22-09-2020, 02:58 PM
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I have done most things really and did it professionally for a while. I worked out I have fitted 50 odd bathrooms and twelve kitchens including tiling and decorating. The only thing I have not been able to master (and don't really want to) is plastering. I take after my Dad who has always had a go first, then if he couldn't do it, would get someone in.I enjoy a certain amount of gardening and have laid patios and decking and built a few walls in my time.
My figure 36 24 36 and I hope for World peace.
22-09-2020, 04:53 PM
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At the risk of blowing my own trumpet, I'm very good at DIY. I've damn-near rebuilt our house over the years including fitting my own PVC windows and patio doors, three kitchens (when the missus got fed up with them), altered the bathroom four times (missus to blame again
), installed central heating, converted the loft into our master bedroom and other things too numerous to mention. Also installed a large decking platform at the back of the house for the missus so that she could sit out in summer, but sadly, she didn't live long enough to enjoy it. 
22-09-2020, 05:10 PM
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Would have been easier to change the wife Judd
all I could manage was a side flank block wall extn to a 1930's 3 bed semi with joining garage, and that was only 18 ft by about 9 ft and single story behind my garage with a fire check door into the garage, That was way back in the mid 70s
It did mean taking down a chimney in the kitchen putting in an RSJ support and moving the kitchen door to where the chimney was so it led into the extn, and putting a window in where the door used to be. That stopped a through draft passage from the front door down the hall straight to the place where the old door position was. Then of course re arranging the kitchen fittings because of the extra work space
Actually extended the extn to go past the back of the house with a return wall with a stable door in it
22-09-2020, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Morticia
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I'm rubbish .... I once sawed through a gas pipe with a fag hanging out of my mouth and that's when I discovered I'm a pretty good sprinter when I have to be.
That made me laugh...
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