You'll notice I have done no actual DIY for a while now, despite being at home 24/7 and having quite a lot to do. There are two main reasons for this; All I want to do is stare at my seedlings for hours on end.I can't be bothered. The second point is important, although I … Continue reading Grow Off – Week 2
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Grow Off – Week 1
WHAT A WEEK. It's heating up in the Grow Off! I'll let the pictures do most of the talking although they're from an array of Grow Offers and I can't guarantee anything is in order. My sunflower babies are slow off the mark, and two seeds went black (too cold? too wet? fungus? depression?) but … Continue reading Grow Off – Week 1
Greenhouse: The Sowening
Fellow quarantini, I hope you're well. I hope you're safe and healthy. I hope there has been some silver lining for you and I hope you've decided to use this time to rewatch Buffy. I just checked the date on the last post and apparently it was only a week ago I cleaned the greenhouse? … Continue reading Greenhouse: The Sowening
Greenhouse: The Cleanse
As I sit to write this, equipped with a makeshift home office, it will be my seventh day practising Social Distancing, a term no one had ever heard or perhaps even existed a week ago. I have no intentions of offering advice or opinions on Covid-19, but I will encourage you to get involved with … Continue reading Greenhouse: The Cleanse
Restoring the Inglenook Fireplace: Second Attempt
I often think I am going to be able to get something that takes three days done in 15 minutes, and no amount of experience informs my expectations. Perhaps I have an inflated sense of my own capabilities, or perhaps I'm stupid. In any case, I did more stuff to the fireplace, look! I very … Continue reading Restoring the Inglenook Fireplace: Second Attempt
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It was inevitable, and even the manner in which it transpired was predictable. I was lugging around these massive fucking ladders (I mean, thanks Sam for letting me borrow them x) and they are quite cumbersome and the stairwell is an awkward space and the release clips to adjust the angles and shape of the … Continue reading DIYCry
Contractors: The Love Story Continues
Ghosted at my own façade Is this some kind of fucking joke? Stood up again? I chose this particular company because they were a Contractor; revered, recommended, professional, punctual (so all the reviews went). I really thought Geoff was the one. I thought we hit it off. I made a joke about the rewire and … Continue reading Contractors: The Love Story Continues
Contractors: A Love Story
I've been stood up two weeks in a row by plasterers. It's all a bit "aarghh" and a bit "woooah" and like "nooo I have no money hahah" at the moment BUT I have a proper builder with a builder diploma and a tool belt and builder pants coming next week to quote me more … Continue reading Contractors: A Love Story
Stairwell Demolition
New Year, New Stairwell. As the saying goes.Despite blocking out the first week of January for DIY, I managed to do fuck all until the two days before returning to work. I did, however, watch Dracula, two seasons of It's Always Sunny..., and the first season of You, so don't tell me I wasn't productive … Continue reading Stairwell Demolition
Fixing a Toilet Flush: Merry Christmas
I'm going to keep this post brief because the video most certainly is not. There are no fewer than six minutes of extremely interesting footage of me trying to repair the float valve in my toilet. Nothing says festive like gurgles from a cistern.I had planned to trim and edit this video but I got … Continue reading Fixing a Toilet Flush: Merry Christmas
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