{"id":1764,"date":"2009-07-31T20:09:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justthesam.com\/2009\/07\/diy-jobs\/"},"modified":"2009-07-31T20:09:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T20:09:37","slug":"diy-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/?p=1764","title":{"rendered":"DIY Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"
We've been in the new house for just a week and have done a lot in that time. Here's a quick list of most of the DIY jobs we've done – with a bit of help from the parents and in-laws. Thanks very much to them!<\/div>\n

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Cleaning – lots thereof.<\/div>\n
Fill crack in front door panel, that you could see outside through.<\/div>\n
Trim holly and other bushy plant that was half blocking drive.<\/div>\n
Remove dead and scrappy bits of Goldenrod and tie back with string (later replaced with green wire).<\/div>\n
Brush whole deck with stiff brush to clean it up.<\/div>\n
Remove posts and chains from most of deck edge.<\/div>\n
Fit new lock to front door (got existing one refurbished and innards replaced).<\/div>\n
Fit retaining bar to front door.<\/div>\n
Fit coat hook rail to wall in hall.<\/div>\n
Put up pan hanger rail in kitchen.<\/div>\n
Replace hooks on back of bedroom door for nicer ones.<\/div>\n
Figure out why living room door knob isn't working the latch – needs a grub screw.<\/div>\n
Put up new curtain rod in master bedroom, reusing existing holes (needed some adaptation).<\/div>\n
Fit new keyhole escutcheon with cover (on inside of front door, to get the benefit, without the annoyance).<\/div>\n
Put together flat pack metal shelving from Homebase. 56 nuts and bolts! Won't buy that again.<\/div>\n
Improve sink in bathroom, raising it on bits of card and screwing it better to the wall, for a flusher fit. Still needs grout and seal.<\/div>\n
Adjust patio door hanging to help it close properly.<\/div>\n
Adjust cabin door hanging to help it close properly.<\/div>\n
Sweep patio around cabin, including leaves and crud at back, that could have caused damp.<\/div>\n
Fix shower so it doesn't leak: remove old sealant, chip away years of limescale, clean, regrout and reseal. (Still working on this actually, but it's the biggest job of any of them time-wise.)<\/div>\n
Clean UPVC outdoor bits of patio doors using special cleaner.<\/div>\n
Fit extra shelf under kitchen sink by cutting out section of original extra shelf to fit round drain pipes etc.<\/div>\n
Fit cleat to tree stump and run washing line to apple tree (where held with wide strap round tree).<\/div>\n
Fit bird feeder hanger to tree stump.<\/div>\n
Saw off and file down ends from over-long bolts protruding from chimney back plate in kitchen.<\/div>\n
Fit lock to side window.<\/div>\n
Put up IKEA mirror in bathroom, with cunning springy top-clasps.<\/div>\n
Assemble IKEA shelves for computery stuff.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We've been in the new house for just a week and have done a lot in that time. Here's a quick list of most of the DIY jobs we've done – with a bit of help from the parents and in-laws. Thanks very much to them! Cleaning – lots thereof. Fill crack in front door […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justthesam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}