What you doing this weekend?

[Steve_M]

1 hour ago, husoi said:

This weekend I'll be finally upgrading the lighting in my garage.

Currently have 5nr 36w fluorescent tubes with a total power usage of 200W giving a scarce 32 Lx 0.70m from the floor.

 

New lighting will be 9nr 4w LED tubes (30cm long) a total power usage of 45W and a theoretical 130 Lx 0.70m from the floor.

 

This will complete the total switch to LED's around the house including external flood lights  

I'll post some pics for it when I finish the job.

 

Tasks will be

Make a cuppa tea

Takes bikes and trailer out

have a rest

Broom the floor

take out the stuff hanging from the roof struts

Lunch

make a cuppa tea

remove the lights and prepare the power cables

install new fittings and connect the cable

have a rest

Put the bikes and trailer back in the garage

 

have a pint  

That sounds more like a four cups of tea day than a two cup.

[husoi]

10 minutes ago, Steve_M said:

That sounds more like a four cups of tea day than a two cup.

True.

But did you notice the lunch break and the pint at the end?  

It should take more than 2 hours even with some problems in the mix.

cabling is there already so is just removing the existing and place the new ones

[rennie]

We're having tea from the chippy tomorrow 

Then skyping with The Norfolk nutters as has become usual! 

[NeilM]

Scan at the hospital in the morning. 

Then to be honest i plan on doing very little. 

Start the shift cycle Monday days....

[Steve_M]

35 minutes ago, husoi said:

True.

But did you notice the lunch break and the pint at the end?  

It should take more than 2 hours even with some problems in the mix.

cabling is there already so is just removing the existing and place the new ones

I did, indeed, notice the lunch and pint at the end, but I think a cuppa to go with the planning and design phase, and one with the test / post implementation review phase would still be appropriate.

[husoi]

Just now, Steve_M said:

I did, indeed, notice the lunch and pint at the end, but I think a cuppa to go with the planning and design phase, and one with the test / post implementation review phase would still be appropriate.

I see...

Way ahead, planning was done with 2 cuppas  

Pint will be for testing and celebration of a well done job  

[Bender]

Fitting doors and butchering kitchen units I'm  preparation for new kitchen, worst bits going to be 2 gas runs in the floor, that's going to be messy.

[Steve_M]

This weekend. Hmmm.
 

Stripping out a room. 

• remove existing furniture
• cuppa
• remove fitted wardrobe
• cuppa
• remove shelving, lift floor
• cuppa
• remove door fittings and radiator
• cuppa
• Remove skirting board.
• Lift floor covering
• abandon room to my good lady to strip wallpaper off the walls and rub down paintwork
• possibly bash plaster off wall (it practically fell off in one room)

 

[husoi]

3 minutes ago, Steve_M said:

This weekend. Hmmm.
 

Stripping out a room. 

• remove existing furniture
• cuppa
• remove fitted wardrobe
• cuppa
• remove shelving, lift floor
• cuppa
• remove door fittings and radiator
• cuppa
• Remove skirting board.
• Lift floor covering
• abandon room to my good lady to strip wallpaper off the walls and rub down paintwork
• possibly bash plaster off wall (it practically fell off in one room)

 

How can you lift floor covering without a cuppa???? 

[Mickly]

9 minutes ago, Steve_M said:

This weekend. Hmmm.
 

Stripping out a room. 

• remove existing furniture
• cuppa
• remove fitted wardrobe
• cuppa
• remove shelving, lift floor
• cuppa
• remove door fittings and radiator
• cuppa
• Remove skirting board.
• Lift floor covering
• abandon room to my good lady to strip wallpaper off the walls and rub down paintwork
• possibly bash plaster off wall (it practically fell off in one room)

 

Why take the wall paper off if the plasters coming off any way?

[husoi]

5 minutes ago, Mickly said:

Why take the wall paper off if the plasters coming off any way?

YEAH!! Take the plaster but leave the wallpaper 

[Steve_M]

1 hour ago, husoi said:

How can you lift floor covering without a cuppa???? 

Good point. I’ll add that in to my Product Backlog.

[Steve_M]

1 hour ago, Mickly said:

Why take the wall paper off if the plasters coming off any way?

We’re hoping the plaster doesn’t need to come off. Lime plaster costs about double that of normal plaster and, though it would be great to be sympathetic to the building, this bit of the wall isn’t so badly exposed to the weather so we’re prepared to compromise. 

[S-Westerly]

Sitting at home drinking lots of coffee until the evening then drinking whisky. Bored out of my skull.

[husoi]

4 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

Sitting at home drinking lots of coffee until the evening then drinking whisky. Bored out of my skull.

I have the front garden to dig if you need to keep yourself busy 

Free coffee/tea and biscuits

[S-Westerly]

Don't know about where you are but down here it's like a swamp. Way too wet to do anything in the garden at all.

[husoi]

1 minute ago, S-Westerly said:

Don't know about where you are but down here it's like a swamp. Way too wet to do anything in the garden at all.

Same here, but then there is no dust  

[Steve_M]

1 minute ago, S-Westerly said:

Don't know about where you are but down here it's like a swamp. Way too wet to do anything in the garden at all.

Install drainage?

[husoi]

3 minutes ago, Steve_M said:

Install drainage?

No @Steve_M he means because of the rain the ground is wet and super heavy.

You would be up to the neck in mud

[S-Westerly]

1 minute ago, Steve_M said:

Install drainage?

I live on a hill, about 2/3 up. The soil hereabouts is what's called Cotswold brash and is basically clay with lots of lumps of limestone. A heavy soil which doesn't drain well and in summer sets like cement. 

[Steve_M]

7 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

I live on a hill, about 2/3 up. The soil hereabouts is what's called Cotswold brash and is basically clay with lots of lumps of limestone. A heavy soil which doesn't drain well and in summer sets like cement. 

Sound similar to our situation, though we don’t have the limestone. We are about half way up a hill. The guy who fitted our sewage treatment plant last year also installed drainage some years ago. 

[Steve_M]

12 minutes ago, husoi said:

No @Steve_M he means because of the rain the ground is wet and super heavy.

You would be up to the neck in mud

There needs to be a tongue firmly in cheek emoji. 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

First job is to stick a new battery in our daughter's car. Then go shopping for wine. 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

If the washing machine and dishwasher are still broken I’ll mainly be swearing a lot. 

The plumber is here at the moment because for reasons best known to himself he decided the tap that needed replacing (couldn’t turn the washing machine cold water feed off) would be best relocated slightly behind the machine, meaning the machine no longer pushes back against the wall and hangs out by about 20cm!! He knew this was wrong cos he did the job and scarpered. After much bullsh*t he is back

 

On the upside managed to unblock the sinks. The new plunger is worth a tenner of anyone’s money and the 7,645 ratings giving it 4.5 stars which I assumed were bot generated must be true! Took the drain cover off- very satisfying watching clods of gawd knows what sluicing by. Even more satisfying seeing a whirlpool round the plughole, haven’t seen one of those since we moved here 20yrs ago! 

[Pie man]

2 hours ago, Steve_M said:

This weekend. Hmmm.
 

Stripping out a room. 

• remove existing furniture
• cuppa
• remove fitted wardrobe
• cuppa
• remove shelving, lift floor
• cuppa
• remove door fittings and radiator
• cuppa
• Remove skirting board.
• Lift floor covering
• abandon room to my good lady to strip wallpaper off the walls and rub down paintwork
• possibly bash plaster off wall (it practically fell off in one room)

 

I would have to include half a dozen pee breaks.