What "man jobs" have you done today?

Simon42 said:
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.
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I painted it to match the colour he had already done his side with. Nothing has dripped through. He's not said anything. I see no issues :)
 
Investigated damp patches in two corners of the kitchen ceiling via the floor of the bedroom above, one of said damp patches was adjacent to two pipes.

Whilst creating my clever access hatch through the bedroom floor, of course I cut through one of said pipes which turned out to be the cold main for a bathroom upstairs :o why I decided to use a jigsaw and not my multi-tool I'll never know, lesson learned.

So yes, it is definitely damp there now.

Fortunately shortly after moving in back in August I located the main stopcock which had been boxed in behind a screwed panel in the downstairs loo and I had left this easily accessible so had it isolated within about a 45 seconds. Lucky enough that most water came out through the down lights below but I can't imagine coming home to a burst pipe.

Was just able to get the coupling on where I'd nipped the pipe before the bend.

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BennyC said:
Investigated damp patches in two corners of the kitchen ceiling via the floor of the bedroom above, one of said damp patches was adjacent to two pipes.

Whilst creating my clever access hatch through the bedroom floor, of course I cut through one of said pipes which turned out to be the cold main for a bathroom upstairs :o why I decided to use a jigsaw and not my multi-tool I'll never know, lesson learned.

So yes, it is definitely damp there now.

Fortunately shortly after moving in back in August I located the main stopcock which had been boxed in behind a screwed panel in the downstairs loo and I had left this easily accessible so had it isolated within about a 45 seconds. Lucky enough that most water came out through the down lights below but I can't imagine coming home to a burst pipe.

Was just able to get the coupling on where I'd nipped the pipe before the bend.

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I have the same setup as that, hot and cold going down to the old kitchen. I've taken up all the old floorboards and put chipboard down. Doing the landing at the minute where all the CH pipes are aswell, trying to do it so I can access all the pipes and electrics easily.
 
Finishing a job I'm really not confident about - bolting the safe down to the floor in the garage. Drilled all the holes needed last weekend much to the annoyance of the neighbours. Going to chemfix in the holes, cut some threaded rod, let that set for 10 mins, then manhandle the safe back into position and hope the rods line up in the holes before it cures. Been putting this job off for years but decided it was time..
 
Also fitted some side bolts to the up n over garage door, so made that nice and secure. Got a step drill bit after faffing about with constantly changing up drill bit sizes. Game changer if I'm honest, should have got one ages ago.
 
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Finishing a job I'm really not confident about - bolting the safe down to the floor in the garage. Drilled all the holes needed last weekend much to the annoyance of the neighbours. Going to chemfix in the holes, cut some threaded rod, let that set for 10 mins, then manhandle the safe back into position and hope the rods line up in the holes before it cures. Been putting this job off for years but decided it was time..
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Are you allowed to tell us what's in the safe?!
 
I currently have a wall mounted extractor in our en suite bathroom, which is not doing a sufficient job of getting steam out leaving us with condesation on the window, tiles and more recently the start of black mould on the ceiling - the wall mounted extractor is not situated in the best place for effective extraction, and only pulls 15l a minute.

I've ordered a Manrose 100t inline extractor unit to be put in the loft space which I'll use in conjuction with the above, which will vent out of an also ordered Ubbink UB41 with the pick up point being in the shower, with 60l a minute extraction rates.

Can I just cut the cable feeding the existing wall extractor, and Wago junction box the two extractors together off the same isolator? I can't see it being an issue given the relatively low loads involved.

Is there a reason to not use both extractors simultaneously off the same isolator?
 
Jobs completed recently:

  • Holes drilled in ceiling for spotlights in main bedroom, islolated current wiring.
  • Floor taken up in one corner for plumber to come and remove the radiator (tiny one, about A3 sized!)
  • MASSIVE desk fitted in upstairs office, roughly for now, needs to come back out before carpet fitters arrive on Thursday
  • More room prep in downstairs office, filler for holes and getting the walls sorted out ready for primer/paint
 
Almost looks like the plaster in that part is still wet - have you tried a hairdryer at one end of it for a bit to see if that helps?

Edit - seeing the shocked emoji, I probably should clarify that I didn’t mean blasting it with said hairdryer on max heat :D
 
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DampCat said:
It's been almost a week since it was painted. It's also been several weeks since the plaster went on. I'll try some gentle heat to see if I can get a reaction though
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Oh that's weird. Is the plaster properly sealed i.e. mist coated? I'd have assumed paint would peel rather than staining like that though.
 
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