Associate
Im the same.. the wife does the cutting in and then ill happily paint..
ive got another coat to give our hall but its getting there.
What "man jobs" have you done today?
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Im the same.. the wife does the cutting in and then ill happily paint..
ive got another coat to give our hall but its getting there.
Soldato
Re-felted my shed roof. Had to chop down a few woody shrubs for access. One sheet of the previous felt had come off about a year ago, but just haven't had the time to get it done. The naked OSB board has held up against the elements pretty well, but needed to sort it now as another winter would finish it off I suspect. It's a pretty crap shed (came with the house) and will be replaced in a couple of years in any case.
Soldato
Just completely destroyed an old single bed frame with a combination of a drill, big saw, a hammer and lots of manly grunting. Soooooo satisfying!
Soldato
I've bought a Bosch self levelling laser for £40. I'm making a raised area in the garden about 10m x 3m and will use it to help with levelling amongst other jobs in the house (I hate working with spirit levels indoors). It's not intended for outdoor use, so I'm going to have to do it at dusk/in the darkness so that I can see the laser. 
Purely aesthetics, its was originally meant to be straight but I though it would look better curved.
Drank a beer and said i will do it tomorrow.
Soldato
Grip fill works well
Never found a glue that will hold stuff to really uneven walls and we hang stuff from the picture rail so it needs to be properly solid!
Soldato
The old fence between us and our neighbour was somewhat worse for wear so we decided to replace all the panels
Before
During and having to take a sizeable branch off the tree to get the panel in
After
Can't really tell but also took another 20 odd foot tree down which was sort of behind the greenhouse
All then cut up into manageable pieces and deposited at the local tip
Knackered now so off for a shower then it's beer o'clock
Before
During and having to take a sizeable branch off the tree to get the panel in
After
Can't really tell but also took another 20 odd foot tree down which was sort of behind the greenhouse
All then cut up into manageable pieces and deposited at the local tip
Knackered now so off for a shower then it's beer o'clock
Man of Honour
Been doing a few jobs in the garden.
We've lived here 2 years and done nothing with the garden except use it as a dumping ground.
The patio area outside the back door was horrible plum slate and mud. That's now decked and given us 8sqm back that was previously unusable.
Next step was what used to be a pond. That's been filled in and decked over ams we've put an inflatable hot tub on it which was a great purchase, we use it every weekend and love it.
Step 3 was to sort the area behind the hot tub which used to be rubble and weeds. That is now dug out, leveled and covered with artificial grass which I'm really pleased with. It still needs to relax and be brushed over a few times before it looks right. So that's 50% of the garden reclaimed.
Excuse the mess, this was a progress shot mid way through to update the Mrs
Unfortunately the fence belongs to next door and he doesn't want to replace it yet so apart from painting it I can't do a lot with that.
We've lived here 2 years and done nothing with the garden except use it as a dumping ground.
The patio area outside the back door was horrible plum slate and mud. That's now decked and given us 8sqm back that was previously unusable.
Next step was what used to be a pond. That's been filled in and decked over ams we've put an inflatable hot tub on it which was a great purchase, we use it every weekend and love it.
Step 3 was to sort the area behind the hot tub which used to be rubble and weeds. That is now dug out, leveled and covered with artificial grass which I'm really pleased with. It still needs to relax and be brushed over a few times before it looks right. So that's 50% of the garden reclaimed.
Excuse the mess, this was a progress shot mid way through to update the Mrs
Unfortunately the fence belongs to next door and he doesn't want to replace it yet so apart from painting it I can't do a lot with that.
Good stacking.
Associate
Replaced an outside motion sensor which is wired into lights either side of my front door, it was one of those 2 minute jobs which ends up taking an hour to do.
Scarified the lawn. removed 18 sacks of thatch, plus two wheeley bins. Incredible amount of material removed... lawn now looks cack.
Over seeded, top dressed and autumn fed the sorry looking lawn
Oiled garden furniture.
Half emptied compost bin and spread compost (wooden cat litter, grass and kitchen waste makes great compost!)
Hung final bike rack in the shed, and put in new ground anchors.
Had a beer.
edit - also put up two 'Mr beamz' battery motion lights in the shed.
Over seeded, top dressed and autumn fed the sorry looking lawn
Oiled garden furniture.
Half emptied compost bin and spread compost (wooden cat litter, grass and kitchen waste makes great compost!)
Hung final bike rack in the shed, and put in new ground anchors.
Had a beer.
edit - also put up two 'Mr beamz' battery motion lights in the shed.
Caporegime
You can't paint it, either. It's not your fence.
Man of Honour
He doesn't mind me painting it, but what I'd really like him to do is replace it with a premium fence with concrete gravel boards. He said he'd do that if I paid
Soldato
He doesn't mind me painting it, but what I'd really like him to do is replace it with a premium fence with concrete gravel boards. He said he'd do that if I paid
might be worth negotiating a spilt cost I'd happily pay 75% if it meant that my garden looked nicer, you could also move it slightly so it becomes your fence at the same time if he agrees. Seems silly to look at something so ugly for the sake of a few quid.
Soldato
Just finished the messy job - stripped out wood burner - cleaned all bits and checked everything for cracks - Then went on roof (bungalow) and shoved sweeps brushes down a few times then cleaned up - Good job sealed up fireplace opening with newspaper as soot get's everywhere.
Got half bucket of fine soot out - not bad for a years running.
Cleaning up is worst bit.
Got half bucket of fine soot out - not bad for a years running.
Cleaning up is worst bit.