What "man jobs" have you done today?

Used some of these
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to make this
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for in here.
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I made the doors and fitted wardrobes too :) But not today.
 
Build a square frame & then fit it to the walls, don't assume the walls/floor/ceiling will be 'square enough'. I made the front frame out of 44mm softwood and screwed it to the floor & side wall (packing as necessary to remain square), the only other fixings are to two 44mm battens fixed to the side walls at the height of the mid-rail (about 16" from the ceiling). You could probably add extra battens to the top or screw into the ceiling if you needed but there's plenty of rigidity in the frame as is.

And if you can, find some off-the-shelf doors and design around them. Otherwise you'll end up either having to have doors made (£££) or make your own. I ended up making 6 pairs of doors for the wardrobes (main & small doors for top cupboard) and 2 pairs for cupboards I'd built in downstairs. I'd never tried anything like it before but I was pretty chuffed with the final product.
 
My tip is in your question... DIY! LOL

Seriously though, Willynelsons tip is great.

I made some fitted wardrobes and I made the frame first and cut the panelling out to fit the frame.

The doors were something that I almost messed up right away and I had to make sure that the columns were positioned for thos, but also one door had to be made a little narrower too, by about 3 inches... I made them all anyway, and the narrow door is in the corner so its unnoticeable.

I made the frame square, and used skirting boards at the top to hide the crappy work, and it made it look a nice deliberate feature, so that was a bonus.

I also made a silly mistake in that the way the doors open.. The end ones opens up awkwardly and you have to shut one before you open the other, but again, this is in the corner so forgive me on that.

I can provide pics if you fancy a laugh, but then again, I did them 12 years ago and they are still there so I did something right.
 
Fixed my fridge!

Got one of those American style side-by-side things and the fridge part started to freeze up (-17.5C on the freezer side, which was correct, 0.5 on the fridge side, too cold). I knew the fridge part was fed cold air from the freezer side so I figured there must be solenoid powered gate somewhere that was stuck open due to ice or whatever.

I pulled out all the internal panels on both sides at the top and found what I was looking for encased in a block of polystyrene, and the gate was loose so something broken in there somewhere. Google told me it was called a 'damper' and a new one was £100 + !!!!!

Sod that I thought, so I cut away the 'styrene and stripped it down (it was clipped together not rivetted thankfully), and found a little motor driving a cam which pushed/pulled the gate. Lo and behold a piece of the gate was broken off at the back so the cam couldn't pull it shut.

It was only a thin piece so glue wouldn't have held it and I couldn't reinforce it at the sides so I ended up heating pins with a soldering iron and pushing them into the ends of the broken parts then fitting them back together with epoxy. Once it was dry I shaved off the lumps and bumps and tested it to make sure the cam worked without binding.

Clipped it all back together, plugged the fridge connector back in and shrieked with delight as the little gate dutifully opened and shut as I wound the temperature up and down. £100 saved whoopee.

Well, not £100 as we would've probably just bought a new fridge because it isn't the first time it's gone wrong, they had to change the whole control board after 10 months under warranty because of a rattling relay. Hotpoint, blagh.
 
Hi, I have little bit busy with my friends and I have not posted anything in this forum. In this Saturday and Sunday I have attended the marriage party of my friend so that's why I did not keep in touch.
 
This weekend, I have changed the guts of the mixer tap in the kitchen, removed a radiator due to the kids putting things down the back of it, fixed the fridge (was leaking) and changed an injector in the car.

I only get one weekend off a month, it was all saved up for me!
 
Cut out a slot in an old bit of a worktop surface in order to fit the waste and supply pipes of the dishwasher to the existing plumbing. That way, the dishwash could go right to the back of the wall without bending the pipes behind an awkwardly placed waste pipe.

It still sticks out SLIGHTLY from the cupboard next to it, but I've managed to adjust the other cupboard so that you would NEVER notice it unless I pointed it out to you.

A bit of a bodge, but, job done.

Btw, dishwashers are awesome, my plates and glasses come out sparkling! Well impressed!
 
Today, I have mostly been insulating my loft - what a god awful job that was!
Bought a house a month ago and been trying to get someone to do it for free, but because I'm not on benefits, no help!

So I bought a few rolls of insulation and spent a few hours carefully crawling around the loft, with full overalls and a face mask on - I swear that it should be used as some form of torture!

Painting the living room tomorrow - slightly more pleasant job.
 
I've ignored the Doris for 2 days despite her desperate pleas for satisfaction. :D

I've paid all my bills & have cash to buy toys. :cool:

Spent hours browsing Motorbikes/Cars/Mods/Tech/Stuffs :p
 
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