Saul Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Today I have been mostly swearing at my fecking Metabo mitre saw that decided to give up the ghost just when I needed it. Pretty sure it can be fixed but didn’t have the time so had to resort to an antique that was my Dads to get the job done. Anyway fixed Little Bits bed so at least she is happy. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 29 minutes ago, Saul said: Today I have been mostly swearing at my fecking Metabo mitre saw that decided to give up the ghost just when I needed it. Pretty sure it can be fixed but didn’t have the time so had to resort to an antique that was my Dads to get the job done. Anyway fixed Little Bits bed so at least she is happy. Nice work! She'll boil in there in the summer won't she?! I quite fancy a thread along the lines of "What you made/making/bodged" because there's a lot of resourceful people on here doing things I think we'd all enjoy seeing. What do you think? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 6 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: I quite fancy a thread along the lines of "What you made/making/bodged" because there's a lot of resourceful people on here doing things I think we'd all enjoy seeing. What do you think? I do not have the tools or facilities to do any jobs like that.......so most things I do are bodged. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 But in the month of March I can watch the professionals at work. They are coming to (try) do the repairs on the mould/damp on the ceilings and walls, and sort out the windows too. The girl/woman who spoke to my wife and said it will cause such a mess that they will redecorate all through the bungalow, we don't have wallpaper so the job will be easier for them. Hope we ain't living in a building site for the month. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, Clive said: I do not have the tools or facilities to do any jobs like that.......so most things I do are bodged. I love a good bodge. Although if its a good bodge I tend to think of them as resourceful fixes, and if they're bad more of a farmer fix My epoxy resin 'fix' of the fridge handle back on last week was definitely a farmer fix, glad its out in the garage and I don't have to look at it 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 36 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Nice work! She'll boil in there in the summer won't she?! She will feel the heat in the summer and the cold tonight. I tried to tell her but 15 year olds won't listen. She is so obsessed with having her own room away from her sister, who is an angel in comparison. Mind you I have to give her credit she has worked her backside off sorting the conservatory as it has been a tack room/dump room for at least the last three years. We are researching repairing the blinds at the moment as some of the clips are broken. They gotta be 20 years old. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 25 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: I quite fancy a thread along the lines of "What you made/making/bodged" because there's a lot of resourceful people on here doing things I think we'd all enjoy seeing. What do you think? I think that is a very good idea. I might start a shed building thread as that is my next task. Now the weather seems to be improving I want to get on with it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 35 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Nice work! She'll boil in there in the summer won't she?! I quite fancy a thread along the lines of "What you made/making/bodged" because there's a lot of resourceful people on here doing things I think we'd all enjoy seeing. What do you think? Where am I supposed to post? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 DIY threads? Can you see where this is going @Six30? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, XTreme said: Where am I supposed to post? How to fix a pellet burner ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 Just now, Saul said: How to fix a pellet burner ? Call the engineer! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Clive said: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/536583595119257/?ref=facebook_story_share Thinking about it....its cheap and reasonably close. I'm thinking this (two rows down) is a better deal ............................. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 11 minutes ago, XTreme said: DIY threads? Can you see where this is going @Six30? Thought you wouldn't be too keen Practical peeps like looking at wot other practical peeps have done. You can post.. urr.. umm.. elsewhere? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 16 minutes ago, Saul said: I think that is a very good idea. I might start a shed building thread as that is my next task. Now the weather seems to be improving I want to get on with it. I bought a Yardmaster steel () garden shed years ago, thought it would be more secure than a wooden one, how wrong I was on that score. I assumed it would be a relatively easy thing to assemble, once again how wrong was I. Every panel, frame section and fittings where clearly labelled. But why did it have to be "using fitting A527....connect panel B542 to door support C192".......not part 1 to part 2 using part 3........ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, boboneleg said: I'm thinking this (two rows down) is a better deal ............................. My brother in law assemble a flat pack wardrobe in their bedroom, he was not very happy with it as the doors dragged on the carpet..........I looked at it, and noticed the plinth was on the top......he was not best pleased when I pointed out he has assembled it upside down 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Clive said: I bought a Yardmaster steel () garden shed years ago, thought it would be more secure than a wooden one, how wrong I was on that score. I assumed it would be a relatively easy thing to assemble, once again how wrong was I. Every panel, frame section and fittings where clearly labelled. But why did it have to be "using fitting A527....connect panel B542 to door support C192".......not part 1 to part 2 using part 3........ I worked as a small projects builder and Gardener/handy man for 6 years before my current job. I have put several of those Yardmaster sheds together, I agree they are a pain in the ass. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 2 hours ago, XTreme said: DIY threads? Can you see where this is going @Six30? trumpet blowing is whats coming here.... do it yourself..... pay some one else i say 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 4 hours ago, XTreme said: Serious depreciation on them! hardly surprising , its an ugly fucker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 18 minutes ago, Six30 said: trumpet blowing is whats coming here.... do it yourself..... pay some one else i say Nothing wrong with a bit of celebrating the good things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Nothing wrong with a bit of celebrating the good things. Where's Blender when we need him? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 10 minutes ago, XTreme said: Where's Blender when we need him? Doing DIY? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Doing DIY? There's no skill in the world that that man hasn't mastered! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 3 hours ago, Saul said: We are researching repairing the blinds at the moment as some of the clips are broken. They gotta be 20 years old. We have what look like the same in ours, plenty of people doing spares. Think we got ours off eBay. Do all the plastic bits, they turn to powder. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 27 minutes ago, XTreme said: There's no skill in the world that that man hasn't mastered! Urr well perhaps moderating? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 Wife just announced that she wants to go to Albox this week! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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