What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Caporegime
Reboarded loft after British Gas came to take the insulation up to 30cm. I used loft legs and 18mm tongue and groove chipboard, both from Wickes.
Finished off my sealing the edges of the bathroom floor, then illed car with DIY left overs (wood, plaster, boards, metal and adhesive) and put loads of stuff up the loft - but need to board more of it out now. On the positive I have my spare room back.
Ordered 20m of skirting board too ready to finish my upstairs hallway off
Ordered 20m of skirting board too ready to finish my upstairs hallway off
Not really a manly job but I built a unit for my brother the pic you see is a dry fit will post a finish pic when I have the Danish oil added
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22890353@N04/15219798962/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22890353@N04/15219798962/
Man of Honour
Fitted an Aqualisa Digital pumped shower after recommendations from Nightglow and maccapacca. It's brilliant, great water flow, looks good, and would have been easy to fit, except my loft space is a lattice work of purlins and struts that looks a bit like this:
I now ache in places I did not know existed. Used Speedfit and plastic pipes for the first time, no leaks and easy to work with.
I now ache in places I did not know existed. Used Speedfit and plastic pipes for the first time, no leaks and easy to work with.
Associate
Fitted a new bath, it's taken me all weekend to do it was a complete pain.
Friday afternoon removed old bath by cutting it in half, capped off water supplies.
Saturday knocked all the tiles off the walls, drilled some new holes to the outside, fitted new piping because the taps were on the opposite end, replaced some of the existing piping because it sprang a leak.
Today prepped the new bath, gouged out some wall because it didn't quite fit, set it level, connected it up, refitted shower, taped plastic sheeting to walls so we can use shower until the proper walls go up.
I'm knackered, be glad to get back to work tomorrow.
Friday afternoon removed old bath by cutting it in half, capped off water supplies.
Saturday knocked all the tiles off the walls, drilled some new holes to the outside, fitted new piping because the taps were on the opposite end, replaced some of the existing piping because it sprang a leak.
Today prepped the new bath, gouged out some wall because it didn't quite fit, set it level, connected it up, refitted shower, taped plastic sheeting to walls so we can use shower until the proper walls go up.
I'm knackered, be glad to get back to work tomorrow.
Soldato
Frameless glass infill to the stairs
Soldato
Mid-September and so the bi-annual lawn scarification came round again. I've put a bit more attention into looking after the lawn this year - better feeding, more frequent cutting and some good aerating last autumn... and today I paid the price.
The lawn's been in really good condition all year, and had built up quite a thatch. I originally hoped to do both front and back lawn, as well as my neighbour's front lawn (I look after hers too) but I had two bins full after just the back lawn. Huge amount of dead thatch, far more than first appeared, but fortunately very little moss.
I'll give it a week to recover, and then start to feed the roots a little before trying some proper top dressing for once.
The lawn's been in really good condition all year, and had built up quite a thatch. I originally hoped to do both front and back lawn, as well as my neighbour's front lawn (I look after hers too) but I had two bins full after just the back lawn. Huge amount of dead thatch, far more than first appeared, but fortunately very little moss.
I'll give it a week to recover, and then start to feed the roots a little before trying some proper top dressing for once.
Soldato
Had some time this week to get back to the garden playset, sleepers ordered and delivered so today I dug/levelled out the surrounding area and got them placed.
Need to pick up some timberlok screws tomorrow/tuesday to secure everything then I'll order the rubber chips to fill it.
After that it's filling the gap between the grass and sleepers (soil/seed) and then I'm done for now other than tidying up. The section of garden adjacent to the right needs something done with it and I'm thinking of doing a sunken patio but no rush just yet.
Need to pick up some timberlok screws tomorrow/tuesday to secure everything then I'll order the rubber chips to fill it.
After that it's filling the gap between the grass and sleepers (soil/seed) and then I'm done for now other than tidying up. The section of garden adjacent to the right needs something done with it and I'm thinking of doing a sunken patio but no rush just yet.
Caporegime
Like that LOAM.
GSXR - looks great as I've said before. Any plans to cover the top of the sleepers with rubber or something?
GSXR - looks great as I've said before. Any plans to cover the top of the sleepers with rubber or something?
Soldato
The other day I spent time digging, levelling and turfing my mates back garden. 100m2 of the damn stuff... Soil was big lumps of clay so was hard going :/
have you got any more pictures of that? looks cool.
Soldato
I got asked by the flatmate to do a 'man task' today...
She wanted to put up her pinboard, and needed to screw two hook screws into the back of it...
kd
She wanted to put up her pinboard, and needed to screw two hook screws into the back of it...
kd
Soldato
Soldato
Hadn't planned to although will see how they wear.
Think that looks great and the top as it is looks fine as a boarder against the ceiling.
Soldato
Finished my bit of on going job.
Sprayed and killed lawn
Dug out new border for swmbo and edged it -
Now got to keep scarifying dead lawn to get rid of straw and loosen up topsoil for next spring when will re seed for new lawn.
Just noticed the fence is different colour on last picture - next door decided Sunday they wanted to creosote it so we halved job and both did it.
Dave
Sprayed and killed lawn
Dug out new border for swmbo and edged it -
Now got to keep scarifying dead lawn to get rid of straw and loosen up topsoil for next spring when will re seed for new lawn.
Just noticed the fence is different colour on last picture - next door decided Sunday they wanted to creosote it so we halved job and both did it.
Dave
Caporegime
More from a point of view of someone falling and getting a rather serious head injury, imho!