The Bank Holiday DIY thread.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I wouldn't have mentioned it but saw someone being told off for wishing it too early on these boreds and didn't want the same. Can't win Stomps off for coffee.

For devout Christians, there's nothing "happy" about Passiontide, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were upset by such premature expressions, but anyone else using this merely to be pedantic deserves all the misery such harmless well-wishing brings them!

Enjoy your Frappacino/Mocca/Nescafe! (And I hope you're feeling better after the persistent lurgy!)

[salymap]

For devout Christians, there's nothing "happy" about Passiontide, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were upset by such premature expressions, but anyone else using this merely to be pedantic deserves all the misery such harmless well-wishing brings them!

Enjoy your Frappacino/Mocca/Nescafe! (And I hope you're feeling better after the persistent lurgy!)

Thanks ferney. I have about six pieces of equipment for making coffee but, on my own, it's Gold Blend, extra roast. Lurgy still lurks but slightly better.

[Petrushka]

I'm not a Do It Yourself man, I'm a Let Someone Else Do It man.

Seriously, I don't have an ounce of practicality in me whatever and can't understand the mania for DIY every Bank Holiday.

[eighthobstruction]

Axminster catalogue....ah, now you're talking.

Watch out for cheapie sanding discs from the likes of Fox. That is unless you like your surfaces sanded dish shape !

Glad to find another devotee....for me the routers profiles and router tables make my imaginations droule with ideas....BUT unfortunately that will have to be in another life....I will continue being a Wood Butcher and be pleased with the intiatives that are needed to get a good finish WITHOUT all these lovely tools....Space and Energy (and now limited concentration) being the main precursers {if precurser is the correct word]....

....the range of CLAMPS alone that are available is extraordinary....

....my other favourite catalogues are Jacksons and Atlantis Art materials....and Potclays catalogue....

[Resurrection Man]

...Wood Butcher....

You're not Wood Butcher on another forum, are you, by any chance ?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I've abandoned most of my toolkit, replacing it with the Victorinox multi-tool. Highly recommended.

[eighthobstruction]

No....it comes from a rather wonderful book from the 60's, which had exotic and cleverly crafted sheds and tree houses (In California I think)....

[umslopogaas]

#6 Anna, for moss on drives I would use Roundup (glyphosate). It would be quite safe for wildlife providing you dont apply a surplus which runs off into the lawn or wherever, because it will kill all plants it touches. Choose a dry day and apply an even coating with something like a mop. Once it has been absorbed into the plants, they will die in a few days (its quite slow acting, especially at the moment when temperatures are so low).

[Resurrection Man]

#6 Anna, for moss on drives I would use Roundup (glyphosate). It would be quite safe for wildlife providing you dont apply a surplus which runs off into the lawn or wherever, because it will kill all plants it touches. Choose a dry day and apply an even coating with something like a mop. Once it has been absorbed into the plants, they will die in a few days (its quite slow acting, especially at the moment when temperatures are so low).

Save your pennies, Anna, as the jury is out regarding Roundup and moss

One of the most common herbicides in use today is glyphosate (for example in Round-Up). This herbicide is often not effective against mosses (Woodfill 1999; Roberts and Ziegenhagen 1999; Newmaster et al. 1999) but does kill mosses in other cases (Newmaster et al. 1999). This chemical is absorbed through the leaves, becomes tightly bound to the soil, and is degraded by microbes. The failure of many common herbicides against mosses can be seen dramatically in some christmas tree plantations and other perennial crops where competing higher plants have been killed by herbicides, leaving a green carpet of mosses and other bryophytes. ---> The situations in which glyphosate does or does not kill mosses remain unclear <---." .....

Here is a link that might be useful: Chemical Control of Moss in Lawns

[Resurrection Man]

I'm not a Do It Yourself man, I'm a Let Someone Else Do It man.

Seriously, I don't have an ounce of practicality in me whatever and can't understand the mania for DIY every Bank Holiday.

My wife's name for such a man is a GALMI "Get a little man in"

[MrGongGong]

I've abandoned most of my toolkit, replacing it with the Victorinox multi-tool. Highly recommended.

Would you replace a church organ in the same way with a "multi tool" ?

I've got a set of Akai Steinway sample discs
do you a swap then ?

[teamsaint]

I would just like to point out that I don't like DIY . However 8O and RMs enjoyment of those catalogues I can understand.nice kit is nice, kit, even if you don't like doing what it is used for !

[Serial_Apologist]

I would just like to point out that I don't like DIY . However 8O and RMs enjoyment of those catalogues I can understand.nice kit is nice, kit, even if you don't like doing what it is used for !

I am in general agreement. Nice to show off to one's friends.

[LeMartinPecheur]

....treading forgetful dust through house.....

8th O: this sounds like an epitaph on life!

[BBMmk2]

DIY = Don't involve yourself

That's a good definition!! :)