To say it took me a while to get round to this would be insulting to professional procrastinators. For 12 weeks the piece of timber was jutting out from behind my sofa just enough to obstruct the path in and out of the living room. Then for 12 full days, it was laid recklessly across … Continue reading Handrail – Fail
Painting and Decorating: Living Room Edition
It took three days, several podcasts, and infinite crumpets, but the living room is now painted. I had been putting it off, waiting for the fireplace to be installed so there could be a big WOW moment, a reveal, a sense of satisfaction. I should know by now that literally never happens, everything is incremental, … Continue reading Painting and Decorating: Living Room Edition
Central Heating: Let Sleeping Pipes Lie
I feel compelled to write about this week's trauma not as catharsis but as a warning. Please, PLEASE, don't do what I did. You may remember my irrational obsession with the 'creaks' in my floorboards. Let's be clear, they don't even squeak, they just move a little in a few places. It's that same level … Continue reading Central Heating: Let Sleeping Pipes Lie
Grow Off Week 7 – Bake off Week 2
Lockdown - Week 8 Short and sweet this week my friends, let's weigh in! WEIGH IN Phil's skinny creep didn't feel like it this week and has been knocked down a peg, but still a very happy 37cm.A whopping 20cm growth in a week for Sophie's lovely girl, coming in at 43cm! She's quite literally … Continue reading Grow Off Week 7 – Bake off Week 2
Grow Off – Week 2
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
DIYCry
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
Moving Day
Moving is the trifecta of pain; hard, relentless, and boring. I only moved 18 months ago, where did all this shit come from? While we're on that, would you like to know how many times I've moved since 2007 (the year I moved to Newcastle)? Course you would. FOURTEEN And how many of those fourteen … Continue reading Moving Day
Diagnosis Damp
https://youtu.be/Xp3_1trV6bM Rising damp. See that there? That's where the water comes up the wall.Apparently an identical house down the street had a puddle behind the fireplace! They didn't know until they pulled it off! Isn't that so funny! HAHAHAHA. Please forgive the mess, I couldn't be arsed tidying up because what's the fucking point honestly.
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