Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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My mate unlucky Ginge.Phoned me up to help with hanging some doors as 'the chippie wanted a bloody fortune just to hang a bloody door, how hard can it be?'
Turns out it's a lot harder than it looks and after we'd finished planing the first one it looked like the entrance to a saloon.
He paid the chippie to hang the rest.
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Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:38,
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Haha!Hung my first door with the old man last week, 8 hrs later a door that doesn't close properly.
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There is a knack to it.I've hung a few over the years. I've even put some doors up! (I'm here all week) Last year I hung a new front door and wanted to make sure my method was right (it was an expensive door, not a cheap internal one) so I watched a few DIY videos on the internet and confirmed I was doing it roughly right but got some tips to make it quicker and easier. When it comes to DIY, the internet can be amazingly helpful.
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SteamedCleaner, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:37,
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heheMy dad is the real DIY expert, unfortunately helping him do DIY as a kid put me off being a legend in this area...I should get into it though, the Mrs loves it when I do jobs around the house, easy way to score bonus points right?
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The Chippie who replaced my internal doorsDid all 9 in 1 day, including a sliding door, all with new fixtures and fittings and he made a lovely job of it. But he told me that the first time that he ever tried to hang a door he was 16 years old, it took him all day to do it and he still ballsed it up. We all have to learn!
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