Anyone doing any diy this weekend?

[i hate hills]

Decorating living room ALL weekend .....

 

[Drago]

My nephew owns a building firm. Unless it's a very small job, or an emergency repair that needs doing right the hell now, then he does it for me.

 

[PaulSB]

I haven't read this thread but thought I'd pass on a tip I discovered today. Gloss or emulsion paint spots can be hard to shift. I had spots of both on quarry tiles. I tried using Holt's tar remover - worked very well.

 

[Mike_P]

Sort of virtually finished off refurbing the kitchen - peel and stick tiles on the floor completed, half fake white timber rest where the appliances are huge fake stone. I had spent some time working out what to put on the floor and then realised everything moveable would need moving at once which would be a might difficult in a 2+2 house with no garage so back to peel and stick. Was hoping to discover a set of keys I lost last Thursday; I had used them to put a new bike wheel in the (non-bike) shed and then had fetching the washing in. At 1653 this afternoon I suddenly thought of the peg bag - keys found

 

[gbb]

Couldn't wait for the weekend, I noted here in another post a week ago my c/h pump was getting a bit noisy, new pump sourced ready, but tonight the pump got really quite noisy. That's it, I'm going in
So it's often not as easy as it should be...this was no different. Changed the electrical connector, but the big nuts on the gate valves either side are siezed solid, my grips wont touch them. Call my son, gas engineer, request bigger grips, he turns up and yes the nuts are solid, no problem, I will cut them off he said. Up into the loft to put a bung in the cold water feed tank, he comes down and tells me, the root of your problem was the tank was empty so your pumps been struggling. Water tank ball valve freed up, I will have to watch that
So, junior hacksaw a slot in each nut the prise open with a screwdriver then they come off easy. Pump changed, connected, tested, all good.

Boiler is a Glow Worm, we estimate 23 years old, never (touch wood) remember having a single problem with it, just the usual 3 way valves and pumps.

 

[derrick]

Getting on well with my loft conversion. Just waiting for a delivery of insulation boards and plaster boards.

 

[gbb]

Off for a few days using up my holiday allotment but full of cold so no desire to do much (wife is at work) so today...
Strip out the bathroom, nets down and washed.
Vinegar solution all the tiles. Good clean round the skirting boards and various corners.
Cleaned around the window frames and realised how old and yellow the silicone sealant is. Pull it out (easy), clean, re-apply new silicone sealant. Looks much better
Descaled the shower head.
Mostly light cleaning with a shake of DIY.

 

[slowmotion]

I put a TRV on the bedroom radiator. Apart from the usual problem of getting rid of an airlock when I refilled the system, it went amazingly well.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Building workbenches into our new Shed....

 

[derrick]

Still converting loft into a gym, Got the first window fitted, That went well, just got to cut a few roof tiles to finish it of. Then another two to fit. about four weeks in another 4 to go. All Gym equipment scattered around the house.

 

[MontyVeda]

As mentioned in the other weekend DIY thread... I'm converting the old airing cupboard into a broom cupboard.

I'll be making a couple of shaker style doors to fit in a gap 470mm wide. How wide should i make the doors? I'm thinking knock 5mm off to leave a 2.5mm gap on either side.

Is this a bit big or about right?

 

[carlosfandangus]

An older Joiner i worked with always carried an old penny (no idea of thickness), all doors were set to leave a gap for the penny around the sides and top, just don't forget to leave a trailing edge on the side opposite the hinge, (slightly smaller on the back edge)

 

[MontyVeda]

An older Joiner i worked with always carried an old penny (no idea of thickness), all doors were set to leave a gap for the penny around the sides and top, just don't forget to leave a trailing edge on the side opposite the hinge, (slightly smaller on the back edge)

Sounds about right.

The hinges got delivered today will will put a 2mm gap in the hinge side, so it's gap width minus 4mm

 

[gavroche]

Planning to make a candle heater for my shed with two earthenware flower pots.

 

[derrick]

Making the staircase to go up to the loft. Never built one before. How hard can it be.🤔