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Hanging clamps on old fence palings

14/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1091 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Since moving house 12 months ago, there has been one issue in my shed that’s been bugging me – clamp storage.

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Messy plastering job in a small toilet

07/09/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 792 Views 0 Comments

I finally brought myself to do one of the messiest jobs in the toilet. Final touch-up plastering. I never did

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Telling a law firm to shove it

31/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1165 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Some time ago, I received an email claiming I had breached someone’s copyright by publishing a photo that they owned

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‘Scary’ shower-glass installation

24/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1269 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I had been dreading – and procrastinating over – this particular task for months. On the one hand, it was

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Re-framing a window in a view

17/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1234 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The outside frame of my shed window is of no consequence to me on the inside. From the panoramic window

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Side-projects wrap-up

11/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1075 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I was a bit under the weather for a while recently. And because of that, I didn’t want to do

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Make and install a bathroom safety rail

03/08/202403/08/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1377 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

A safety rail wasn’t on my to-do list. But, with the bathroom in full use by the client (my 30-something

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Futureproofing our house access

11/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 753 Views 0 Comments

Both retired – getting older – knees stiffening – and two steps up to our front door that really don’t

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Meet Mr fan Tastic

09/07/202409/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 987 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie bought one of those fancy all-in-one bathroom extractor/light/heater thingies like the one I installed in the bathroom downstairs –

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Meet Mr fan Tastic

06/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 767 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Rosie bought one of those fancy all-in-one bathroom extractor/light/heater thingies like the one I installed in the bathroom downstairs –

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My shed nearly sux – installing dust collection

22/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1546 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

My ‘new’ shed is getting a long-overdue upgrade. And this time, I’m doing it more properly than the last time.

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Marrying two spaces – bathroom and toilet

15/06/202415/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1239 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Ashling – “the client” – was scheduled to go out of town for four or five days (for surgery) last

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Only the fiddly bits left

08/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1103 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I’m getting close to the finish line in my bathroom build. All that’s left now is ‘the fiddly bits’. Cornice

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Seriously chunky bathroom shelves

01/06/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1165 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Out comes another slab of ironbark – this time to make two seriously chunky shelves for the bathroom. I don’t

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Bathroom vanity – part 3 – drawers

23/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1385 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Here’s a boring little video for you – making a drawer for the bathroom vanity unit. I know it’s boring –

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Fitting a bathroom vanity – part 2

18/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1241 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

After carefully sanding the vanity top for hours and hours – all the way to 400 grit – it’s now time

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Bathroom vanity unit – part 1

09/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 891 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

With the tiling finished, it’s time to turn my attention to the fit out. First up is the vanity unit

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New assembly table from chunky pallets

02/05/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 579 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I only went to the mall for a cup of coffee – but came away with two of the chunkiest

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Challenging tiling job FINALLY finished

30/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1012 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

HURRAY!!! The tiling is finally finished in Ashling’s new bathroom. It took longer than I thought it would, was harder

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Bathroom tiling – on the home straight

20/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1296 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Tiling isn’t easy – especially with big tiles – I now have learnt. Despite this, I’m nearing the end of

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