[NSC] The NSC decorating thread

LANGDON SEAGULL

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Dec 9, 2004

3,422

Langdon Hills

• Mar 28, 2020

• #1

Anyone else succumbed to home improvements to while away the hours ? Started on the hall this morning - sanded down all the paintwork and added the undercoat - a little every day


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banjo

GOSBTS

Oct 25, 2011

13,243

Deep south

• Mar 28, 2020

• #2

I prefer an eggshell finish stays whiter for longer than gloss.

 

LANGDON SEAGULL

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Dec 9, 2004

3,422

Langdon Hills

• Mar 28, 2020

• Thread starter
• #3

banjo said:

I prefer an eggshell finish stays whiter for longer than gloss.

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I agree but I need something that takes longer to while away the boredom [emoji846]


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knocky1

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Jan 20, 2010

12,963

• Mar 28, 2020

• #4

Just taken 5 days and coats on this. Now a few days fixing fabric to the door panels.

When I cut out chunks of carpet and dropped paint all over what was left, I had no idea I wouldn’t be able to get new carpet for months.

 

Barham's tash

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Jun 8, 2013

3,613

Rayners Lane

• Mar 28, 2020

• #5

If outside counts then yes.

Dug over two raised beds, levelling out the floor then concrete down so I have an artificially high base to the beds themselves which I’ll sadly have to wait for lockdown to end to get compost for but the plan is to plant herbs in the highest one and have the lower one as a vegetable garden our daughter can get involved with.

Also fixed my neighbours fence because he’s too lazy to do it and managed to get Wickes to deliver some gravel boards to edge some decking with ready for 6 tonnes of topsoil and turf to arrive once this is all over.

 

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A mex eyecan

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Nov 3, 2011

3,307

• Mar 28, 2020

• #6

just about to take up 10sq metres of lawn, edge it with railway sleepers and fill up with compost and topsoil, which i managed to get delivered last Monday.

then making some cloches with some polythene sheets from work to get the soil warming

preparing the seed potatoes to get them ready to plant in a week or so

then all we ready for the veg and salad seeds to start going in once soils warm enough

haven’t grown veg in years and thought i’d give it a go again. Certainly looks like i chose an apt year to do it again

 

Coldeanseagull

Opinionated

Mar 13, 2013

7,765

Coldean

• Mar 28, 2020

• #7

Freshened up the bathroom ceiling. I'm going to make some more fence panels soon, feather edge not wavy. I've got to replace greenhouse roof sometime. Coverboard over the last of the wooden window sills when I can be bothered. The jobs I need to do could go on both sides of a roll of bog paper......but I wouldn't want to waste it

 

Questions

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Oct 18, 2006

24,861

Worthing

• Mar 28, 2020

• #8

I very nearly repaired my shed roof today and tomorrow I’m going to look at the weeds in the garden borders.

 

southstandandy

WEST STAND ANDY

Jul 9, 2003

5,639

• Mar 28, 2020

• #9

Yep - My study which had a few long cracks in the paint work that needed filling (for the last 5 years!) have now finally been addressed. Gaps filled and today sanded down. Tomorrow the painting starts. Not a big fan of DIY but if ever there was a time, now is that time. I even creasoted my dad's fence panels last week too!

 

Taybha

Whalewhine

Oct 8, 2008

27,175

Uwantsumorwat

• Mar 28, 2020

• #10

I've looked at the instructions of 3 flat pack sets of drawers twice now, I need a 2 week break now before I start putting it together incorrectly. .

 

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Mayonaise

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May 25, 2014

2,114

Haywards Heath

• Mar 28, 2020

• #11

Yeah have started on the downstairs cloakroom

 

Live by the sea

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Oct 21, 2016

4,718

• Mar 28, 2020

• #12

I can’t paint or in fact do any diy however simple ! So unfortunately I can’t catch up on any little jobs although the good news is the wife is aware I’m useless at diy so doesn’t ever ask me !

 

Garage_Doors

Originally the Swankers

Jun 28, 2008

11,789

Brighton

• Mar 28, 2020

• #13

I have ripped out the bathroom for a refurb, suite out tiles off the wall and ceiling down,
All been 're plastered waiting for new suite to arrive on Tuesday. In the meantime going to repaint the bedroom.
Hate having nothing to do.

 

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knocky1

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Jan 20, 2010

12,963

• Mar 31, 2020

• #14

knocky1 said:

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Just taken 5 days and coats on this. Now a few days fixing fabric to the door panels.

When I cut out chunks of carpet and dropped paint all over what was left, I had no idea I wouldn’t be able to get new carpet for months.

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Job done. Bit fiddly making hems and stapling in the fabric.
Now to wait for carpet shops and handle shops to open.