What "man jobs" have you done today?

Buffman said:
You happy with floor? I was surprised it was so cheap to be honest when someone else posted it but the lack of details stop me buying... Also make sure you leave an expansion gap if there's long runs


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I screeded up the screed to my outside tap but I'm now thinking I'll fit the floor after I've done the bathroom so that will be some time next year.. No rush I suppose as the rest of the house is done. I also found out I get 3.5 months fully paid paternity leave which leaves me freedom to do bits..
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Yeah over the moon. Suspiciously cheap. I mean it's just laminate so I guess it's expensive for what it is. Expansion gaps are giving me a headache as the process of clicking in moves the entire floor! Need to do some adjustments but allowing a good 8-10mm (plaster doesn't finish at the subfloor so I've got loads before skirting not covering it becomes an issue).

Did you wrap that pipe??

Uhtred said:
Am I being dense? How does linking two ports together fix your cockup?
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Left port leaves the house and goes to shed. Right port goes to Comms cupboard under stairs. This just effectively makes it a run from cupboard to shed.

The faceplate itself was configured for an aerial and a single RJ so this isn't permanent. When I lift the side return I'll run a proper cable.
 
dlockers said:
Left port leaves the house and goes to shed. Right port goes to Comms cupboard under stairs. This just effectively makes it a run from cupboard to shed.

The faceplate itself was configured for an aerial and a single RJ so this isn't permanent. When I lift the side return I'll run a proper cable.
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Ah I see, not permanent. I was thinking why not bury a coupler in the wall :D
 
Another 10 hours today -- had to move the 100kg bookcase which slowed things down! Things getting there slowly but surely....one final push and the living/dining is done, and I'm then into the hall. I reckon I slowed myself in half by 'closing off' my leading triangle. It meant from that point on I had to do the full width to make one step forwards. If I hadn't, I could have gone the full distance with As, them came back done Bs etc. Hard to explain but was kicking myself!

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dlockers said:
Another 10 hours today -- had to move the 100kg bookcase which slowed things down! Things getting there slowly but surely....one final push and the living/dining is done, and I'm then into the hall. I reckon I slowed myself in half by 'closing off' my leading triangle. It meant from that point on I had to do the full width to make one step forwards. If I hadn't, I could have gone the full distance with As, them came back done Bs etc. Hard to explain but was kicking myself!
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10hr shift is equivalent of two to three days for a normal 'professional' trader, can I book you in to do some work?
 
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Not today but was tired after yesterday. Secured my storage a couple of posts above yo the wall, mowed the lawn, weeded the garden and got the kids to pressure wash my back passage as it gets slippery (:eek::D).
 
Buffman said:
Wow that's proper naughty!

You doing a new bathroom?

You doing You getting some clips for that pipework too? Thought it had no fixings but looks like one at the end..
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Only a small cloakroom.

Wooden noggins were put in after and pipes clipped to those. Waste pipe was fixed the other side of the wall to avoid either having it cut through those studs or having to bring the wall out further, the room is tiny. Window isn't central either and solid walls bowed out with no room to fix really as room is too narrow. Entire ground floor is just chipboard sitting on a a 150mm slab of polystyrene. Definitely would not buy a house like that.
 
Continued to delve into the garage after we had 24h of rain leading to the damp proof membrane literally floating like the skin of a water bed... Here's some of the carnage:






Still think we mostly got away with it and this was fresh moisture. Have now unloaded each stack, checked the bottom box for damp/damage and restacked everything onto plastic boxes or otherwise raised it up. Repaired any tears in the membrane we found. I think the leaks are dealt with and even if not, nothing else should be susceptible to damage. Dehumidifier reads about £25 so far in 3 weeks, which isn't a terrible cost to keep my stuff from going mouldy.

I also scored 2x packs of foam floor tiles which totals 48 square feet for £20, from Halfords. £16 per pack but discounted, better than Amazon and faster too! Used these to avoid making any more tears in the sheet while we worked.

All in all turned this:


Into this:



Flipping sore after moving all that stuff around/out of the garage, then back in, and sweeping the drive of a wheely bin worth of leaves too. Roll on the garage conversion and a real, water tight subfloor...
 
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dlockers said:
Another 10 hours today -- had to move the 100kg bookcase which slowed things down! Things getting there slowly but surely....one final push and the living/dining is done, and I'm then into the hall. I reckon I slowed myself in half by 'closing off' my leading triangle. It meant from that point on I had to do the full width to make one step forwards. If I hadn't, I could have gone the full distance with As, them came back done Bs etc. Hard to explain but was kicking myself!
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I know that feeling @dlockers I did the same with my parents kitchen and dining room, if I remember though its the way the Howdens instruction got you to lay out the starting sections.
 
JRJ said:
I know that feeling @dlockers I did the same with my parents kitchen and dining room, if I remember though its the way the Howdens instruction got you to lay out the starting sections.
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Yeah to be fair comments on the video I watched suggested two triangles to start off with....but one triangle is definitely the way forwards!! No idea how I'm going to connect up the hall yet :cry:
 
To be fair, if the room is too far out of square, I'll end up doing just that.

Otherwise the galley kitchen may have a skew-if pattern running the distance :cry:
 
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