Windows and doors – a cautionary tale
One of the major things we wanted to do to the house when we bought it was to replace all the old windows/doors. Getting this done turned into quite a saga.If you live in Royston, I’d strongly advise against using Manor Windows.
Considerations in complete kitchen replacement
In the last week I have completed removal of the old kitchen, so I now have a large empty room, and it is time to start putting things back together.
DIY skills – level up – Removing a wall
Last weekend I levelled up my DIY ability.I’ve done a fair number of DIY tasks over the years, from the relatively mundane painting walls up to things a little more interesting such as building decking, and even once I built a raised pond, which involved digging foundations, pouring concrete and brick laying. However, last weekend…
Orbis Access – A new investment site is born
I am not a spokesperson for the company, and I should not be looked to for any kind of investment advice. I was however part of the team that brought this new site out into the world. I’m not going to write much about the business because you can read the site for that, I…
Weekend project: custom case for Raspberry Pi camera
Last week I wrote about the one hour challenge I set myself to setup my raspberry pi with its new camera module and get it running as an IP camera along with my other 2 dedicated ones. This led naturally on to wanting it to be set up a little better than precariously balanced on…
One Hour With: Raspberry Pi NOIR Camera
Over the Christmas period I had a chunk of time off, and so of course I filled it with many more things I’d like to do than I really had the time or energy for. One of these was to play with one of my Christmas gifts, a NoIR camera for my Raspberry Pi.
Wood burning stove
Over the last several weeks we have been completely redecorating our living room. I’ll post more about that later. The centre piece of this refurbished room is a nice new wood burning stove.
DIY table saw
I wrote previously about a little project to turn my circular saw into a table saw. Last time I was just fixing the structure around the circular saw itself. Now I have a whole table up and running.