What "man jobs" have you done today?

NickK said:
If you have an old tree - and don't use the the wood for firewood - look for wood artists, or wood turners. Naturally the wood needs to be dried out but the cost to these hobbies of wood is now very high.
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It's being chopped and added to the seasoning stacks...upto ~3 cords now. Should keep us toasty :D
 
Today i put up my first fence, it was surprisingly easy, even though the posts were ****** as a fart!

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Not a bad effort! I'll be putting up my first fence soon. Need to dig out the old posts that are also rotten. I've just finished treating all the new panels.
 
Yeah i had to do that as well, the old posts were concreted in so i had to get all the old concrete out and the post that the fence was held in. Took forever! Got a nice tan at the end of it though :p
 
I'll have to replace one of the footings that's sandwiched between the conservatory and nextdoor. Literally I'll have todo all the work next door as there's about 10cm of space between the wall and the post.
I'll have to put a concrete post support in. Every other post has it except this one.
 
So far today I've put up two curtain rails and hung a radiator thats too long by 2-3cm bloody old house and imperial rads, trying to convert to metric is a pain!
 
My new bike was a bit long for my shed so I cut a hole in the back of it, Today I sorted out my Shed extension. :p
 
maccapacca said:
Who on earth puts gravel boards under a half height homebase panel fence with timber posts? Typical ocuk response.
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I put them under my Wickes (6ft) ones with timber posts. The panels are pretty flimsy and I thought the gravel boards make them last a bit longer if they were raised off the ground.

I never said they didn't look good, in the op's case digging out the old concrete sounds like the hardest bit of the job which thankfully I didn't have to do.

Dave
 
Since binning Onkyo surround sound and speakers from lounge I wondered what to do with it all.

Solved it today - it's all fitted in garage so listening to wireless (radio to young uns) and sounds better than it did in house - probably because garage is smaller.

Dave
 
divuk83 said:
I put them under my Wickes (6ft) ones with timber posts. The panels are pretty flimsy and I thought the gravel boards make them last a bit longer if they were raised off the ground.

I never said they didn't look good, in the op's case digging out the old concrete sounds like the hardest bit of the job which thankfully I didn't have to do.

Dave
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The reason they aren't flat on the ground was because as I dug out the old concrete/posts i dug up and levelled out the ground and there was another post that I couldn't get out, so I just smashed it as far down as I could with a sledge hammer and that's as low as it would go sadly :( so I just lined them up accordingly.

But thanks for the positive comments, even my uncle who is a builder/master of everything like that was impressed :D next thing is to paint it all :(
 
Fixed a leaking towel rail in the bathroom. When it was installed they used plumbers mate instead of tape and it's just been forced out. Bah.
 
Hired a breaker this weekend to dig up some of the concrete driveway. Did this yesterday afternoon and laid some 'Aco' drainage channels infront of the garage and house this lunchtime.
 
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