What "man jobs" have you done today?

jonneymendoza · 10 Oct 2023 at 22:26

dlockers said:
Anyone remember the father ted episode where he damages the bosses car and keeps fettling the dent until he ends up with a cube of iron?

Yeah...that's where I am. I keep tapping around the walls to see if I discover any unbonded plaster. I am now left with dealing with this:

I hadn't realised to attach the cills, they bricked in - tongue and grove fashion - a block of wood. So as I was trying to lift the right hand side cill as it was a good 10mm out of plumb, more came off. Ce'st la vie.

Off to India tomorrow for a few days, so hoping I can at least slap some amount of muck on the walls so it is nice and dry when I get back on Saturday!

I think I might take a break from decorating/plastering monotony and start the floor in the other room....................

Sounds like your plaster is live and ideally you should just take it back to brick and replaster either drywall or wet plaster.

dlockers · 10 Oct 2023 at 22:31

jonneymendoza said:
Sounds like your plaster is live and ideally you should just take it back to brick and replaster either drywall or wet plaster.

You are totally right - but it isn't bad enough to justify the cost.

jonneymendoza · 11 Oct 2023 at 09:44

dlockers said:
You are totally right - but it isn't bad enough to justify the cost.

In my case I had to because the previous owner had wallpaper stuck to it and when I tried to remove it, the plaster was coming off...

dirtychinchilla · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:15

Scarified the lawn. What a boring job.

Looking forward to re-seeding it.

dlockers · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:16

jonneymendoza said:
In my case I had to because the previous owner had wallpaper stuck to it and when I tried to remove it, the plaster was coming off...

Ah yeah mine wasn't that bad. I spent like 300 sand pads and 30+ hours sanding the old 1930s paint off that was beneath the wallpaper tho.

jonneymendoza · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:20

dlockers said:
Ah yeah mine wasn't that bad. I spent like 300 sand pads and 30+ hours sanding the old 1930s paint off that was beneath the wallpaper tho.

I used a steamer to get rid of most of the wallpaper.

Plastering is definitely a expensive job

dlockers · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:37

dirtychinchilla said:
Scarified the lawn. What a boring job.

Looking forward to re-seeding it.

Overseeded mine yesterday with assistance

dlockers · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:38

jonneymendoza said:
I used a steamer to get rid of most of the wallpaper.

Plastering is definitely a expensive job

Yeah steaming got rid of the paper but then 40 grit to remove the old paint..nightmare of a job. I'm going to paint the lining paper in the other rooms I think :cry:

sigma · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:49

dlockers said:
Just got back from 3 days in India so did nothing at all. It was splendid. Hoping I can do final first fix deep fill plaster/skim tomorrow....but first I need to go to the tip.

Also, might mow the lawn for the final mow of the year (again). The weed and feed has killed a lot of stuff off but still very jank.

Proper shed, that.

sigma · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:51

dlockers said:
Just got back from 3 days in India so did nothing at all. It was splendid. Hoping I can do final first fix deep fill plaster/skim tomorrow....but first I need to go to the tip.

Also, might mow the lawn for the final mow of the year (again). The weed and feed has killed a lot of stuff off but still very jank.

dirtychinchilla said:
Scarified the lawn. What a boring job.

Looking forward to re-seeding it.

Electric scarifier?

DXP55 · 11 Oct 2023 at 10:52

dirtychinchilla said:
Scarified the lawn. What a boring job.

Looking forward to re-seeding it.

At least it's only a postage stamp

dirtychinchilla · 11 Oct 2023 at 11:05

dlockers said:
Overseeded mine yesterday with assistance

Nice. Good luck. I just decided I'd do the whole lawn and then re-seed the lot of it.

dirtychinchilla · 11 Oct 2023 at 11:06

DXP55 said:
At least it's only a postage stamp

Hah sort it. It's probably 11 m long, the photo is quite deceptive. Big garden for a new build.

jonneymendoza · 11 Oct 2023 at 11:33

sigma said:
Proper shed, that.

Shed? That looks like a freaking garage lol

sigma · 11 Oct 2023 at 11:39

jonneymendoza said:
Shed? That looks like a freaking garage lol

We've been conditioned to think sheds and garages are small.

That's a proper shed. A proper garage is a double garage. Gucci belt garage is triple.

dlockers · 11 Oct 2023 at 13:18

sigma said:
Proper shed, that.

It's why the house is such a state. I didn't pay much attention to it when viewing.

It's built by a famous Worcester based firm who used to nick wartime buildings and then sell/rebuild them for farmers lol. All fully tanalised. Will outlive me hopefully, although the roof needs some new rubber grommets around the bolts. Hoping to put solar on it at some point.

dirtychinchilla said:
Nice. Good luck. I just decided I'd do the whole lawn and then re-seed the lot of it.

Yeah that pic is midway. Scarified a while back, put weed killer on and now overseeing and whacked some top soil on. Not expecting a lot but hopefully better than aweful!

dlockers · 11 Oct 2023 at 13:18

sigma said:
We've been conditioned to think sheds and garages are small.

That's a proper shed. A proper garage is a double garage. Gucci belt garage is triple.

To be fair it does have an inspection pit :cool:

~Divine~Wind~ · 11 Oct 2023 at 14:39

dlockers said:
Anyone remember the father ted episode where he damages the bosses car and keeps fettling the dent until he ends up with a cube of iron?

Yeah...that's where I am. I keep tapping around the walls to see if I discover any unbonded plaster. I am now left with dealing with this:

I hadn't realised to attach the cills, they bricked in - tongue and grove fashion - a block of wood. So as I was trying to lift the right hand side cill as it was a good 10mm out of plumb, more came off. Ce'st la vie.

Off to India tomorrow for a few days, so hoping I can at least slap some amount of muck on the walls so it is nice and dry when I get back on Saturday!

I think I might take a break from decorating/plastering monotony and start the floor in the other room....................

Surely... that plaster you'veremoved is the right shame for an olde worlde stained galss window! Get it done mate!

Aye our last place had cills like that lol

dlockers · 12 Oct 2023 at 13:27

Hi guys,

How do you suggest to attach skirting board?

{SAS}TB · 12 Oct 2023 at 13:34

dlockers said:
Hi guys,

How do you suggest to attach skirting board?

Hi!

Nailing / screwing if there is any chance they will be removed / replaced (and your going to be doing it) you will just have to countersink screws / punch the nailheads, fill and decorate in top

If staying in place and the surface is ok behind the No More Nails (or similar) is your friend

What "man jobs" have you done today?

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