Yeah I used the foam adhesive. The patented @-Mason method is the one to follow. I mitred the edges for the reveals etc. Search my post history and it should come up - it was part of my bedroom build and bathroom build.
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Soldato
I'm gonna fit some wood engineered (floating) flooring tomorrow.
I was going to stagger the gaps (min 600mm) rather than have them the same across rows. Anyone got any thoughts to this?
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I was going to stagger the gaps (min 600mm) rather than have them the same across rows. Anyone got any thoughts to this?
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Soldato
Finally got round to looking at our fence at the back of the garden and realised it was in such bad condition the neighbour has actually put his own fence up in front of it 
So spent a day ripping ours down, cutting it up and ferrying it to the skip. Also painted the neighbours fence, was the least I could do
So spent a day ripping ours down, cutting it up and ferrying it to the skip. Also painted the neighbours fence, was the least I could do
Soldato
Finally got round to looking at our fence at the back of the garden and realised it was in such bad condition the neighbour has actually put his own fence up in front of it
So spent a day ripping ours down, cutting it up and ferrying it to the skip. Also painted the neighbours fence, was the least I could do
SO did you also gain an extra bit of garden
Man of Honour
Nothing particularly special but in our wet room downstairs (which is also our utility room - it's quite a large room to be honest should be split into 2 at some point) I installed an adjustable clothes hanger which is very heavy duty.
My GIs are a pain to dry and the best place was here so they could have some space for air circulation but also be able to use unused space and hang heavy duty clothing when we do wash them or hang large sheets etc... it's quite useful having a moveable bracket like this and needed to be sturdy to cope with some weight. It extends to 90cm which is actually pretty decent.
Drilling in tiles though is always nerve wracking for me, though it all went well. It gives us more options for hanging stuff indoors when we don't use the garden line.
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Picking up leaves, not enough room in the garden bin this time of year
Tidying the shed after a rat got in there, good chance for a sort out
Gym next
Then 6 RGB garden spotlights to add when they arrive later. Should be able to plug into my gym and run around the garden from there, should be long enough to light up the bits I want I think, one directly up into the birch tree should look good.
Tidying the shed after a rat got in there, good chance for a sort out
Gym next
Then 6 RGB garden spotlights to add when they arrive later. Should be able to plug into my gym and run around the garden from there, should be long enough to light up the bits I want I think, one directly up into the birch tree should look good.
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So spent a day ripping ours down, cutting it up and ferrying it to the skip. Also painted the neighbours fence, was the least I could do
I presume they agreed to you using their fence as the boundary and painting the side facing you? I had a neighbour paint his side of my fence/concrete posts in a previous house, he wasn't too pleased when he had to pay to replace it all!
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What can I say. I'm old skool.
Soldato
Brought about 1/3 of the loft up to 100mm of insulation. Managed to get some over the bedroom bay window which was really awkward to access, so I'm pleased about that. The middle third is boarded with what looks like only newspaper under it.. *sigh*. So at some stage I'm going to bite the bullet and rip that up, loft leg and insulate the rest. That's a job for the future I think.
The loft has lots of polythene sheeting stapled to the rafters. I assume this is actually bad and trapping moisture. So I think I'll rip all this out unless anyone thinks differently?
The loft has lots of polythene sheeting stapled to the rafters. I assume this is actually bad and trapping moisture. So I think I'll rip all this out unless anyone thinks differently?
Soldato
Actually I didSO did you also gain an extra bit of garden
Probably only 15cm or so though
Soldato
He put the fence up without asking me. If he wants me to put up another fence, he can come and ask me. Not sure what the point in having two fences is though.
I have a row of conifers there anyway.
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You painted his fence without asking?
Recent jobs.
Fitted two new taps in en-suite and bathroom. Previous were pretty crap 15 year old taps from when house was built.
Had to redo bathroom and it is still weeping. Not a drip yet though.
For en-suite I used some jointing compounding and all good
Done the leaves twice in the garden. One for time needed.
Fitted two new taps in en-suite and bathroom. Previous were pretty crap 15 year old taps from when house was built.
Had to redo bathroom and it is still weeping. Not a drip yet though.
For en-suite I used some jointing compounding and all good
Done the leaves twice in the garden. One for time needed.
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Soldato
Neighbour came over and we removed my old internal front door. The porch has been converted so second door wasn't needed, I save a trip to the tip and he gets a solid lockable door for his shed!
It's also made the threshold slightly nicer without a door frame to step over, and it all came out with almost no damage. Wins all round.
It's also made the threshold slightly nicer without a door frame to step over, and it all came out with almost no damage. Wins all round.
It’s a job for. Ow given we are going into winter!
Yes, take it out, it’s pointless where it is. You could reuse it down between the joists though as it is a reasonable insulator
Soldato
Same colour he'd already painted it his side. Also, he'd fitted the panels to slant as if it was my fence, so the paint didn't drip through to his side. Doubt he even knows. Anyway, I doubt he wants it to rot.
He doesn't need to ask you to put up a fence on his land. You do need to ask permission to paint someone else's fence as otherwise its criminal damage.
Soldato
Well he's not said anything, so I take it he's happy
He's probably chuffed at not seeing my knackered old fence behind his.
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Well he's not said anything, so I take it he's happy
He's probably chuffed at not seeing my knackered old fence behind his.
Hopefully.
However its not a risk anyone should take and the neighbour at my previous home had to pay a few thousand to fix his arrogance. It wasn't a nice colour and I had already purchased top end pressure treated close lap panels so painting was not required and the paint dribbled through. Also, if the boundary fence is your responsibility you do have to provide something, although in practice some fence posts and wire is deemed acceptable.