Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2025

Best before dates

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  According to the top of the bottle, the big one here was made 03.11.2021, and the small one 03.12.2024.  And on the back, it says that the...
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Monday, July 26, 2021

Hozelock reel frustration and resolution

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  This is a Hozelock retracting reel. It's a nice, neat way to have a hosepipe, and gave me a whole heap of pain on a very hot Saturday,...
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Sunday, July 11, 2021

Painting the dragon

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I wasn't confident I would have enough plants to fill my garden railway display and decided a little more colour would be useful, and id...
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Thursday, March 04, 2021

Fixing the front door lock

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I like taking apart mechanical things, especially those with chunky fixings. When the catch on our front door stopped working properly, afte...
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Friday, October 09, 2020

The most satisfying job of the day

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  A couple of weeks ago, I wasn't having a good day. Every so often, the news really gets me down and I can't concentrate on anyth...
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Thursday, August 06, 2020

Dual-flush cistern bodging

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Is there anything more annoying to not work at home than the toilet cistern? Most bits of house equipment can be worked around, but we all n...
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Monday, August 05, 2019

How to change the wheel on a wheelbarrow

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My Mum's wheelbarrow has a knackered tyre. Years of living outside and being used without the correct amount of air in it have killed th...
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Friday, September 21, 2018

Harris "No Loss" brush review

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Faced with a "garden room" (posh shed) requiring a coat of yacht varnish before winter, I headed to the local DIY store for some...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

New broom? You'll need someone with a toolbox...

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OK B&Q - the yard broom at chez Parker is looking more than little tired. To be honest, it lives outside the back door and the wood h...
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Building a childs wooden multiplay playhouse

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Recently, I offered to help assembled a TP Wooden Multiplay Playhouse for a friend's 4 year old daughter. Being told that it was a wood...
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Monday, March 13, 2017

Dust and muck

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I can't stand seeing people messing around with the wrong tools for the job, especially when the right tools are easily available. ...
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Sunday, January 08, 2017

Appliance repair

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From xkcd earlier in the week. Across the world, tinkering types recognise the problem and are nervously laughing...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

Rock stand

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  All being well, my sister is now the proud owner of a lump of rock. I'm not exactly sure what sort of rock it is, and probably wo...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Softening PVA glue joints

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  My dad's Bismark project continues with the odd instruction to sand 2mm from the side of each aircraft hanger.  These were assemb...
Friday, November 04, 2016

Shower stripping

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  Last Monday, our electric shower suddenly stopped working. Water came out, but it was cold. The lights were on, it had worked perfect...
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Saturday, August 13, 2016

It just needs a bit of T-Cut...

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  After a slightly random conversation at the model boat club, I find myself custodian of this GWR station lamp. The previous owner had...
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Monday, July 25, 2016

A happy customer service story

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  Let's start the week with a happy story (SPOILER ALERT - everything works out fine).  On the back of our house is a waterproo...
Monday, December 14, 2015

Fixing footwear

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I don't like things I can't repair. One pet hate is those stupid plastics that don't react to any known glue so once broken, ...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

Pipe repair

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  Maybe repairing a Dolphin Pools pipe fitting isn't the most common reason to be reading this blog, but I think the fix is a bit n...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Super cheap clock repair

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Years ago, I bought a computer monitor shaped clock from someone on eBay. I've always liked clocks and have to stop myself building ...
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