What "man jobs" have you done today?

Self levelling compound laid on kitchen floor ready for tiling tomorrow.

Airless sprayed 2x mist, and 2x finish coats (on last bedroom to be decorated :D).
 
Dug a hole and put some cement in for the washing pole
Put up yet another curtain pole for the dining room
Built a desk
Built a bed
Been to the tip

God knows what she will have lined up for me tomorrow!
 
Broke up an old garden table, 4 chairs and a gate with my bare hands and a well placed foot or two. Then put together a new garden table and chairs to replace them with, used tools for this. Oh and assembled a £20 fire brazier thing.
 
Mounted a bathroom shelf and towel rail thing to match and Im actually raging from it lol.

2 screws snapped on me which was rather annoying as I was securing the brackets level. Damn you diy.
 
Unboxed Air source heat pump

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Unboxed cylinder

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Made cup of tea
 
Interesting garden! looks like a target for a parachute guy :D

Ive chased a couple of sockets into walls today. I need to attack it properly and do lots of them tomorrow. Not a fun job but needs doing as this old build has only got 1-2 sockets per room.
 
Changed the kitchen taps last night, then proceeded to realise why I have leaky tap. Water off, trip to Screwfix at 7am and 2 new isolator valves later, taps are in and no more leak :D
 
Tidied garage, cleaned out the fish pond filter again.

Funny the mrs thought I was nuts suggesting that the filter/pump we have is too small (read "you've spent enough on the pond..") but then this summer she sees the effect of:
a) not having a UV bulb working - pea soup.
b) the existing 4500 pressure filter being too small - cleaning out twice a week in summer (this is after the number of fish was halved)

Now the pond is crystal clear again. The plants are thriving, with the water cress really loving it in the veggie filter (lots of trapped matter in the roots and great water ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels).
 
So made a fishing rod rotating/drying machine - when you apply the epoxy resin it rotates the rod so it's not lop sided.

Repaired the tip (short than normal hot glue) on one rod.

Stripped the guide off another rod.. just need to seal the under-wrap (the thread that sits under the eye ring) with resin and leave it rotating to dry. Then tomorrow apply the guide and over wrap to secure it before treating with resin again.
 
Strolled into a furniture store and like a god at bartering managed to get an Oak side board to go into the kitchen....£280 cash to the owner from an advertised price of £599.

Felt so manly walking out I went to McDonalds and ordered a large big mac meal with a double cheeseburger on the side.

Feeling so manly right now.
 
GinG said:
Strolled into a furniture store and like a god at bartering managed to get an Oak side board to go into the kitchen....£280 cash to the owner from an advertised price of £599.

Felt so manly walking out I went to McDonalds and ordered a large big mac meal with a double cheeseburger on the side.

Feeling so manly right now.
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Did you try bartering for the McDonalds :p:D
 
GinG said:
Strolled into a furniture store and like a god at bartering managed to get an Oak side board to go into the kitchen....£280 cash to the owner from an advertised price of £599.

Felt so manly walking out I went to McDonalds and ordered a large big mac meal with a double cheeseburger on the side.

Feeling so manly right now.
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Always makes you feel Alpha when you manage to do that.
 
Turned a pile of timber into this:

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Which has highlighted both my leaning tower of Pisa fence and my completely uneven driveway.

Ignore the puny tower bolt, that's just to stop it blowing off in a breeze until the fence goes and gets replaced by a frame for the door.
 
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