What you doig on your period property this Easter weekend

[davidbrac]

For me its the continued saga of sanding paintwork in the hallway and hopefully to start painting the landing and hallway.

 

[worms]

If the gales die down - finishing this year's round of lime-washing. Got a new ladder that actually allows me to reach the apex of the gables and not have to resort to a mop on the end of a pole!

 

[malcolm]

We were going to put up a greenhouse but it turns out they have delivered the wrong one. Fortunately the place that sells them is open tomorrow and only a couple of miles away. Unfortunately the wife is quite upset as it was late and her plants are here already and have mostly died in the frost. I'll go along there with her as a spectator.

So we'll finish the fence tomorrow then have a couple of days off.

 

[Zebra]

Painting my new doors! And laying central heating pipes, fixing and levelling up joists, and perhaps starting laying floorboards...

 

[Feltwell]

Tidying up like mad and making extra room for beds before we get invaded by friends and have a total of 8 young kids running around the place! :shock:

Which eejit agreed to that one eh? :roll:

 

[Ebenezer]

Lime washing

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Choosing paint colours for the drawing room, waiting for the electrician to help sort out some new wiring and sockets, waiting ,waiting and waiting for my plumber to come and help re arrange the bathroom, , waiting for the frosty nights to stop--(may 29th here really) before planting out the tender plants 00 yes, and turning the soil in the veggie bed.

 

[Me!]

Feeding yet more Cat5 cables under floors and through holes in walls. Will I ever get to the point where I have enough bits of wire going where I need them???

 

[jackpoint]

Moving rubble

 

[Nigel Watts]

Rehanging pictures following some recent purchases.

Work in the garden in preparation for our NGS open day in early June. Main task is the repair and part reconstruction of our modernistic garden shed. I have nearly completed its underpinning, following which I need to reconstruct its adjacent decking and its supporting substructure.

Planning for redecoration of main bedroom.

 

[Moo]

Oh, please stop adding to this thread - I'm already exhausted, just reading it!

 

[plasticpigeon]

I'm Putting big joists in the loft above the very puny ceiling joists there at the mo. Then we can throw all sorts of stuff up there and declutter the house. Next week, I'm rebuilding the bay window brickwork after conservation builders left it a real mess.

 

[Zebra]

Right then troops, we've all got our orders. Operation Easter Weekend.
Seargeant Plummer will be in charge of interiors, Seargeant Watts in charge of all gardening manoevres, Officers Worms and Ebenezer on limewashing Special Operations.
If the enemy is sighted (UPVC salespeople, damp proofing companies) then shoot upon sight.
Tea break will be when Colonel Penners says so.

 

[mattice]

Building a a period house with slide for mini-mattice

 

[worms]

Right then troops, we've all got our orders. Operation Easter Weekend.
Seargeant Plummer will be in charge of interiors, Seargeant Watts in charge of all gardening manoevres, Officers Worms and Ebenezer on limewashing Special Operations.
If the enemy is sighted (UPVC salespeople, damp proofing companies) then shoot upon sight.
Tea break will be when Colonel Penners says so.

:lol: :lol:

Which part of "Holiday Weekend" do we not understand?

 

[skier-hughes]

I'm gardening......... if the rain comes on Sunday, I'll be putting the shelves back up in the pantry, they've been supported by wood for only the last 4 months.........

 

[Moo]

Has anyone else noticed how quiet Penners has been on this thread?

 

[a twig]

Couple of days thrashing the garden back into shape and removing yet more treestumps - our "ornamental well" turned out to be an old and very large cedar tree stump that had just had a wall built around it to hide it! :roll: Also some more floorboards to put down as well - I'm slowly making good after our re-wire!

Then a day of spannering on my beautiful 1972 series III land rover that the DVLA finally deigned to give me documents for after 8 months and 3 re-submissions of the paperwork! It's still a touch noisy for my daily drive so will be adjusting the engine a touch and installing some sound proofing!

 

[Owain]

Feeding yet more Cat5 cables under floors and through holes in walls. Will I ever get to the point where I have enough bits of wire going where I need them???

Yes, but by then they'll be the wrong sort of wire and you'll have to rip them all out and install Cat 8.2 for 40GBaseT.

Of course the new cables won't go through the old conduits (you are using conduit aren't you) as the bending radii are different.

 

[Owain]

Not on the property, but I planned to sand down an old (1930s?) dark-varnished office desk and give it some nice new paler finish with
https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-6th-april/product-detail/ps/p/universal-wood-care-oil/

Sanding is a lot of work and noisier than I expected, so I might use some chemical instead.