What "man jobs" have you done today?

DXP55 · 5 May 2015 at 15:30

Cut up loads of scrap timber for starting sticks.

Dave

TommyV · 5 May 2015 at 16:20

Cleared out the garden of all sorts of remnants, took 5 trips to the dump!

- Branches/twigs/conifers (a lot of it)
- Skirting boards
- doors

Montala · 5 May 2015 at 16:29

I don't do "man jobs"... I leave those to my wife!

Mickie · 5 May 2015 at 18:59

Why, because she is a man ? you asked for that..

regulus · 9 May 2015 at 11:45

Heaps today. Absolutely knackered.

Drywall'd the whole double garage (to be fair, half of it was done already), taped and plastered joins.
Install new set of french doors
Replaced a row of fence palings
Installed a new sensor light
Sanded down and undercoated 3 doors
Started ripping up the old decking, ready for new installation tomorrow.

Montala · 9 May 2015 at 12:20

Mickie said:
Why, because she is a man ? you asked for that..

No, because she's younger than I am!

NickK · 10 May 2015 at 11:13

Weeded side boarder, cut the concrete block used to test concrete strength and stacked up the junk ready to take to the tip. Next up is moving the rose bush and replanting the sunflower seedlings

jaket · 10 May 2015 at 16:13

Cleaned the patio with my new Nilfisk 120

, did a great job!
Cut the grass
Measuring up kitchen for tiling

Lopéz · 10 May 2015 at 16:39

Fitted the external shower waste pipe. Now I no longer have my shower draining out in to the garden like an overflow pipe.

Participant · 10 May 2015 at 19:55

Put up two curtain poles and two lights in our new living room.

I hate putting up curtain poles! These concrete lintels...had to use a tile drill bit with a hammer drill to make headway into it.

sigma · 10 May 2015 at 20:07

SDS would have made it a doddle if know anyone who has one.

NickK · 10 May 2015 at 21:08

sigma said:
SDS would have made it a doddle if know anyone who has one.

Agreed.. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28019800&postcount=316

sigma · 10 May 2015 at 21:26

That's the **** right there :cool:

checjb · 10 May 2015 at 21:36

Installed a replacement shower after my trusty Triton T80XR died on me on Friday. Bought a Triton T80 Easi-Fit and it lived up to it's name. I spent longer getting my tools together than fitting it. Marvellous.

Simon · 10 May 2015 at 21:39

checjb said:
Installed a replacement shower after my trusty Triton T80XR died on me on Friday. Bought a Triton T80 Easi-Fit and it lived up to it's name. I spent longer getting my tools together than fitting it. Marvellous.

Blown element?

George Hincapie · 10 May 2015 at 23:49

Put some blinds up in my one of my son's bedrooms, making good some damage beforehand. Laid a ton of plum slate chippings. Cut the lawn. Drank two pints of IPA to celebrate.

checjb · 11 May 2015 at 10:40

Simon said:
Blown element?

No idea. To be honest, looking at the cost of replacement parts, the age of the unit (a minimum of 5 years), the need to actually have a working shower in house of four people and the cost of the replacements (£102 delivered), I just replaced the whole thing. It was a breeze and works a treat.

bloodiedathame · 17 May 2015 at 08:06

Yesterday: Apart from being a taxi driver for my wife's cousins and children, I did manage to mow the front lawn, cut out all the weeds lining the driveway, chisel some brick from the inside of the fireplace so that I can fit an insert, chisel off some of the render that goes above the damp-proofing around our house so that I can proceed with cavity wall insulation.

Today: Finish off chiselling the render and mow the back garden lawn. Maybe try and remove a tree stump.

NickK · 17 May 2015 at 09:07

take rubbish to tip, probably sort out a few odd jobs and then do some oil painting.

james.miller · 17 May 2015 at 09:44

plumbed in the dishwasher yesterday. going to be digging up a load of plants and bushes in the back garden today.