DIY? GTFO!

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Pish. Pish, Sir!

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:48

devilman wrote:

Daybedman's origin story needs a bit of work.

I would have gone with Slatman tbh.

Giphy "ba-bop-ba-dop-bop":
https://media1.giphy.com/media/7m7haBTj5lsNG/giphy-loop.mp4

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:10

I am crying... this is brilliant...

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Quote:

Built the day bed. I hate IKEA. And behold my shelves by the boiler.

I paid someone to build the last lot of IKEA stuff we had, in my defense there was a lot of it and I had put my back out. Don't think I will go back now though

My DIY involvement looks to be continuing. After the weekends rip out I left them to it, my fitter is a good guy and will always work out issues and do a good job, something I need in the mess of a house I have. He is a bit disorganized though.

He has been let down by the casual workers he uses, today and probably tomorrow, so looks like I'm taking half a day off tomorrow afternoon to help him plasterboard. Also, when the electrician cut the spotlight holes in the ceiling he cut around twice the number needed as he needed to pull cables through ceiling joists, he has gone away now and didn't fill any of the holes in so that to do as well now.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 19:17

Coming along nicely!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Very avant garde bathtub positioning. I like it.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Grim... wrote:

The cobbler's children have no shoes.

The swifts gone south again ....... bugger, wrong thread.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 19:27

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Very avant garde bathtub positioning. I like it.

I wonder if Grim… will ever fix that.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

MaliA wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Did we not learn literally yesterday that every word has every definition if you believe it hard enough?

I grok that

As a Fair Witness, I recognise that allusion.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Cras wrote:

He literally said you turn it into a bed at night time! Day bed is a terrible word for it!

if dodgy etymology your objection, I've got this little thing called "the entire goddamn english language" that's gonna blow your mind wide open

All this is a bit moot if IKEA call it a day bed, which they do even if they're wrong so to do.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 21:25

Lonewolves wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Very avant garde bathtub positioning. I like it.

I wonder if Grim… will ever fix that.

Whu?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Grim... wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Very avant garde bathtub positioning. I like it.

I wonder if Grim… will ever fix that.

Whu?

The bathtub pic is upside down because Beex’s JPEG resizer neither respects nor passes through the JPEG rotation EXIF flag value.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Only it does tho

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 21:53

Those tiles will look great when they finish loading.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 21:54

Looking good x

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Looks like it's you that's bad, Doc. Sorry 'boudat.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 22:03

I was wondering...

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 22:13

Cras wrote:

Only it does tho

Because I go to the main site and rotate them manually.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Aug 21, 2018 22:14

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Whut

That's how they were when I posted them. And no amount of refreshing once I've rotated them will change that. But I've rotated them manually so anyone visiting after will see them correctly.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:38

A small thing, but it's useful...

New kitchen shelf.

Attachment:

20180819_134716.jpg

Most of those pans need replacing, mind.

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8648

At least they're tied down.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Joans wrote:

At least they're tied down.

I reckon they'd float away otherwise. That helium cookware's expensive, I hear

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:40

It's the glue I used to keep them up. It just interferes

(but more seriously, shiny new induction hob, and the omelette, griddle and frying pans don't work with it. The sauce pans are old, manky, lack lids in some cases due to having been dropped and got given to me because they were as such)

Jem · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:16

GazChap wrote:

We bought that daybed for the kids' bedroom (before they had separate rooms) and I built half of it the wrong way around, and then got myself trapped in the slats.

Do you still have the picture?

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

GazChap wrote:

We bought that daybed for the kids' bedroom (before they had separate rooms) and I built half of it the wrong way around, and then got myself trapped in the slats.

I'm just going to assume it played out like that scene from the Baywatch film.

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:35

Jem wrote:

GazChap wrote:

We bought that daybed for the kids' bedroom (before they had separate rooms) and I built half of it the wrong way around, and then got myself trapped in the slats.

Do you still have the picture?

Hah, no - thought you had it

Jem · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2018 13:34

It would appear not. Damn it.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2018 23:56

My next task is replacing the hood over the cooker.
Removing the old one is proving tricky.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:20

Flamethrower!

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:11

I want to remove only the hood.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Blowtorch?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:24

Mr Dave wrote:

I want to remove only the hood.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Fuel-Air Thermobaric Bomb!

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:31

Mr Dave wrote:

I want to remove only the hood.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Get Joans round with a drill?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:36

Mr Dave wrote:

I want to remove only the hood.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:41

Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:02

At least we've deescalated from the previous suggestion.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Check out a video on youtube on how to do it, and follow the instructions?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

Ideally one made by an American using a pick up truck and a length of chain.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:51

Trooper wrote:

Check out a video on youtube on how to do it, and follow the instructions?

I've tried that. The old hood is from ~1995,so can't find any manuals or anything.
But in general, you need to unscrew the chimney and remove it, then you can unscrew the main section and lift it off the hooks now it's no longer blocked by the chimney.

This is all fine,except having unscrewed the chimney, it's not budging. I suspect some berk glued it together to stop air leakage. Despite being unnecessary.

Thing is, I don't want to completely remove it just yet, just get enough access to be sure the new one I have in mind would be suitable replacement. It'd probably be easier if I could just destroy it.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:01

It's likely using a silicon sealant. You can get chemicals that remove it, like https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense- ... 00ml/88987

You need to know where to apply it, though.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:03

Oh, also:

Mr Dave wrote:

At least we've deescalated from the previous suggestion.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:09

Our cooker hood chimney is very wobbly, I think it would come off no problems. HTH

Jem · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:10

Mine went bang with a loud flash on first use so needs some TLC when you're done, Dave.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:15

In other news, our dishwasher has died. Now I'm washing dishes in the sink like some kind of animal.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22270

Lonewolves wrote:

In other news, our dishwasher has died. Now I'm washing dishes in the sink like some kind of animal.

Even though I was on a break from work and seriously watching the cash, I only managed a couple of weeks in the new flat before I went out and spent £200 on a dishwasher!
Luckily the flat already had the plumbing in place, it just needed the cabinet removing.

Washing dishes is for chumps.

“Fun”Sally · **Joined:** 16th Oct, 2017 **Posts:** 48

Lonewolves wrote:

Now I'm washing dishes in the sink like some kind of animal.

You say that, but I’ve not actually seen any evidence of it

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

“Fun”Sally wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Now I'm washing dishes in the sink like some kind of animal.

You say that, but I’ve not actually seen any evidence of it

Giphy "burn!":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xT0BKgH0Jf9zuYcqju/giphy-loop.mp4

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