I recently had a two day bathroom repair job in York town center. The apartment had two bathrooms and the grouting in the bathrooms started to look yellow (ish) and tired. The owner tried bleaching it, steam clean it but didn’t work. The only solution is to take out the old grout and re-grout theContinue reading “Bathroom grouting”
Tag Archives: home projects
Floodlight
At home we had an old motion sensor floodlight above the shed door, which was a great help any time I had to get some of my tools out very early in the morning or very late in the evening. But as it was an old halogen unit, it was expected that sooner or laterContinue reading “Floodlight”
Polycarbonate roof
It was a very recent job I finished in Acomb. The customer had two sheds which were joined together with another smaller shed which was set up as an outdoor bathroom. This bathroom shed is only half the width of the other two. The idea was that we build a wooden frame between the largerContinue reading “Polycarbonate roof”
Flat pack shinanigans
When it comes to flat pack assembly there are a few different types of people. There are the ones who are taking it as a burden but they know if they do it, the wife/partner will be out of their back’s and it’s a win-win. There are the ones who hate it with a passion,Continue reading “Flat pack shinanigans”
How to: curtains and blinds
I do quite a lot of curtain and blind fitting, but so far I didn’t have a blog post about this kind of a job for some reason. So here we go and while I worked on this post, I decided that we can turn this into a “how to” post, so you can followContinue reading “How to: curtains and blinds”
Small fencing project
I enjoyed this bit of work a lot, as I was working in late November but sheltered from the wind and rain so for a change I didn’t turn into an ice cube by the end of the job. When the customer bought their house, there was this small bit of fencing between their garageContinue reading “Small fencing project”
Bathroom grouting
This was just a quick grout repair in the Dringhouses area in York a couple of days ago. The existing grouting started to come out over the years and the client wanted to patch it up the best we could, to make sure water doesn’t get under the tiles causing more damage. So I startedContinue reading “Bathroom grouting”
Wall repair and door step
This was the follow up work for the pointing job I did in Clifton, York earlier this year. Once the outside work was finished, the customer sprayed the whole front area with high quality water repellent to make sure there is no more water getting into the house through the front wall. After this weContinue reading “Wall repair and door step”
Door handles
This was another straight forward job, changing a lot of internal door knobs for bedroom doors and two knobs with locks for the bathroom doors. I chose ERA door handle sets as they are a decent quality make and they have door handles with or without locks and they look identical. Some of the doorContinue reading “Door handles”
Bath panels
This is typically a job what everyone thinks like “I can get this done in 30 minutes, how hard it can be”. As it turns out you can easily spend 3 hours with it without any breaks or stops. The customer had some really poorly fitted bath panels which needed changing. The idea is simple:Continue reading “Bath panels”
Screw it! 