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Meet Mr fan Tastic

09/07/202409/07/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1115 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 885 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 1660 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 1391 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 1233 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 1287 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 1488 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 1332 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 1022 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 660 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 1114 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 1447 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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Bathroom tiling – my way – part 2

10/04/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1026 Views 0 Comments

Back from my South Pacific cruise – and with the latest batch of floor screed well set – it’s time

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Tiling a bathroom – second attempt

30/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1547 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

If you’ll recall, I admitted failure as a tiler in Ashling’s bathroom, before going on holidays. Well, I spent far

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Window error – new lintel required

22/03/202422/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1436 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

While we were in Ireland recently, the new window for the studio kitchen was delivered, as expected. What wasn’t expected,

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Removing a window – with guest videographers

13/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1410 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I’m back from Ireland – and the work on Ashling’s studio continues. This time, I remove the old window in

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Fox hunting in Ireland

02/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2833 Views 0 Comments

I just assumed fox hunting had been consigned to the history books. So, when I heard my sister-in-law’s pub was

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Installing a heavy support beam – and incurring personal injury

11/02/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1364 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

While I was waiting for other things outside my control in the bathroom to get done – and waiting for

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Failure as a tiler

07/02/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1496 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I’ve tiled a bathroom before – and it turned out quite good. With that experience behind me, I had no

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How to sheet a ceiling in three easy steps

03/02/202403/02/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1554 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

If you’ve watched my DIY videos before, you’ll have heard me say, “Don’t come here to learn how to do

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