What are you doing today??

Topdog wrote:Welcome back to the cold and wet, did I tell anyone I am off friday

Is this the "big" move Kev? I have to take down and move half of the scaffolding round to the other side of the house today.

Roll on Friday then,

No sales today, i dont have anything , i'm left with a VW Passat with 320k mls on it, there my wheels until i get something else in, lad across the road asked if i was moving , Kitchen got abandoned because the worktop was wrong, so i shall twiddle my thumbs until i think of something to do, Daft get said he may call in

Took down the curtain rails in both bedrooms and dismantled a chest of drawers and a wardrobe, which only took 10 minutes cos it's them crappy MFI flatpack shite. All preparation for new windows and re-decorating and all new bedroom furniture. Can't wait 'til it's all done though.
I'm off for a shave now...

The Lone Ranger wrote:Took down the curtain rails in both bedrooms and dismantled a chest of drawers and a wardrobe, which only took 10 minutes cos it's them crappy MFI flatpack shite. All preparation for new windows and re-decorating and all new bedroom furniture. Can't wait 'til it's all done though.
I'm off for a shave now...

Barry Bucknell eat your heart out

Mcqueen wrote:

The Lone Ranger wrote:Took down the curtain rails in both bedrooms and dismantled a chest of drawers and a wardrobe, which only took 10 minutes cos it's them crappy MFI flatpack shite. All preparation for new windows and re-decorating and all new bedroom furniture. Can't wait 'til it's all done though.
I'm off for a shave now...

Barry Bucknell eat your heart out

DIY machine me Reg...

Hey Cam, if you want to make flat pack furniture to stay looking straight use glue as well as the screws. This applies to kitchen units also. And dont site your kettle or the cooker under any wall units. By golly you get some useful tips on here.

yes Dermo, big move.
Hey Cam, you been dangling your winkle in the corner shop till, sounds like you come in to some money

Probably selling up and moving to tenerife

We ain't completly selling up yet, still keeping flat and wonga here

Been up at B&Q looking at doors, then went for a meal before badminton. (Last games of the season 'til September)

Whats wrong with the doors you have then. I know, you bought them from B@Q ten years ago and now they're fecked.

Nah, my existing doors are them flash, modern "Sapelle" doors I fitted about 30 years ago! I took all my measurements up to B&Q with me, (professional), 33" x 78", 30" x 77" etc. Feckin' things are all marked in metric now! I can't believe all my doors are different sizes!

He used them as firewood through the winter to keep the house warm

Those are standard sizes Cam but you have to trim then to fit. To do this you will need a 7" circular saw, two clamps and a long piece of straight wood, a tape measure and a smidgeon of diy aptitude. Then you will need to butt in the hinges for which you will need a chisel and mallet. Then you will need to put on the door handles for which you will need a drill with appropriate bit and some more chiselling. Then you will need a chair to stand on to screw the screws into the door frame,,,,,,,,alternatively you could just live with what you already have. By the way B&Q do have a website where you can see the doors without doing any leg work.

Oh and some ladders

Yep to reach the chair. If he paints them with scenes of Scottish lochs and mountains it will save him driving all over the countryside every weekend too. Bank Holiday next week, he will have booked B@B already......

Decorators start on May holiday (6th). Windows are going in on 2 & 3rd. It will be at least a week for the decorating, then I can phone the carpet people. (Walnut and Almond they are, I thought they were feckin' nuts not colours ) After carpets, I then phone the furniture guys. I'm going nowhere in the near future.
I did see a nice deal on Easy-Breaks though in Scarborough; Raven Hall Country House. £109/person for a 2 day Dinner, bed and breakfast. Has a pool and a jacuzzi and a sauna too. Might try it later.

Blimey, lotto win ?,

Mcqueen wrote:Blimey, lotto win ?,

Taken my pension early Reg. Still working though. I thought I'd get my tax-free lump sum before some politician thought it would be a good idea to tax it.

We're not allowed do that here until retirement age, which is now 68

3rdforum wrote:We're not allowed do that here until retirement age, which is now 68

We can take it if we're over 55 Dermo. But you lose about 5% for every year early you take it.

Thats the ticket, trust no fecker with your money, thieving bassa's,
How the hell can they take your money and tell you retire at 65 then move it nearer to dropping dead time,
bit like them endowment policys, pay in for 25 year pay your mortgage off and have enough left over for a new car,
Lying bassa's, but because they are so called professionals nothing gets done about it,
Err sorry pal we messed up, your getting feck all,

Morning all. As said before my dad retired at 65, died two months later. Mum got half his pension for ten years, worked it out that they got 38% of total paid

more sorting though stuff for keeping or dumping. These charities are doing great with me. I don't have time to try and sell,I need the room so it has to go.