Projects

[Alex_LCFC]

Has anyone started/completed any projects lately. Hearing of loads of people making the most of time off work or being around more. 
 

I’m building a garden room for my partner so she can work from and work around the kids school hours. 
 

anything you guys have done or are looking to do? 

 

[Unabomber]

Did my garden last lockdown although I did the design and some prep work I had people in to do the majority.

[Izzy]

I'm getting into detailing trying to restore my wife's 10 year old car to it's former glory for no other reason than I'm bored.

 

Done loads of decontamination on the paint work, touched up the stone chips etc, and deep cleaned the interior and engine bay.

 

Machine polish, wax, ceramic coated it, and it's looking pretty damn good now if I do say so myself. 

 

Just the alloys to tackle next and it'll be good as new 

[rachhere]

Projects? I can count on one hand the full weekends I have had off since lockdown began in March - it's really not a good time to be working in education. Saying that everything is so busy and frantic I don't have time to dwell on what is happening in the world or miss people too much which I think is a good thing right now. Whilst I am exhausted I wouldn't swap it with being on furlough, having hours on end to worry about whether I will still have a job to pay the bills. If I did have time to devote to a project right now, I would love to tackle the garden. It was already landscaped when we moved here, but there's still some borders which really don't have anything going on in them, and I would love to introduce some new plants to encourage more wildlife to visit. 

[Wymsey]

41 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Did my garden last lockdown although I did the design and some prep work I had people in to do the majority.

That's very good work.

Iirc, didn't you mention on here that you work on construction projects or similar in your job in the past?

[tom27111]

Been fitting a new kitchen since March 

[Unabomber]

18 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

That's very good work.

Iirc, didn't you mention on here that you work on construction projects or similar in your job in the past?

Thanks. I work in the construction industry yeah.

[Mike Oxlong]

43 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I'm trying to restore my wife to it's former glory for no other reason than I'm bored.

 

touched up the deep interior, wax, coated it, and it's looking pretty damn good now if I do say so myself  good as new 

[yorkie1999]

It started out as my mrs wanting a mirror in the hallway last year.!!! Ended up, new floor, new stair case with oak rails and newels and glass balustrades,  radiator, new landing floor, walls cladded and painted, under stairs cupboards, new doors, new ceiling, lights and osmo oiled. Loved doing it though,

 

 edit, it wasn’t last year, it was the year before. Times flying.

Edited 29 January 2021 by yorkie1999

[VLC86]

Turned my living room that wasn’t being used into a cinema room. Huge TV on the wall, great surround sound system and chairs that have well and truly knackered my back that I definitely don’t want rid of after 6 months.

 

 

[VLC86]

17 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

It started out as my mrs wanting a mirror in the hallway last year.!!! Ended up, new floor, new stair case with oak rails and newels and glass balustrades,  radiator, new landing floor, walls cladded and painted, under stairs cupboards, new doors, new ceiling, lights and osmo oiled. Loved doing it though,

Looks decent mate. I hate to break it to you but I have a very similar carpet on my stairs and it wears down over time.

[yorkie1999]

4 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Looks decent mate. I hate to break it to you but I have a very similar carpet on my stairs and it wears down over time.

Hey ho, nothing lasts forever.

[Steven]

4 hours ago, Alex_LCFC said:

Has anyone started/completed any projects lately. Hearing of loads of people making the most of time off work or being around more. 
 

I’m building a garden room for my partner so she can work from and work around the kids school hours. 
 

anything you guys have done or are looking to do? 

 

I manage/have managed several projects for a living and have worked for several large financial institutions.

 

My advice is plan well and give yourself lots of buffer. 

[Alex_LCFC]

2 hours ago, Costock_Fox said:

Turned my living room that wasn’t being used into a cinema room. Huge TV on the wall, great surround sound system and chairs that have well and truly knackered my back that I definitely don’t want rid of after 6 months.

 

 

Bet it’s an amazing place to watch the games!!

[Alex_LCFC]

2 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

It started out as my mrs wanting a mirror in the hallway last year.!!! Ended up, new floor, new stair case with oak rails and newels and glass balustrades,  radiator, new landing floor, walls cladded and painted, under stairs cupboards, new doors, new ceiling, lights and osmo oiled. Loved doing it though,

 

 edit, it wasn’t last year, it was the year before. Times flying.

Love that! Opens the landing up massively 

[Alex_LCFC]

6 hours ago, Unabomber said:

Did my garden last lockdown although I did the design and some prep work I had people in to do the majority.

Absolutely class 

[VLC86]

2 hours ago, Alex_LCFC said:

Bet it’s an amazing place to watch the games!!

It is, would prefer to be in the stadiums though.

[PAULCFC]

Sorting an ex AA T6 Out to be a camper.

[deejdeej]

2 hours ago, PAULCFC said:

Sorting an ex AA T6 Out to be a camper.

Keep us updated on your progress please Paul, love stuff like this.

[deejdeej]

15 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

It started out as my mrs wanting a mirror in the hallway last year.!!! Ended up, new floor, new stair case with oak rails and newels and glass balustrades,  radiator, new landing floor, walls cladded and painted, under stairs cupboards, new doors, new ceiling, lights and osmo oiled. Loved doing it though,

 

 edit, it wasn’t last year, it was the year before. Times flying.

Those Oak rails look brilliant, top job.

[PAULCFC]

19 hours ago, deejdeej said:

Keep us updated on your progress please Paul, love stuff like this.

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Edited 31 January 2021 by PAULCFC
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[PAULCFC]

First pic is how it started out,then put a poptop and kitchen in....it's on going and it'll never be finished.Allways something else to do!

[SpacedX]

17 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

It started out as my mrs wanting a mirror in the hallway last year.!!! Ended up, new floor, new stair case with oak rails and newels and glass balustrades,  radiator, new landing floor, walls cladded and painted, under stairs cupboards, new doors, new ceiling, lights and osmo oiled. Loved doing it though,

 

 edit, it wasn’t last year, it was the year before. Times flying.

Very tasteful. love the choice of hall tlles.

 

Hall and landing too...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited 30 January 2021 by Line-X

[Guest Manini]

Some excellent content in here. Love seeing people’s home/garden/auto improvements 

[Thefox81]

I put a mirror up in our bedroom. Fell down 2 weeks later with a hole in the wall from it. I have polyfillered the hole and the mirror is propped up against the wall now.

 

DIY is not my strong point.