairs of my dormer. Really don't know why i keep putting myself through plastering as I absolutely detest it..
Probably because I'm cheap

roccles · 3 Jun 2023 at 14:40

Planned on making a couple of chairs to go with the bench I made last weekend but only had enough left over 2x4 for one. Will need to spend some money to make other one which is a shame.

Chris Wilson · 3 Jun 2023 at 15:09

Looks like "Old Sparky", I've got a nice 6,600 volt 1.5 Amp transformer that would be just the job for a working recreation. Could present some people I'd like you to test it on, too

DXP55 · 3 Jun 2023 at 16:46

Don't forget to soak the sponge. Tell me what film that came from

LuckyBenski · 3 Jun 2023 at 17:06

DXP55 said:
Don't forget to soak the sponge. Tell me what film that came from

Green Mile.

{SAS}TB · 3 Jun 2023 at 18:12

Christened the new (to me) log splitter

Realised you can "double up" on smaller lengths to reduce the cut cycle

Lovely day for it !

Gave the splitter a bit of a stress test ...

Worked well !

Was hoping to get about 1/3 done

Which I did

Next bay pulled out ready for tomorrow

Supplies are coming along nicely

aVdub · 3 Jun 2023 at 18:51

Added shelves to the shed

Hawk Tuah · 3 Jun 2023 at 20:04

Need more shelving to keep all the drills.

Hawk Tuah · 3 Jun 2023 at 20:10

Starting to build the stocks of wood up ready for next year. Cleaned the solar panels (they've all got quite a bit of dust over them). And trying to keep the trees in their original ball shapes. Getting much harder as they grow bigger.

theone8181 · 3 Jun 2023 at 20:57

miller745 said:
Tortured myself once again by skimming a tiny wall in the upstairs of my dormer. Really don't know why i keep putting myself through plastering as I absolutely detest it..
Probably because I'm cheap

Plastering is a good skill to have though.

LuckyBenski · 3 Jun 2023 at 21:00

Today we attacked the prep on newly plastered lounge. I had to finish wiring 4 socket faceplates first, while my girlfriend sanded one wall. Made good inroads on the next 2 walls (only 3 walls plastered not 4) but have had to stop for dinner and noise reasons.

Dusty!

Chris Wilson · 3 Jun 2023 at 21:13

theone8181 said:
Plastering is a good skill to have though.

It is indeed, but I am specialising in being cheap these days as well

{SAS}TB · 4 Jun 2023 at 12:15

Another few hours this morning so now about 2/3 done. Weather forecast is scorchio for the rest of the week so may get it finished over the next few evenings or between meetings if WFH

Getting there !

Last of the rounds / logs ready to go ....

martin363 · 4 Jun 2023 at 13:01

Fitted some under-counter Hue Light strips.

dlockers · 4 Jun 2023 at 13:20

Just understood that my immersion wire has a spur for what is basically my internet/Comms sockets. Is this the end of the world? I need to rejig the understairs cupboard and could do with a few more sockets.