What "man jobs" have you done today?

Cut through a heating pipe. Having done DIY for the last 10 years or so, I've never managed it before, but now that one is ticked off. I was trimming off a floorboard in the bathroom with a multi tool and hit a pipe that runs across the joist.

I must have sat there for 5 seconds staring and swearing at the miniature fountain that was spraying over my landing before I did anything :p

Race up into the loft, scramble on belly to the storage tank thanking my lucky stars the hot water and heating have been off for the past 24hrs, wedge something under the ballcock so it can't keep refilling.
Try to wedge something into the F+E vents, realise that a) they are all gunky and b)I don't have anything suitable to bung them with (MUST REMEMBER TO BUY A BUNG KIT), parachute back down from the loft (thinking Jesus Jesus Jesus water comes out fast doesn't it?)

Bashed a screwdriver through the exposed ceiling where the majority of the water was collecting between the joists. Down into the kitchen that goes :p

Luckily I have the bathroom radiator off, so I used the valves on the pipes to empty into a handily placed bucket and pour the water straight down the toilet - a job made even easier because the radiator tails are joined to the old pipework by Cuprofit 90 degree bends, so I was able to swing them down and fire the water straight into a bucket.

Then I heard a faint crackling noise - that'll be the wet kitchen light then - flick the downstairs lighting circuit off and breathe.

Minimal damage, the ceiling has swollen and bowed ever so slightly where most of the water went, but it's still up, and everything else has survived pretty much unscathed. I'll try not to do it again though.
 
Im 2/3 of the way round painting my fence. I opted against spraying it and used the brush instead. It results in a better cover and much less mess but lawd it takes a long time! Been at it 3 days now!

Oh I also mowed the grass and buried a dead pet - proper man jobs!
 
Checked the ceiling in the back room.. it appears we have a water stain (rusty) from a nail on the white artex but when you look there's no staining either side of the joist when you lift up the insulation - it could be capillary action but I'd expect the raw plasterboard next to the joists to have the same water tide mark or absorption. So I think it's water condensing on the nail as we dry wet cloths with a dehumidifier in there over winter.

Watered the garden with a watering can last night in the dark ready for the heat today. The reason is to help prevent some anti-moss stuff from burning the lawn too much. Ordered a scarifier/raker too ready for the weekend's job of pulling out the dead moss and reseeding.
 
Slowly painting my way round lounge - This week has been TV corner so while everything was out I ducted through wall to kitchen behind - went up behind built in double oven housing and into loft (bungalow)

The bunch of wires on left tied in bundle are the now redundant speaker wires to each corner of room and Surround Amp has now been binned and speakers taken off wall and got a new soundbase.

I inherited the TV socket and one I was using for FM was causing a whistle so put new coax down duct.

Now have a draw rope in and new coax.

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patio door has dropped, meaning once you unlock it the locks are out of line with the fittings in the frame. Took them off, drilled starter holes and fixed them back on a bit lower. Can now unlock and re-lock no problems :D
 
Amleto said:
patio door has dropped, meaning once you unlock it the locks are out of line with the fittings in the frame. Took them off, drilled starter holes and fixed them back on a bit lower. Can now unlock and re-lock no problems :D
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All good until it drops again...

Assuming its PVC you need to remove the glass and put packers in the diagonal corners to brace the door frame. Look up toe and heeling on youtube.
 
Painted the walls in my garden studio a nice mellow sage colour - 2 coats done with one to finish it off in the morning.

Also fitted door sensor to sync with my house alarm.
 
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