What "man jobs" have you done today?

Finally finished the cable run to the wc and fitted the Dreo Smart heater

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Next up will be decorating the wc and hiding the cables.
 
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Moved stuff from one end of the loft to the other, to give that illusion of space and that I've done something. I hope to put in some new joists to allow a better floor so it can be used as a room and storage.
 
Replaced a failed Aqualisa Black shower pump in the loft with a brand new Aqualisa Orange shower pump.
 
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sigma said:
You sound like an expert, fancy finishing mine off? Willing to pay £5 an hour
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Not an expert - just worked out that the Orange pump was a direct replacement for the Black pump, no pipework was required as it was all in the same positions - just looked at a few YouTube video's and read the brochure that it came with. I'm no good with pipework always scared it will leak.
 
cut and stacked all the floor and header plates, along with the studs for 3 of the shed walls. Ordered the 5x2s for the roof and another 20 4x2s for the extra portion of the shed for when i remove the old shed..... still waiting for the bloody tree to be dropped.

Also got the new solar panels stored ready to be fitted.
 
In the midst of insulating our three bedrooms after discovering the walls were just plasterboard dabbed over brick, no wonder they’re ******* freezing. Realisations:
  • Jointing tape is much better to use than scrim tape, the finish is miles better.
  • I’ll be using separate insulation and plasterboard in future, much easier to work with.
  • Why would carpet fitters put carpet over crap old laminate?! Ended up ripping that all up in one room.
  • All the labour costs you save can be spent on fancy power tools!
  • A multitool is so handy for these jobs, wouldn’t be without one.
The experience from this has been very handy and given me the confidence to do our open plan living room later this year. It’ll make a mega difference to our comfort and doing it myself means the payback period is probably a couple of years rather than decades!
 
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One More Solo said:
In the midst of insulating our three bedrooms after discovering the walls were just plasterboard dabbed over brick, no wonder they’re ******* freezing. Realisations:
  • Jointing tape is much better to use than scrim tape, the finish is miles better.
  • I’ll be using separate insulation and plasterboard in future, much easier to work with.
  • Why would carpet fitters put carpet over crap old laminate?! Ended up ripping that all up in one room.
  • All the labour costs you save can be spent on fancy power tools!
  • A multitool is so handy for these jobs, wouldn’t be without one.
The experience from this has been very handy and given me the confidence to do our open plan living room later this year. It’ll make a mega difference to our comfort and doing it myself means the payback period is probably a couple of years rather than decades!
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Did you redo the dot n dab yourself?
 
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I used foam adhesive (mix of Dryfix and Soudal depending on which building merchant I went to) and a handful of mechanical fixings per board. The adhesive is good as it does allow a small element of levelling if your walls aren't flat.
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Do you have your own gun? Dlockers would be proud, RIP
 
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Spent the morning in garage pulling tumble dryer out from the wall.
Gave it a good clean along with the filters - not done it for 10 yrs - Normally we hang washing on the rotary line.
Good job done - Hopefully.
 
Fitted mains powered LED lights to my Gaggia classic coffee machine - now I can see the water level without having to use a torch !
 
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