What "man jobs" have you done today?

[Derek W]

Tell me why I'm wrong.

Cos you criticise things that other people for things they do that you don't agree with / don't do yourself. Its a bit pathetic just because you disagree with something someone else does. Says more about you than anything else.....

 

[Participant]

Cos you criticise things that other people for things they do that you don't agree with / don't do yourself. Its a bit pathetic just because you disagree with something someone else does. Says more about you than anything else.....

There's nothing wrong with critiquing and questioning, especially when it's a valid challenge. It's what adults do. What's pathetic is that you can't handle it. 'I bought some lining paper', honestly!

 

[Derek W]

There's nothing wrong with critiquing and questioning, especially when it's a valid challenge. It's what adults do. What's pathetic is that you can't handle it. 'I bought some lining paper', honestly!

I'll put it into simple steps so you can follow my thought process

1. Strip walls in room (pictured)
2. Buy materials (pictured)
3. ???????
4. Profit

Can you join the dots yet?

As for you being critical over a guy who's changed a bulb in his motor, can you actually list what 'man jobs' your average joe can do on a car without hooking up a computer to analyse any faults. You realise as well that 'man jobs' is in inverted comma's and you do understand what that means

 

[Wizzfizz]

Wow, you changed your headlight bulbs, impressive.

Does this kind of stuff really have a place in this thread!?

I changed a tap washer this morning, deal with it.

 

[koolpc]

Picked my nose!

 

[Mark A]

Fitted a few new light switches. Polished black nickel, which looked good for about ten mins and are now covered in fingerprints... Should have gone for satin chrome or something.

 

[Participant]

I changed a tap washer this morning, deal with it.

That's a man job though?

 

[Jez]

I changed out our washing machine for a better one today, is that a man job? It involved carting a heavy item on a sack truck so i guess it might count.

Edit: Oh, i also changed all the filters and the snapped drive belt on our old dyson. Gotta be man points in that.

 

[TommyV]

A few ibts and bobs;
- Painting a ceiling + coving,
- Plenty of polyfiling and sanding
- Ripped out laminate and skirts from hallway

 

[SickAsAParrot]

Retrieved a pigeon out of the chimney.

The daughter had complained about a scuffling noise from her chimney breast in her bedroom a couple of times over 3 days, which seeing as how she spends 24 hours a day in there didn't strike us as important.

Then yesterday whilst we were up there berating her for something or other, it happened again and some black bits fell out of the air vent near the floor.

We took the front of the vent off and there was a grey feathery mass stuck in the tiny gap between the wall and the bricked up fireplace.

Sellotaped a bin bag around the vent and took the front off, which didn't work because the draw tried to suck it up the chimney but at least it would stop dirt going on the floor.

It obviously wasn't going to try and squeeze through a one-brick gap of it's own accord so I ended up having to put both my hands in and try to get them around it's body, which was tricky because it kept wriggling free and sticking it's wings out.

Eventually I managed to get both it's wings folded and pulled it backwards through the hole. It didn't seem any worse for wear by it's ordeal so we just took it outside and it flew off.

No thank you or nothing mind, ungrateful little ****.

 

[uchuff]

Changed the dipped headlights of my car, one was out, bought a pair that seem to be an upgrade, changed both.

Mine always used to go one swiftly after the other so now I just change both anyway.

 

[mad_allan]

So far today I have:

Put 6 new floating shelves up in various rooms.
Put a new bathroom cabinet up in the top floor bathroom.
Hung a TV to the wall, chased all cables and now need to clean that all up.

Yesterday I did:

Paint the living room, 2 coats.
Paint the bathroom, 2 coats.
Built a new coat rack.
Built the kitchen table.

Going to work tonight for a rest

 

[bloodiedathame]

Fitted the plinth and LED strip lighting for cabinets in the kitchen over the weekend. Used an old cooker wiring run as the switch for the lights, so the 3 strips all come on from the main double rocker.

 

[NickK]

Let the air out of the radiators.. replaced an indicator on the car..

But the manjob.. I eyed up the work I need todo the garden. It's too cold out there!

 

[£15]

Wow, you changed your headlight bulbs, impressive.

Does this kind of stuff really have a place in this thread!?

Some headlight bulbs are a real pia to change!

 

[MassiveJim]

Hmm. In that case i would go with the battery powered LED strips, you could stick one of them directly to the cupboard and being LED the battery will last for ages. I guess the only alternative is to power them off the socket below. You could run some super thin trunking up the tile to the cupboard

If I'm going to do it I'm going to do it properly.
not having trunking running up the wall (especially as it's tiled as it'll stand out like a sore thumb)

I need to look at how good battery powered LED lights are, My gut feeling is the batteries will need replacing to often to make it viable.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Decided it was time for our two girls to have their own bedroom so moving my current office from the bedroom up to the loft, which is huge so I've taken half of it and doing it out. Father in-law is doing it all with me helping out in between work.

Insulation is done and all boarded up, flooring is down today, just waiting for a chap to fit the velux window, and then the plaster to do his shizzle and then I should be ready to carpet and decorate. Need to fit the backbox for my 4 port network point (brushed metal) and then terminate the cat6 to the lack-stack and then hopefully move my rig up and the dodgy sky box and tv and it's all gravy! Going to swap the sockets and light switch for brushed metal ones to make it look a bit smarter

Pictures make it look smaller than what it is, but should be way more than plenty enough or me.

 

[Simps]

Some headlight bulbs are a real pia to change!

My old ford focus MK 1. I gave up in the end and let the Halfords man do it. Pride Dented big time lol

 

[MassiveJim]

Decided it was time for our two girls to have their own bedroom so moving my current office from the bedroom up to the loft, which is huge so I've taken half of it and doing it out. Father in-law is doing it all with me helping out in between work.

Insulation is done and all boarded up, flooring is down today, just waiting for a chap to fit the velux window, and then the plaster to do his shizzle and then I should be ready to carpet and decorate. Need to fit the backbox for my 4 port network point (brushed metal) and then terminate the cat6 to the lack-stack and then hopefully move my rig up and the dodgy sky box and tv and it's all gravy! Going to swap the sockets and light switch for brushed metal ones to make it look a bit smarter

Pictures make it look smaller than what it is, but should be way more than plenty enough or me.

Did you have to move any trusses to make the space big enough ?
Our loft is the modern truss style and my office would already be in it if it weren't for those.

Also are you accessing with a ladder or proper stairs ?
in the end I didn't bother boarding ours out as the work was too much at this point in time, just had our first child though and I imagine should a 2nd one crop up in a few years time I would need to look at this more seriously.

 

[GAM8LE]

Fixed my washing machine pump! Stupid thing packed up a few days ago and wouldn't drain any water.

All good now