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Removing a window – with guest videographers

13/03/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1277 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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Installing a heavy support beam – and incurring personal injury

11/02/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1251 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 1040 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 1431 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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Whale-tail wood carving for a special birthday

01/02/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1114 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

My niece, Ciara, has just turned 18 and is about to start marine biology at university. So, I set about

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Framing a bathroom ceiling with fan

24/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1120 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

We bought a fancy ceiling fan/light/heater, which needs 230mm of space above the ceiling. So, it’s this fan that ultimately

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New windows for the granny flat

21/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1311 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I love hard work – I could watch it all day. In this video I get a chance to do

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Building walls in a new bathroom

19/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1366 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

At last I seem to be making visible progress – with walls going up. This was pretty straightforward and, amazingly, they

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Filling a hole

13/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1263 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The plumber has been and gone after doing all his ‘first fixings’. So now, just like in the Army, that

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A new roof on my shed

10/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1434 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The old roof on my shed leaked – not on to my tools, thankfully, but onto the ceiling of the

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Sunroom table Part 4 – Finished (ish)

02/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1413 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Hurray! I got the sunroom table finished in time for our New Years Eve party. Well sort of. It’s finished

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Sunroom table part 3 – I win!

01/01/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1254 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Thank the heavens – I finally have a win with this table – just before another setback. I am happy

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My plumbing preparations up to NYE

31/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1136 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Over the past three weeks or so, I’ve been jackhammering in Ashling’s bathroom, whenever I could get a chance, to

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Sunroom table Pt2 – near killed me

29/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1370 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

If you know me, you’ll know I’ve claimed “nearly killed me” more than once before. And if you’re keeping tally,

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Building a new table in time for New Year’s Eve

25/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1310 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

You may remember I bought six Ironbark slabs of wood a couple of months ago. Well now it’s time to

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A mystery wood turning

24/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1136 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

I was ‘in a mood’ one day recently – the job I was supposed to be doing was too big

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Uprooting main-street signage

19/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1193 Views 2 Comments Make-n-Do

Three years ago, CONTACT entered an ill-fated partnership with a certain national charity. Three years later, they’ve buggered off –

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Dog-fence repairs and more bathroom demolition

06/12/202306/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1242 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Thunder and lightening makes for a very skittish dog – and grandad (who forgot to latch the gate) has to deal

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Will Ryobi blades work in an Aldi thicknesser?

04/12/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1046 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

The burning question of the century – will Ryobi double-sided thicknesser blades work in an Aldi thicknesser? It’s a valid

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My personal Walkday Wednesday

29/11/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1034 Views 0 Comments Make-n-Do

Just a quick ‘vlog’ today – nothing about CONTACT nor even anything to do with the ongoing bathroom build –

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