Thread: Home improvements

looks good.

Obvious you didn't burn the house down but that you got a little hot while soldering it.

Revive an old, but ongoingly relevant thread.
Expanding the side yard so I can move the BBQ’s over against the fence as my next stage in yard beautification.
Continuing to repurpose the flagstone that used to be the pool deck allows for a stable bbq platform that will later in the season also hold a 12’ three sided shelter over the Q’s.


Not done, but moved a hell of a lot of dirt to get this far. Going as far as the gate, and to the pine tree rootbed.

I forgot all about this thread.
I managed to get more insulation up in the garage. So the walls are covered now. Next is to blow in the attic and if all goes right install a heater in the garage.

Oh, and the wife wanted a couple of electrical outlets were there wasnt any so last month i did that little honey-do. Easy enough when you have a fish tape.

And last week I ran Ethernet cable around the house to my radio room. Sweaty job climbing in thd attic but cooled down when I had to go into the crawl space.

Originally Posted by Gasman

I forgot all about this thread.
I managed to get more insulation up in the garage. So the walls are covered now. Next is to blow in the attic and if all goes right install a heater in the garage.

Oh, and the wife wanted a couple of electrical outlets were there wasnt any so last month i did that little honey-do. Easy enough when you have a fish tape.

And last week I ran Ethernet cable around the house to my radio room. Sweaty job climbing in thd attic but cooled down when I had to go into the crawl space.

Reminds me, I need to get up and floor the attic.

The wife has promised I can have a section to store old computing equipment and a wee workbench if I floor it and sort out all the crap up there. I may be getting the bad end of this deal.....

But on the plate now is a new fence for the front garden, that is almost done, just to add the front slats.

Geek

I am not a handy person. Moving out is the only home improvement I’m capable of.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

I am not a handy person. Moving out is the only home improvement I’m capable of.

Got the fence done, needs a topper, but looking not too bad.

Geek

Turns out I'm getting the DIY thingy. Till now I've not really been a DIY guy lol.

The wife was complaining the thermostat wasn't working, so today I opened it up, it looks like the kids, when doing handstands against the wall, have kicked it and broken it. I kinda patched it for today, bought a new one that's I'll fit tomorrow.

My biggest new job though is I'm going to learn to plaster and do the living room walls. Our pupper took to pulling at the wallpaper and made a few holes in the wall when she was more boisterous. Currently stripping the wallpaper. This will be the biggest DIY job I've ever done lol so let's see how it goes.

Geek

I spent a couple days trying to finish my garage. One wall packed with insulation and covered with 1/4" sheeting. Painted. Now Im trying to get the shelves back up between going to work.

nice honey do’s that score ya points with the misses gents.
I restored a pool lounger this aft, and spent the evening bbq’ing up some of my son’s fav’s for his birthday.
Cooling off this weekend finally but still sunn enough to be outside enjoying it.
Cheers.