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[icowden]

Tiger are actually among the better ones IME. We have had two of theirs - a big one ( I think it was 12' x 8', might have been bigger) in the last house, and a smaller potting shed in the current house.

Maybe I had a duff one. All of the interlocked planks started to curl and detach on mine. Not an expensive shed though.

 

[fossyant]

That's the under kitchen unit 'plinth' drawers finally fitted and the 'blanks' of plinth fitted where there isn't a drawer. Six in total that probably use up 80% of the under unit space. MrsF happy. Another month before some 'corner' unit pull out systems arrive to finish off the kitchen unit improvements.

 

[kynikos]

...and a smaller potting shed in the current house.

we have ours in the garden

 

[jowwy]

ive spent most of the spring and summer building a custom shed with solar panels feeding the house. Started cladding it in metal now adding the metal trims to the box metal roof and attaching a greenhouse

 

[jowwy]

and last year i turned this mess of a garden

into this more decent looking garden.

 

[gbb]

Just helped my brother inlaw assemble a 12x8' shed. What a bloody awful design. Far too many small panels to screw together, flimsy as hell. Instructions were all back to front, it wanted the windows installing almost as the first job, except it didn't tell you were the frame edges were to be mounted and the plastic sheets were either too big in one direction or too small in the other orientation. After an hour fooking around in the blazing sun, we ditched windows until it was assembled. All bloody day in 30°C sunlight 🥵.

I left him with a basic shell up an semi screwed together . He said it took another 2 days to finish off, said it was a pile of crap his missus had bought.

Was it one of those steel plate things...bloody awful design, wouldn't wish the complexity of the thing on anyone...

 

[CXRAndy]

Was it one of those steel plate things...bloody awful design, wouldn't wish the complexity of the thing on anyone...

No, individual panels you screwed together. Which made is super flimsy. It only began to become solid when the roof panels were out on. It didn't help the base was out of level. I did tell him to make sure the base was perfectly level

 

[CXRAndy]

Today I've been helping my lad do his first paving job

Just over 40% done today, tomorrow we will attack it again

 

[cyberknight]

Going to try and do a bit more on the kitchen floor I started ripping up the vinyl flooring a while back but as you know it's been a bit of a crappy few months with my knee etc so it got put on the back burner.

 

[CXRAndy]

Started around the back of the garage, nearly finished a row, but base materials ran out, that and it was getting tight for easy access. Weather is good for a week or so, we will do a few hours each evening till finished

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Self assembly bedside cabinet from B&M, assembly time 1 hour.

FARK ORF, two hours so far and I've given up for the night with the drawers still to do. As for the assembly diagrams, I part trained as a draughtsman during my engineering apprenticeship and if I'd presented drawings like that to the head draughtsman my ears would have been ringing for a week.

Built a 2 metre double wardrobe unit from IKEA last November. Took me a week to assemble and bolt to the wall.

Instructions were very vague in places but more of an issue was the pressure required to assemble some sections. Ok once you have done one of a kind, following same items were fine.

The snap-fit drawer bottoms and snap-fit surrounds that hold the door mirrors in place were particularly scary. Needed pressure that felt close to breaking when a sharp cracking noise suddenly announced that they were in place.

An incredibly frustrating experience completely at odds with YT videos showing people assembling the same units in an hour or two.

 

[DCLane]

I've been a but busy recently painting and other stuff. We've had a new kitchen installed, which has turned into a bigger job than expected. It's almost finished after new lights and sockets with USB A/C points were installed today, with the room currently looking like this:

The colours are Rustoleum All Green kitchen paint (yep, they do kitchen paint but by mail order only) with Farrow & Ball Joa's White - that didn't match between tins .

 

[fossyant]

I've been a but busy recently painting and other stuff. We've had a new kitchen installed, which has turned into a bigger job than expected. It's almost finished after new lights and sockets with USB A/C points were installed today, with the room currently looking like this:

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The colours are Rustoleum All Green kitchen paint (yep, they do kitchen paint but by mail order only) with Farrow & Ball Joa's White - that didn't match between tins .

No bikes in it, you'll be in trouble.

 

[Drago]

Painting finished. Was going to pay someone but was getting quotes for two grand plus materials, which whike not a bad quote for a hallway, two landings and two staircases, was more than I was willing to spend.

So 6 weeks on, albeit interrupted mid project by a mini stroke, andnits done. I went out to town with prep, filling fine cracks, masking, touching in the glossy and then doing the walls and it paid off. Looks grand.

At Mrs D's urging I did the ceilings the same colour, what interior designers call a "colour wash". Apparently a colour drench is when you also do the glossy the same colour which might be fine for a gun room kr gentleman's study but a bit OTT for a hallway.

The colour is slightly more grey jn hue than the photos auggest, and Mrs D is out as we speak choosing, lamp shades.

Note understairs cupboard I built earlier in the year. Prior to that all the space under the stairs was boxed off and wasted.

 

[postman]

Well done to all of us old, buckled,dented,bent, worn out,diy ers.You know it makes sense to moan and save a bit of cash.