Tag Archives: DIY
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Gotcha – Stopped that leak!
13Sunday 31 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Ok, hands up who’s ever owned a house and had a leaky ceiling at some point or other? Most of …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimistic (III)
8Sunday 24 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third Weekly Photo Challenge entry was a long-held optimism… You see, we have a screen in the kitchen, …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition (I)
24Friday 27 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
FOUR IMAGES – My first entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the creation of our reading room at the top of the …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Door (IV)
4Monday 06 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge are my attempts at making the …
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Working a Coal Furnace
17Tuesday 20 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Unless the family is at home all day and/or it’s also darned cold outside, the heating is only run at …
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Having a Dirty Old Day ! (part two)
10Saturday 17 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This is the second of a very strange couple of posts to share some of the less salubrious aspects of rural life; which on balance …
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Having a Dirty Old Day ! (part one)
19Wednesday 14 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Having introduced you to our dear friend,”Terrance the Termodinamik“, our lovely big coal furnace, I also mentioned my monthly ‘dirty …
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Home Heat
13Sunday 11 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
When it comes to heating our home, we are slightly off the beaten track. There is no mains piped natural …
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Pint-sized Rebel #4
1Saturday 20 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Cousin Spike Jnr building his first weapon I suspect…. .
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray (I)
26Friday 22 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a bit of a cliché, but here are some ‘frayed’ shorts… As I …
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A Door To Nowhere
14Tuesday 06 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
You know how it is, some jobs stay firmly sat ‘on a to-do list’ for eternity and beyond. Well, no …
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The Big Eucalyptus
14Saturday 19 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
The old olive tree was not the only tree to be made a ‘feature’ of; we also had a large …
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Slap It On
14Saturday 15 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Decent workmanship is hard to come by, we all know that; whether by first hand experience at cash wasted on …
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The Old Olive Tree
18Monday 10 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
When we first acquired the land it was like a jungle. Not much had been done for years and the …
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Roofing Spike
14Thursday 13 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Following on from Spike The Welder, we now have Roofing Spike, lol.. 🙂 Once the roofing support had been constructed, …
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Spike The Welder
19Thursday 06 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Over the years I’ve had a go at many building type jobs around the house and here on the farm – …
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Buy An Old House: Brilliant Idea!
Leave a commentWednesday 27 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I was Googleerizing a bit this morning, on that Google Maps thingymajig, you know, looking up old places I’ve lived …
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Bygone Days of Failed DIY
1Wednesday 17 July, 2013 by Uncle Spike
This episode also takes place in that old heap of a house already the subject of a couple of other …
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Brain Reversal
13Tuesday 09 July, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Over the past 30 years, I have had a go at quite a diverse pile of handyman jobs. Now whether …
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