Hello all,
Well, I've spent all week waiting for the weekend and it's here. What am I doing......working again, but on the house! I'll have to get the ladders out ina minute to wash the windows and alter the protocol on one of my cameras.
What has everyone else got planned to do at home?
Ive got a 6x9' garden tool shed to build. It came as a flat kit, including bags of screws and all.
Ah, a new 'safe zone' from the missus! :D
Tank - do you have a webcam set up or is this just a security cam type thing?
My missus just cleaned the oven. Does that count?
hot on the heels of my newley converted garage (for my trains!) ,my living room is the last big project Ive got to get done before babys born, curently at the stage of patching up plaster before new wallpaper goes on.
Quote from: poliss on June 18, 2011, 04:33:56 PM
My missus just cleaned the oven. Does that count?
:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :thumbsup:
Down the bog, footing the turf (peat in UK), in between showers, you may not know what this is but needless to say for 300 yoyos a year and a bit of hard work I can heat the whole house, fires, central heating and all the hot water we need. Just have to hope EU dont ban it here as they have in other parts of country.
I have got to decorate the hall and staircase as soon as my health permits, err indors has been waiting a while and hopefully not much longer, there is no getting out of it I served an apprenticeship as a decorator!!
I've been working on a DIY project....................my :NGAUGE: layout! ;D
Quote from: Lawrence on June 18, 2011, 04:32:16 PM
Tank - do you have a webcam set up or is this just a security cam type thing?
No, not a webcam. I have a commercial grade CCTV system on my house. 9 cameras so far. I was trying to get the PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom dome) to work on my new controller, but it won't have it. :( It then began to rain, so I had to seal all of the electrics again quickly.
Quote from: galway on June 18, 2011, 05:25:29 PM
Down the bog, footing the turf (peat in UK), in between showers, you may not know what this is but needless to say for 300 yoyos a year and a bit of hard work I can heat the whole house, fires, central heating and all the hot water we need. Just have to hope EU dont ban it here as they have in other parts of country.
Takes me back to childhood visits to my family in Leitrim and the stacks of turf....hope you're using a 3' gauge railway to haul it in!!!!
Quote from: Tank on June 18, 2011, 06:07:24 PM
Quote from: Lawrence on June 18, 2011, 04:32:16 PM
Tank - do you have a webcam set up or is this just a security cam type thing?
No, not a webcam. I have a commercial grade CCTV system on my house. 9 cameras so far. I was trying to get the PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom dome) to work on my new controller, but it won't have it. :( It then began to rain, so I had to seal all of the electrics again quickly.
Bloody nora, must be a bit rough in Kenley, you want to move up here mate, we don't get any hassles :smiley-laughing:
I had an uncle who used to cut, stack and burn his own turf in Co Armagh. He died in 1988 and lived in the house he was born in with neither electricity or running water.
The smell off the fire was lovely, and every time I smell turf burning it takes me right back there.
Thanks, Galway for rekindling the good memories :thumbsup:
Rebuilt my computer yesterday, got to wash the car and this arvo our country band has a gig so i'll have to breeak out the geetar.
Other than re-building my layout, none!
Not in the conventional sense as I rent a furnished flat. ;D
If it doesn't rain tomorrow I need to give my new car some much needed maintenance.
Well, its a 1992 Mercedes 190E so its new to me and its the 1st lot of maintenance I'm giving it since I bought it last week! :smiley-laughing:
So sort of DIY...
Got the site work done today, where the tool shed is to go.
(http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Jonathan_Clapp/toolshedsitework.jpg)De-sodded the area, and tamped in gravel where the sills will lie. Also cut 9 feet of the rabbit fence loose, and relocated masses of flowering onions.
Oh many jobs.......including a layout!
Dave
Irish Padre and lesmond now that I've rekindled an interest in turf maybe I should set up a mail order facility sending individual sods around the world, you would'nt get much heat but the memories would be priceless.
They still use the railways on Bord na Mona bogs, watching them sway under load on the bog is a great sight, but they never seem to come a cropper.
Paul
Quote from: galway on June 20, 2011, 06:18:32 PM
I should set up a mail order facility sending individual sods around the world
Paul
I know a couple of sods I would like to send round the world on a non return bassis. :evil:
:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:Jonclox - you beat me to it :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Gotta board out part of my garage that will house my railway..
Really need to get shift on..
Cudders
Shed's up, got the roof on today. lots of trim bits to nail on yet, and the doors to hang.
The kit went together perfectly.
(http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Jonathan_Clapp/shedup1.jpg)
This shed represents light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel after many years with no room allocated for any train layout: It will absorb all the shovels, rakes, buckets, pots, shears, etc that are currently clogging up the wood shed.
that freed up space will then be given over to several large tool boxes and bins of fasteners and pipe fittings that occupy half of my little 'mud room'.
That, ladies and gentlemen will create a space along a wall in a heated room 11 feet long and say 2 feet deep where a proper bench can be built for trains.
Nice Shed!
Quote from: cudders on June 20, 2011, 09:03:32 PM
Gotta board out part of my garage that will house my railway..
Really need to get shift on..
Cudders
what do you mean by board up? I'm going to be renovating a garage for my layout and have been thinking of framing it up first but am not sure if its necessary in the UK (with our winters here in Canada it would be essential). It looks to be breeze block construction so I'm not sure what to do?
Anyone on the forum have any opinions about whether to frame and insulate or not? either way I'm going to be putting in a drop ceiling.
Graham
Quote from: grumbeast on June 29, 2011, 06:14:10 PM
Nice Shed!
Quote from: cudders on June 20, 2011, 09:03:32 PM
Gotta board out part of my garage that will house my railway..
Really need to get shift on..
Cudders
what do you mean by board up? I'm going to be renovating a garage for my layout and have been thinking of framing it up first but am not sure if its necessary in the UK (with our winters here in Canada it would be essential). It looks to be breeze block construction so I'm not sure what to do?
Anyone on the forum have any opinions about whether to frame and insulate or not? either way I'm going to be putting in a drop ceiling.
Graham
Hi Graham, Personally I would consider insulating, especially after last winter in the UK with average low temperatures of -18 celcius :o
My clock reair workshop was built inside a breeze block walled garage and I lined the walls with Jabolite between 2"X1"battoning.
It still got cold in there and required lots of heat to make it into a workable area but I loved getting in there and working as the wind howelled past outside.
Gotta board out part of my garage that will house my railway..
Really need to get shift on..
Cudders
what do you mean by board up? I'm going to be renovating a garage for my layout and have been thinking of framing it up first but am not sure if its necessary in the UK (with our winters here in Canada it would be essential). It looks to be breeze block construction so I'm not sure what to do?
Anyone on the forum have any opinions about whether to frame and insulate or not? either way I'm going to be putting in a drop ceiling.
Graham
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Hi mate. I mean board all the walls off with OSB on battens. Prefer this to painting and all that mess and is a must due to all the dust I get in mine. Also think it looks better. I might put a floor in as well but no sure yet.
Cudders
Thanks for the advice guys, found this interesting article on exactly what I'm planning to do!
http://www.thedailyrail.co.uk/Articles/2010_01/My_Home_for_a_Model_Railway.aspx
Graham
A very good friend of mine has his layout in his brick built garage and he has insulated all and is putting up a partition wall this year (with door), this means he has to heat a smaller space. Prior to insulation it was very cold and once the lights and heater went on that served to cause condensation in his loco motors which is never a good thing.
If you have the time and the funds available, I think it is a no brainer, you must insulate. I'm even doing my shed, if it ever arrives ::)
I agree Lawrence,
I think I've definately decided to insulate and finish the garage as much as I can.. as my wife is wont to remind me, I'll be growing old in this new house and I may as well be comfortable!
Graham
When I put my shed up 22 yrs ago I filled between the uprights and roof spars with polystyrene sheet,then covered that with hardboard emulsioned white.
The floor is also insulated and covered with hardboard.
Ive had a lathe in there for the last eleven years and a milling machine for about eight years,I don't get any rust on steel parts or components,the secret is a small storage heater I had given to me that runs on Economy Seven when the weather turns colder.
It's always cosy in there even in winter :)
Allan
Now that the wee boy has started crawling.....
It looks like im going to make every thing kiddie proof :'(
I'm almost at that stage Porkie with my son!
I had a new Karcher Pressue Washer arrive a few days ago (as the last cheap Wolf washer broke a while ago). I've tested out the Patio Cleaner (or T Racer as they call it) that came with it, and to my surprise we have patterned slabs! :D I'm amazed at how easy it is to use the T Racer.
A cautionary tale regarding pressure washers. I was using my Karcher to clean the patio and my step daughter decided I was in her way so tried to run through me. The result was I ended up accidentally spraying the garden shed, with the resultant weird stripe all along one side. Even re-staining the entire shed never took that stripe away :'(
:'( The poor shed! I hope your step daughter was punished!!! :evil:
Quote from: Tank on July 04, 2011, 10:14:28 PM
:'( The poor shed! I hope your step daughter was punished!!! :evil:
Maybe he made her re-stain the shed :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
My wife couldn't decide what stain looked best on the shed at our previous house so she painted alternate planks in two different stains.
Fairs fair though, she did paint it, and it was certainly a talking point
Hi,
Spent most of this week decorating my sons bedroom. Spent 7 hours on Tuesday stripping off the old wallpaper and then putting up lining paper. Painted the walls on Wednesday and finished off the gloss work today.
Now moving on to put the finishing touches to our Ikea kitchen, which I built 3 year ago. I can be a bit slow at times, unless it's somthing to do with trains. :smiley-laughing:
Alex
Currently....
Stripping, drylining and plastering the entire house internally....about 15% complete.
New ceramic floors in hall and dining room. Both about 70% complete.
Ceramic tiling kitchen floor and laminate floor to lounge....just started.
35ft x 22ft decking around pond...40% complete....working on 100 light and sound systems.
250 slab patio to rear of house....30% complete.
Total re-build of front garden / driveway / etc......80% complete.
Demolishing garage and replacing it.
Making whole house disabled friendly for the wife...and eventually for me too :(
Bob - for once I'm not going to attempt anything witty or pithy.
I just think you're a wonder, and I'm sure you and your wife will end up with a wonderful home :thumbsup:
Wow. You've certainly got you hands full. Your doing a grand job and I'm sure it will look fantastic when it's finished.
I've done laminate flooring, laying slabs and decking before. Tried plastering, not very good, and tiling, again not too great. I'd really like to learn more about electrics.
Alex
Quote from: alex crawford on August 25, 2011, 10:05:00 PM
Wow. You've certainly got you hands full. Your doing a grand job and I'm sure it will look fantastic when it's finished.
I've done laminate flooring, laying slabs and decking before. Tried plastering, not very good, and tiling, again not too great. I'd really like to learn more about electrics.
Alex
It's an old Council house we bought on the cheap when we moved up to this area.
I used to have a building company years ago so most I have done before.
I detest plastering, but with so much to do.....
I have not done tiled floors before and I am not sure I'd want to again. Getting them level is a job and a half. Some appear to want to move overnight. At tea time they look great and by breakfast some have sunk or slightly moved out of line, despite spacers being used.
Bob
Well I've finally managed to get started on 'doing up' what we still call the 2nd bedroom, despite living here for 3 years now. So far I've taken up the carpet and underlay, and a few floorboards. I've chased out three walls and inserted three double sockets, which are now all wired up to consumer unit. Tomorrows job will be to fill the holes and begin painting!
Or, I could finish the woodwork on my new layout.... :evil:
Funny this thread re-showed up as I have been busy helping my dad today, where the waste water pipe leaves the kitchen sink to ouside drain, we cleared the outside drain sump free of silt and any other debris. Not the best of jobs but a bit of planned preventative maintenance. The jayes fluid helped the smell but we got there.
Quote from: Tank on February 20, 2012, 04:59:32 PM
I've chased out three walls
Don't you just hate it when walls start squatting in your own house :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: newportnobby on February 20, 2012, 06:43:10 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 20, 2012, 04:59:32 PM
I've chased out three walls
Don't you just hate it when walls start squatting in your own house :smiley-laughing:
::) ;D
Right now none.. there is the small matter of a floor that needs replacing before someone goes through it but that isn't going to be a DIY job !
I think the first thing on SWMBO list is to take all the Azaleas out of the pots and shove them in the ground, she tells me all the other things she wants done but I suffer from Selective Hearing.