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  1. errrerr

    errrerr

    It's amaxing how far that stuff will flick of the paint brush...<br>thought I'd try to blend it in....<br>Success, NOT!
  2. The other end...

    The other end...

    as above, looking so much better...
  3. Floor Repaired

    Floor Repaired

    Well, what can i say? That looks so much better!<br>Two coats of Tile Red floor paint and it is done!<br>Just got to paint the rest of the floor to match, now...
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    Pick a floor board any board and cut!

    In my other posts, about my DIY adventures, I recently had a need to lift floorboards to gain access to the spaces in between the joists to run various cables like TV, Satellite, CAT5e, and telephone around the house. So using a B&Q bought pipe and wire detector (about 40 quid anyone?) and...
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    Anyone ever had a false positive testing for dead with...

    Has anyone seen that old comedy film where they buy a cottage and they rewire it and "daddy" puts oversize amperage fuses in the CU and the cottage goes up in smoke? Show the parents that film and casually mention that they used rubber sheathed wires in that house too...
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    ouch... ( graphic pics.. be warned..!!)

    Not quite as bad as the V slicer (and I have one of them too), but along the lines of the comment about catching a soldering iron when you knock it off your desk... NEVER, EVER, PICK UP A COPPER PIPE YOU HAVE JUST SOLDERED WITH A BRAZING TORCH, FLUX AND SOLDER! They are not cold even 12...
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    After a bit of a hectic year or so, breaking my leg in a motorbike accident, recovery of 5...

    After a bit of a hectic year or so, breaking my leg in a motorbike accident, recovery of 5 months of sweet FA, I got myself back up and running and have got a bit more work started and a few jobs completed.
  8. Floor repair

    Floor repair

    This is the councils answer to a problem floor. From the day we moved in, the floor had a bulging crack across the room from wall to wall. This was their repair: Cut out the bulge, relay cement, F*ck Off and leave it a good 5 mm higher than the rest of the room. Epic job, I could of done that...
  9. The problem wall 2 updated

    The problem wall 2 updated

    This is the corner of the room with the dark stain that would not go away. Cut hole in ceiling, removed loads of detritus and shyte, run TV, Radio, telephone, Network cat5e and Satelite cables from upstairs down the wall, boxed it in, and voila, problem corner gone...<br>BTW flat panel TV on...
  10. Window Surrounds 3

    Window Surrounds 3

    After the council fitted these windows, they used plastic infills to hide the bullshit fitting. I removed them and replastered the internal walls right up to the plastic windows. I left a 3mm gap which I then filled with flexible mastic. White emulsion to finish.
  11. Window Surrounds 2

    Window Surrounds 2

    After the council fitted these windows, they used plastic infills to hide the bullshit fitting. I removed them and replastered the internal walls right up to the plastic windows. I left a 3mm gap which I then filled with flexible mastic. White emulsion to finish.
  12. Window surrounds 1

    Window surrounds 1

    After the council fitted these windows, they used plastic infills to hide the bullshit fitting. I removed them and replastered the internal walls right up to the plastic windows. I left a 3mm gap which I then filled with flexible mastic. White emulsion to finish.
  13. This was my defunct fireplace

    This was my defunct fireplace

    Ripped out old gas fire, rebuilt wall, plastered and fitted airvent cover. Duration from start to this is 20 days.
  14. Update to my ex-doorway

    Update to my ex-doorway

    As can be seen, taken plaster back to something sensible, and touched up where needed.
  15. After sanding it back

    After sanding it back

    after about 4 days of sanding, two electric sanders and about 90 sheets of 60 grain paper, I am ready to touch up the plaster.
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