What "man jobs" have you done today?

Finished off the little man's playset and he seems to approve.

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Just stabilised some decking mounted on bricks (previous owner initially did this) but I noted that the new decking wobbled a little so I put down a bedding of concrete underneath so now the decking doesn't wobble.

Probably end up redoing part of the garden as the pond hole now seems to leaking far faster..
 
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That is seriously cool. +++ dad points. Have you got a build log, supplier and price, etc.?

Little man doesn't know how lucky he is!
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No build log just some photos here and there of progress. It came from http://www.climbingframesuk.com/climbing-frames/ and I went for the Atlantic setup which is £549 (plus I added a couple of small extras on top of that). Putting it together is pretty straight forward if you are the type that can follow meccano instructions, only a couple of times did I find a small issue where the instructions didn’t match the parts (i.e. holes not pre drilled).

Next up I need to build a surround with garden sleepers and then the whole area will be filled with rubber chips but I’m flat out for the next few weeks so that may have to wait.
 
Finally got round to bedding in two of my railway sleepers. Typical, I take a week off work to sort out my garden and end up taking photos on a golf course, then process them along with two football matches as well as doing the video editing for the spfl so no time to do anything in the garden and now it rains! :mad: looking to finish off the sleepers tomorrow although the forecast isn't great. Trimmed a bush as well :p
 
Couldn't see any robe hangers in B&Q long enough to cover up the discoloured part of the doors.......so I made some. Was going to gloss them but I think varnish will work better, just need some hooks now. Good practice using a router and tablesaw!

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Nice work, should look good once varnished. One tip i would suggest is to do the end grain first, then if it chips a little bit you will get rid of it when you go along the grain. Also on a fairly big cut like that it's sometimes a good idea to set the depth a bit less on the first pass.
 
Mark A said:
Nice work, should look good once varnished. One tip i would suggest is to do the end grain first, then if it chips a little bit you will get rid of it when you go along the grain. Also on a fairly big cut like that it's sometimes a good idea to set the depth a bit less on the first pass.
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Thanks!

Realised when the saw was struggling on the first cut I should have done half then flipped it over, but the riving knife extends over the top of the blade so I'm not sure if it can be dropped down or it's just how my cheapy saw was designed. Could take it off but I didn't exactly have a lot of surface area to push through with as it is!
 
Fortunately as it wasn't too warm today spent part the afternoon making sure all was well with the heating, (particularly the valve that decides whether the boilers heating the hot water, the radiators or both which has caused issues in the past). Surprisingly everything seemed fine apart from a couple of radiators which needed bleeding (now done).
 
Bedded in two more of my railway sleepers. Two left and I'll have my grass 'frame' ready for more topsoil. Will probably have to wait until next growing season before sewing the seed so I'll have time to do the hard landscaping over the next few months.
 
Started build the box to hide the soil pipes, going to have it up to the window shelf and have it extend back, was my first time doing this and using plasterboard, well aquaboard, its great stuff. I couldn't believe how strong the frame was, i got extra thick batons just in case the next owner has kids and decides to jump on it

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