DIY day
Can't remember whether I mentioned here about having knocked a hole in our hall wall a month or so before going away - put the bike down a little too forcefully in a fit of after-work temper and whoops: lovely big hole the size of a handlebar end. Anyway, it's been haunting me a bit - v. embarrassing reminder of having lost it. So. Fixed - hopefully; I'm just letting the second plaster coat dry now. Thank you Videojug :)
Rather proud of meself (assuming it survives the final sanding down). Not going to bother priming/repainting just yet though - new fridge arrives tomorrow, and I'm betting the manoeuvring and manhandling will give us a new scrape or two.
Thought I'd make a day of it and sort out the toilet too - was a bit optimistic perhaps. Not sure what's wrong there, the mechanisms (float, flapper etc) all seem to work properly, but the minute you put the cistern lid on things go wrong - the dual flush goes wonky, even though the spring-buttons in the lid are strong, working correctly, and reaching the levers (and the levers themselves seem to have correct tension etc). No idea why - logical explanation is they're not hitting the levers at the right place to work them properly/strongly enough, or that the levers are becoming displaced on the axle (or whatever it's called) but I'm buggered if I can see why that would be happening. Not sure I'm confident enough to try pulling the central control tower thingie apart :) could be disastrous. Or very funny. Or both.
OTOH, bit sick of having a loo with no lid on, and I know some of our tidier mates look askance upon having to push the actual lever with no intervening button. Perfectly hygienic, but I'll admit it doesn't look nice. . Ah well, plenty else to do. Was debating whether it was wise to try whippersnipping the back yard with my gyppy arthritis hands but with snake season nearly upon us... hmmm. Might have to grin and bear it...
Rather proud of meself (assuming it survives the final sanding down). Not going to bother priming/repainting just yet though - new fridge arrives tomorrow, and I'm betting the manoeuvring and manhandling will give us a new scrape or two.
Thought I'd make a day of it and sort out the toilet too - was a bit optimistic perhaps. Not sure what's wrong there, the mechanisms (float, flapper etc) all seem to work properly, but the minute you put the cistern lid on things go wrong - the dual flush goes wonky, even though the spring-buttons in the lid are strong, working correctly, and reaching the levers (and the levers themselves seem to have correct tension etc). No idea why - logical explanation is they're not hitting the levers at the right place to work them properly/strongly enough, or that the levers are becoming displaced on the axle (or whatever it's called) but I'm buggered if I can see why that would be happening. Not sure I'm confident enough to try pulling the central control tower thingie apart :) could be disastrous. Or very funny. Or both.
OTOH, bit sick of having a loo with no lid on, and I know some of our tidier mates look askance upon having to push the actual lever with no intervening button. Perfectly hygienic, but I'll admit it doesn't look nice. . Ah well, plenty else to do. Was debating whether it was wise to try whippersnipping the back yard with my gyppy arthritis hands but with snake season nearly upon us... hmmm. Might have to grin and bear it...