My first attempt at diy

The Weegie · Post by **The Weegie** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:33 pm

I decided to impress my wife (girlfriend at the time) and build her some decking 8ft by 10ft at the back of the garden, on a slope. Roughly 8 years ago.

The decking was expensive hardwood from a local timber yard.

My tools were a hammer and a bag of nails nothing else.

I proceeded to build it with my wife constantly saying you should also have a spirit level. I was like yeh, yeh, yeh. After her constantly nagging I borrowed one from a neighbour. Started the build and was adamant that the bubble in the level was off. So ditched the spirit level and continued the build. By the time it was finished it had a slope as steep as Mount Everest.

Later on I decided to go to B&Q and purchase a barbecue for the decking it was one of those ones that have wheels on them. Purchased it because it was on sale. WHAT AN IDIOT. Anyway invited friends round for the evening and had to put two bricks behind the wheels to prevent it from rolling down the slope. To make matters worse the neighbour opened his window and shouted what is the helicopter pad for.

Food was okay though

honeymonster · Post by **honeymonster** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:41 pm

Doing any jobs without the correct tools is never easy. If you look at tradesmen or serious diyers they will have thousands of pounds worth of tools.

At least you can look back now and laugh about it

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:45 pm

i knew that mine wasnt the only level with a dodgy bubble

Only-Me · Post by **Only-Me** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:57 pm

My wife says I have a dodgy tool..............still looking for it in my toolbox

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:02 pm

i think she may have said that you ARE a dodgy tool

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:18 am

Well at least you were prepared to have a go at doing it yourself

Decking can be a pain in the butt!

I have a 4 foot long level and the bubble is too small for the size of the level, which makes it hard getting things dead level!

Only-Me · Post by **Only-Me** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:08 pm

panlid wrote:i think she may have said that you ARE a dodgy tool

Think I may have misheard her

Stoday · Post by **Stoday** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:43 pm

ultimatehandyman wrote:
I have a 4 foot long level and the bubble is too small for the size of the level, which makes it hard getting things dead level!

You need better specs UHM...

chippymike · Post by **chippymike** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:29 pm

a good stabila level is a good investment for good results..... well if you use it, it is

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:17 am

Bubble, what bubble.