Getting Handy in 2013 - Man Skills

[millidonk]

Oioiiiiiiiiiii. Fixed the driver's side window which wasn't working. Took the door panel off, stripped back ripped up the insulation. Give the motor a whack and hey presto.

My mate and his missus were driving past and pulled over to rail, I felt like I was on an FT and every move I made was being scrutinised..



Probs saved myself a couple of hundo. Great thread!

[smashedagain]

Love the videos you make

[AdamM]

Kitchen from scratch.
Got professional help with trhe mitre joint on the worktop, plumbing the sink in (original pipework was a mess) and flooring.
Rest is my own work.
Only took from Easter till Christmas

[AdamM]

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[AdamM]

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[Mohican]

Kitchen from scratch.
Got professional help with trhe mitre joint on the worktop, plumbing the sink in (original pipework was a mess) and flooring.
Rest is my own work.
Only took from Easter till Christmas

Was thinking of doing my own kitchen, instead of the months it took you,it was done in ten days. Stripped it out myself and painted it but the rest was done by a superb builder/kitchen fitter and relevant tradesman. Have to say with two young kids,it was worth the expense plus the result is far better than I ever would've achieved. Sometimes it's just best left to the people in the know.

[Doobs]

Kitchen from scratch.
Got professional help with trhe mitre joint on the worktop, plumbing the sink in (original pipework was a mess) and flooring.
Rest is my own work.
Only took from Easter till Christmas

Was thinking of doing my own kitchen, instead of the months it took you,it was done in ten days. Stripped it out myself and painted it but the rest was done by a superb builder/kitchen fitter and relevant tradesman. Have to say with two young kids,it was worth the expense plus the result is far better than I ever would've achieved. Sometimes it's just best left to the people in the know.

Epic rubs

[Mohican]

Kitchen from scratch.
Got professional help with trhe mitre joint on the worktop, plumbing the sink in (original pipework was a mess) and flooring.
Rest is my own work.
Only took from Easter till Christmas

Was thinking of doing my own kitchen, instead of the months it took you,it was done in ten days. Stripped it out myself and painted it but the rest was done by a superb builder/kitchen fitter and relevant tradesman. Have to say with two young kids,it was worth the expense plus the result is far better than I ever would've achieved. Sometimes it's just best left to the people in the know.

Epic rubs

Didn't mean it to be.
It was more of a reflection on my lack of kitchen fitting skills. May have to rephrase it.

[leethefish]

www.ljwcarpenter.co.uk

[leethefish]

Great effort with kitchen Adam ...well done

[Mohican]

Redraft- I had toyed with the idea of fitting the kitchen in my new house with help from the relevant people in the trade. But seeing as I have 2 young children, the idea of having the kitchen as a building site for months was not one that appealed. So I paid for someone else to do it and the finished result was done far quicker and to a lot better standard than I'd have achieved.
 Big up to AdamM for doing his by himself and doing it well.

[AdamM]

I have a wife and two kids myself, so I did try to minimise the amount of time it was a building site.
I made it sound worse than it was saying Easter to Christmas.

I booked a week off work and ripped out the old kitchen, put up new plasterboard.
Plastering only took a bank holiday weekend shortly after.

The new units got fitted over a weekend and a few evenings, then there was a delay before the tiling, flooring and decorations went up.

I'd love to have paid someone to do it, but the budget didn't stretch to it.
Probably in the region of £1500 materials and £200 for pro labour.

Will be finishing it off with the second cheapest cooker in currys soon :-)

[leethefish]

I have a wife and two kids myself, so I did try to minimise the amount of time it was a building site.
I made it sound worse than it was saying Easter to Christmas.

I booked a week off work and ripped out the old kitchen, put up new plasterboard.
Plastering only took a bank holiday weekend shortly after.

The new units got fitted over a weekend and a few evenings, then there was a delay before the tiling, flooring and decorations went up.

I'd love to have paid someone to do it, but the budget didn't stretch to it.
Probably in the region of £1500 materials and £200 for pro labour.


Will be finishing it off with the second cheapest cooker in currys soon :-)

These cheap easy way of finishing edge of work top mate

I personally use the edging that comes with work top .....colour match but these can be tricky to fit for DIY !

http://www.screwfix.com/p/worktop-edging-end-cap-black-40mm/39087

[AdamM]

Got some metal edges to go on.
Still got finishing touches like that, blind, light, etc to do

[kinboshi]

Lee, you'd be impressed (or not) as we built a kitchen table tonight with some reclaimed scaffolding wood!