What "man jobs" have you done today?

[Chris Wilson]

Playing at being a lumberjack again today, 2 medium size trees that came down de-branched and logged up. Tree that came down on the emu compound fence had its top lopped off, but a LOT of tree still to be disposed of. Rebuilt Stihl chain saw engine now most definitely run in

Got 60 foot of 6 foot weldmesh fence to cut out, put in four new posts to replace the broken ones, and let in a new fence section and tension up. Probably a days work given my decrepit state these days.

People often say how nice it must be to have your own woodland. It is lovely, but it's a LOT of work when the winds come....

 

[Hyburnate]

@dlockers looks really good, nice flooring

I’ll send the invoice for my commission Jokes aside I’m glad it worked out and you’re happy!

 

[dlockers]

Paid a man

Only 2 original windows (30+ years old) remaining now, and the french doors (20+ years old). The light is so much better, made a big difference.


^^^^ please note how my tap aligns to that window handle. 10/10 dlockers.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Paying a man is one job that has me sweating buckets, a painful job indeed.

 

[dlockers]

New blind Although I expected this to be a lintel and used the SDS and it basically vibrated the plaster lose, and caused a crack right on the edge. Oops.

 

[LuckyBenski]

Paid a man

Neat job though!

 

[flea.rider]

bought the wife a new car ..

 

[DXP55]

Spent a happy hour in garage and made sure all the valves/isolater's coming and going from boiler were free.
Managed 7 out of the 8 -Just can't get this one to turn more than 1/8th of turn 1/4 turn is off.

 

[tobiasthedog]

Removed broken decking from my garden and using the wood for a bonfire

 

[dlockers]

Spent a happy hour in garage

 

[Macky]

I had a man come and service our boiler to tell us it's producing dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide. Sending quotes through to replace the whole boiler or just the flue. Better lube up..

£2.1k for full boiler replacement with an Ideal 30kW or £300 for the flue replacement. Are these about in line with market rate?

 

[The Angry Welshman]

I had a man come and service our boiler to tell us it's producing dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide. Sending quotes through to replace the whole boiler or just the flue. Better lube up..

£2.1k for full boiler replacement with an Ideal 30kW or £300 for the flue replacement. Are these about in line with market rate?

2.1k for boiler replacement, really……how big is the mansion its servicing??

 

[dlockers]

£2.1k doesn't seem off to me. I paid about the same for my mum a few years ago.

I'd get a second opinion though. These guys love to push new boilers

 

[The Angry Welshman]

2.1k for a boiler that costs £800…..so £1300 for fitting is a rip off in my eyes.

 

[dlockers]

2.1k for a boiler that costs £800…..so £1300 for fitting is a rip off in my eyes.

How much did you pay?

 

[The Angry Welshman]

How much did you pay?

A lot less than 2.1k thats for sure…..

 

[dlockers]

A lot less than 2.1k thats for sure…..

How much? And when?

 

[Macky]

I think I'll probably just run this one into the ground for now and either cough up for a new one when it does finally pack it in or let the next buyers of this house have an appropriate reduction to fund a new boiler. Gas engineer said it's safe to use as the gases are contained to the flue but he just can't sign it off.

 

[LuckyBenski]

2.1k for boiler replacement, really……how big is the mansion its servicing??

We paid 2.5k for a boiler in 2019, only a 25 or 30kW combi in a typical terraced house. Original quote was 3.5k. London gonna London.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

A boiler swap usually isn’t the case of ripping the old one off and adding the new one. Modern boilers will probably want new and better controls, magnet filter adding and a new flu. That’s before adding in a power flush, chemicals and labour (which includes elements of tools, van etc) plus VAT.