It’s been another busy weekend with DIY again and this time it was building the shelves in the chimney alcoves in the front room. Again this was completed using 2×1 batten and screwed into the wall using raw-plugs. The shelf boards were brought from B&Q and…
Once I’d managed to re-plaster the wall again on the friday evening and let it set (I used new one coat plaster instead of the two year old stuff dad lent me!), I had a base with which to start tiling onto. B & Q had standard 6″ x…
Finally got back off my arse and went back to the SSKA (Southern Shotokan Karate Association) after 7 years away. I did got to some other clubs since though but the last time I trained was back in 2005! Ouch, all I can say is that I felt it the…
So, what happens when you try and remove 4 rows of old bathroom tiles from the wall…..err it pulls off the old plaster from the lathe & plaster wall. Whoops, so after removing what’s left of the plaster and lathes, a small piece of plaster board was nailed…
Behind the TV are 2 x double sockets, a feed for the Sky dish and an extension lead from the other side of the room where the telephone box is located. I thought it would be wise to bring the phone socket over to behind the TV so I can…