The Bank Holiday DIY thread.

[teamsaint]

Ok, so its a bank holiday weekend. Religious observance fulfilled, it's time to start those little jobs that somehow haven't got round to doing themselves.
This board must be an absolute mine of useful info on drilling, tiling, shelf fixing and so on, so I thought a handy thread would be just the thing.
Personally, I am off to a bit of a flyer, having nicely fixed and straightened a rickety pickety fence,(day off in lieu) so I am feeling pretty smug ! Coat of green gunk tomorrow. (MP3 job, that.)

Anyway
Need any help?(not from me)
Got anything you have been putting off?
Do you feel overcome with inertia and despondancy when you visit B and Q?

Lets make this the place to help those repairs go just a little bit easier for fellow music lovers.
Then we can put our feet up with a glass of something cool, feeling a little bit self satisfied, and listen to a cheery CD, something like "Seven Last Words..." perhaps.

Happy Holidays !!!

[MrGongGong]

I'm hoping it rains then I

a: Don't have to fix the roof of the allotment shed
so that I can ......
b: can get some more music written

[EdgeleyRob]

You know you're a DIY expert when:

1. The Screwfix/Wickes mini catalogue becomes a permanent fixture next to the toilet
2. You spend hours in work using Word to sketch out the DIY job for that weekend
3. You have 7 tins of WD-40 in convienent locations around the house
4. You buy things that you don't need but will look good in the toolbox
5. The DIY store staff know your first name
6. You know all of the different shades of white
7. After 6 months of light DIYing, you think installing central heating is childsplay
8. You've got the tradesman's 'sucking in of air, shaking the head and tutting' down to a tee
9. You have a tool belt
10. You know that rubbing a graphite pencil on a hinge will stop the squeak
11. Sarah Beeny is your Pin-Up
12. The DIY book the in-laws got you for christmas remains unopened, do they think you're a bloody amateur?!
13. You've got the plumber's, electrician's and builder's mobile numbers in your phone in case of a DIY feck up.
14. You're suspicius of proper tradesmen
15. You have a trailer
16. You buy a router to save money on 'expensive' tongue and grooving
17. Use of the B&Q cafe is strictly prohibited, its for part-timers, not hardcore DIYers like yourself
18. You think you don't need a spirit level. You do.
19. You have a large collection of wood in the shed, just in case.
20. You know what Denso tape is and what its used for
21. 'Discovery Home and Leisure' and 'H&L +1' are in your Sky favourites
22. Complete renovation of a cow shed doesn't faze you
23. You have a compost bin
24. Criticise professionals work in pubs and on holiday, calling them 'a bunch of cowboys'
25. You have a tape measure in your car
26. On a two-man job, its always the other persons fault
27. You become a HSS Hire shop to all your mates
28. You stop to appreciate your handywork at least once a day
29. Your work is never done
30. You can unscrew a screw with a hammer.

[Hornspieler]

........ Lets make this the place to help those repairs go just a little bit easier for fellow music lovers.
Then we can put our feet up with a glass of something cool, feeling a little bit self satisfied, and listen to a cheery CD, something like "Seven Last Words..." perhaps.

Happy Holidays !!!

Perhaps a Good Start would be to repair a few relationships - especially with our fellow message boarders?

HS

[EdgeleyRob]

Oh and .......

[Anna]

OK, I have a genuine question (but not about drilling and filling)
Moss on tarmac. If it's scraped off with a shovel and then brushed it's ok for a while but then comes back as it's on a slope and rain washes down small particles of earth (and I guess the spores remain and then grow) How to kill it without using something harmful to wildlife (and the tarmac in question is pretty old and dodgy and I think pressure washing would not be a good idea)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Perhaps a Good Start would be to repair a few relationships - especially with our fellow message boarders?

HS

HS, we seem to have diametrically opposite tastes and opinions about almost everything to do with Music, but I greatly enjoy reading your anecdotes about your life as a Musician and your memories and photographs of William Golding last year were amongst the very best things I've read on the Forum. Apologies for my inadvertant suggestion that I thought you might have played in the Strauss Festival in 1947, and very best wishes for a Happy Easter. to you, too!


As for DIY - well time for me to get the tiling in the kitchen and downstairs loo finished!

[teamsaint]

This was a good little DIY project...

http://coralcastle.com/

[eighthobstruction]

I've just hand-mixed 50Kg of clay for some making this weekend....workshop floor awash with buckets....treading forgetful dust through house.....

....Edgely Rob....ref catalogues: my favourite Axminster tools catalogue....why oh oh why haven't I treated myself to a Pillar Drill and Static Sanding Disc after all these years of wanting one....

[Nick Armstrong]

You know you're a DIY expert when:

1. - 30.

Proof positive then, that I am not.

Why else would one employ.... staff... ?

[anotherbob]

OK, I have a genuine question (but not about drilling and filling)
Moss on tarmac. If it's scraped off with a shovel and then brushed it's ok for a while but then comes back as it's on a slope and rain washes down small particles of earth (and I guess the spores remain and then grow) How to kill it without using something harmful to wildlife (and the tarmac in question is pretty old and dodgy and I think pressure washing would not be a good idea)

http://www.mosskillers.co.uk/cleaning-advice/moss-on-tarmac-driveway

[johnb]

Got anything you have been putting off?

Not really, that is apart from central heating, installing a new bathroom, ditto kitchen, damp-proofing a basement, extensive decorating, restoring the 3 remaining windows I haven't yet restored, and then there is the garden....

..... But it is just too cold and dull to get up ant enthusiasm

Two decorating tips - buy Purdy paint brushes (either online or from a decorator's merchant) rather than the cr*p at B&Q. They are a joy to use.

Also, get a "BrushMate 4" for around £15 to store your used brushes in - perfect for brushes used with oil-based paints. Just wipe off any excess paint, pop the brush in the BrushMate and it is ready for immediate use next day, or next month, etc.

[vinteuil]

Proof positive then, that I am not.

Why else would one employ.... staff... ?

... in the immortal words of Hilaire Belloc :

"Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
Himself. It struck him dead; and serves him right!
It is the duty of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan."

[teamsaint]

... in the immortal words of Hilaire Belloc :

"Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
Himself. It struck him dead; and serves him right!
It is the duty of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan."

well fine words as far as they go.
For the rest of us it's trading favours or brute force and ignorance.

[Anna]

http://www.mosskillers.co.uk/cleanin...armac-driveway

Thanks, I'm going offline shortly, will investigate whether it's wildlife friendly.