On account of advancing age ----- and waistline----- I have squandered me pocket money on a car creeper. Luxury model with 2 x magnetic tool trays, and a LED work light on a bendy stick thing. Should make getting under the family fleet of low slung front end cars a bit easier from now on. Especially the focus which almost hugs the ground with its nose. And I need to add a couple more inches to the height of the home- made ramps. The 1970's ramps which are still in good condition, and still useable for raising the rear end, are no good at the fronts of moderns. Looking forward to sliding around under the Landy too 
Stone56
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Penny pipe If you live in a old area you are forever digging bits of them up
On account of advancing age ----- and waistline----- I have squandered me pocket money on a car creeper. Luxury model with 2 x magnetic tool trays, and a LED work light on a bendy stick thing. Should make getting under the family fleet of low slung front end cars a bit easier from now on. Especially the focus which almost hugs the ground with its nose. And I need to add a couple more inches to the height of the home- made ramps. The 1970's ramps which are still in good condition, and still useable for raising the rear end, are no good at the fronts of moderns. Looking forward to sliding around under the Landy too
Ive had one for 20 odd years they are so good, youll enjoy it im sure.
Tis like getting a trouser twitch but not getting a full on stauner. (scottish slang)
WhiskyLassie
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That looks fabToday (all day till 19:15) I have been mostly making decorative panels for the kitchen cupboards.
I am pleased with how they have turned out, and so is the boss.
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Thank you! We are both very pleased with it.
Victorian fag ends
12 degrees up there, sweltering
I aint a ginger,
my mate at work said at tea time have I been on holiday I looked like a Turkish body builder oh how they laughed
Stone56
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Today (all day till 19:15) I have been mostly making decorative panels for the kitchen cupboards.
I am pleased with how they have turned out, and so is the boss.
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Today (all day till 19:15) I have been mostly making decorative panels for the kitchen cupboards.
I am pleased with how they have turned out, and so is the boss.
View attachment 321704
Very nice I like that.
Well, as you'll have gathered I made a real start on the roof yessdi, sweeping and fishing out all the broken tile bits which was tedious and tricky, as well as uncomfortable. As I lifted the edge of a tile bits of the edge of it inside/underneath would fall down onto the edge of the tile below, so keeping the bits in the valleys was a drag. So shoved and swept them all down and into the gutter!
As I was going along I replaced the very worst ones, but if I just went ahead and started by replacing them lots and lots of bust off, cracked off splintered off bits of tile would end up on the wood underneath, and there are holes in that so it could end up any old where! I've done about 2/5ths of the bit I need to do and just the fragments have filled one and a half wine boxes.
I'm sure if I was a roofer I would know better ways of doing this but I am not so I don't! Where is @kevstar when you need him!?
Overall I am going to change 100 tiles but as 6 weigh 25kilos, I only carry 2 at a time up the ladder and of course I have to move and carry 2 off the roof as well! (Maybe I need to make myself some kind of backpack to make it easier. I have bought some stout cord and a couple of pulleys so I might be able to make up some sort of a hoist but they are a flipping awkward shape. If they wer eflat slates it'd be a sight easier!)
My left knee is complaining so doing other stuff to do with the pool today, the knee has been placed on "light duties"
Have a good day folks!
I dont do tiled roofs only slate ones. 25k they are quite heavy so watch you dont give yourself an injury.
doriz
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You had yer toof doneI aint a ginger,
my mate at work said at tea time have I been on holiday I looked like a Turkish body builder oh how they laughed
On account of advancing age ----- and waistline----- I have squandered me pocket money on a car creeper. Luxury model with 2 x magnetic tool trays, and a LED work light on a bendy stick thing. Should make getting under the family fleet of low slung front end cars a bit easier from now on. Especially the focus which almost hugs the ground with its nose. And I need to add a couple more inches to the height of the home- made ramps. The 1970's ramps which are still in good condition, and still useable for raising the rear end, are no good at the fronts of moderns. Looking forward to sliding around under the Landy too
Got 1 too, but it keeps falling in the pit so I just use that now
.J
Had a couple of nights away last weekend and the room had one of those Dyson air mover type fans. Mrs T was most impressed with the high air flow, cool air temperature and low noise. They have one with a heating element as well which is only about 70w (they say). Good for us as we have no CH.Evening all. Just stopped after getting home from work. Dug the air con unit out hope it will help with sleep later.
Burgers for tea as I'm not cooking in the kitchen which will heat bedroom up
Not cheap, but we're probably going to take a punt. The recon ones are a bit cheaper but have the same warranty.
Got me one for the same reasons but the ickle wheels couldn't cope with nobbly bobble concrete in the alley. Praps a big sheet of ply or even lino?On account of advancing age ----- and waistline----- I have squandered me pocket money on a car creeper. Luxury model with 2 x magnetic tool trays, and a LED work light on a bendy stick thing. Should make getting under the family fleet of low slung front end cars a bit easier from now on. Especially the focus which almost hugs the ground with its nose. And I need to add a couple more inches to the height of the home- made ramps. The 1970's ramps which are still in good condition, and still useable for raising the rear end, are no good at the fronts of moderns. Looking forward to sliding around under the Landy too
Poop, got "page not found"
Today I have mostly been plumbering in the dottir's bathroom - new sink, taps n pipes various. (did some of the work last week, now working but with a couple of finishing jobs to do).
