cwiseman77
Landlord.
I've never been what they call "handy", always fancying myself as somewhat of an intellectual. The past couple of years however have seen me have to carry out a few repairs to the house, much to the amusement of swmbo. Our letter box blew off in high winds, the replacement i fitted had a 3cm gap at the top. Our bathroom mirror is at a nice 20 degree angle.
My mother though, having recently retired as a social worker and doing a college course in furniture restoration has gotten the DIY bug and tried to pass it on me. The upside of this is that we finally cleared out my grandfather's shed (he died in 1998!!!!) and found an old metal halfords tool box. My mother repainted the toolbox and bought a whole bunch of new tools and along with the old tools gave it to my for Christmas. So having my grandfather's toolbox has inspired me to try be more handy. He was a shop steward at Rolls Royce who worked on aeroplane engines for 40 years (before a 3rd brain tumour finally done him in) and was always trying in vain to get me involved in his DIY projects as a kid. Well finally, 15 years after he has passed I've got his old tool box, all the kit and a big day of DIY planned. I have pictures to hang, roller blinds to install and shelves to build and install. Wish me luck!
p.s. when clearing out the shed I found an old handheld bottle capper. My mum claims that grandpa Bill the engineer, ballroom dancer, communist, part-time magician was also a brewer who used to use an old washing to brew in!
My mother though, having recently retired as a social worker and doing a college course in furniture restoration has gotten the DIY bug and tried to pass it on me. The upside of this is that we finally cleared out my grandfather's shed (he died in 1998!!!!) and found an old metal halfords tool box. My mother repainted the toolbox and bought a whole bunch of new tools and along with the old tools gave it to my for Christmas. So having my grandfather's toolbox has inspired me to try be more handy. He was a shop steward at Rolls Royce who worked on aeroplane engines for 40 years (before a 3rd brain tumour finally done him in) and was always trying in vain to get me involved in his DIY projects as a kid. Well finally, 15 years after he has passed I've got his old tool box, all the kit and a big day of DIY planned. I have pictures to hang, roller blinds to install and shelves to build and install. Wish me luck!
p.s. when clearing out the shed I found an old handheld bottle capper. My mum claims that grandpa Bill the engineer, ballroom dancer, communist, part-time magician was also a brewer who used to use an old washing to brew in!
