Ernie Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Hi Guys, It's awful, we're moving house (with a fine big workshop) but oh, the hassle. Any clever ideas about avoiding the shelves, the new bathroom, building the logpile, cleaning the attic, painting the kitchen, cleaning the chimney etc. etc ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Get a "little man" in to do all that tedious stuff for you while you concentrate on the important stuff like fitting out the workshop etc. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Sign "'er indoors" up for an evening course in DIY - kill 2 birds with one stone and give it to her for Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Posted by Ernie on 06/12/2010 13:06:05:Hi Guys, It's awful, we're moving house (with a fine big workshop) but oh, the hassle. Any clever ideas about avoiding the shelves, the new bathroom, building the logpile, cleaning the attic, painting the kitchen, cleaning the chimney etc. etc ernie ...or do you mean that it's the fine big workshop that has a bathroom, logpile, attic, kitchen, chimney etc. etc. in addition to the shelves that you (or your good lady if you've taken my previous advice) will be fitting for your piles of modelling gear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spice Cat Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Put two pencils up your nose, a pair of underpants on your head and say "Wibble". Worked for Captain Blackadder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 ErnieYou need to explain that the nice new big workshop is required in order to successfully do all the other things.Then to prove your point do as effortlessly as possible something that actually benefits from having the nice new big workshop.You are then in a stronger position to say "to do the next job as well as I did that I will need........." It wont get out of doing the jobs but with a bit of careful planning your workshop equipment improves and all in the name of the new house. If you are really good at doing it you will find that your nice new workshop is not actually big enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 You can make as many suggestions as you like, lads, but we all know Ernie is in an impossible position......such is the real world I can offer no meaningful words of comfort, Ernie, sorry........ Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Im with Simon here - a tactic I used when we moved here - got to have the workshop properly setup in order to errr, work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Posted by Pete B on 06/12/2010 21:33:40: You can make as many suggestions as you like, lads, but we all know Ernie is in an impossible position......such is the real world I can offer no meaningful words of comfort, Ernie, sorry........ Pete Defeatist! There is always a way... BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 More a realist, BEB - I spent 5 years renovating a house here before I could indulge myself Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Ernie I like you ,but it is :"Mission Impossible"... all the best Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks lads, No time to chat, Shelves next. I think I'll try the shed up and running ploy first. ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Invite all your aeromodelling friends round to ' see your fantastic new model '.......just when you need a few extra hands to help with some DIY task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks59 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Posted by kc on 07/12/2010 11:07:13:Invite all your aeromodelling friends round to ' see your fantastic new model '.......just when you need a few extra hands to help with some DIY task. KC has the right idea ...many hands make light work...however, once you have fixed the light I can't help you mate sparks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Bunting Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 My model storage solution, for what it's worth, when I had the house enlarged a bit, was to buy a pack of large pressed steel shelf brackets - cheap from Screwfix - and mount them on two verticals against the wall, suitably spaced. No shelves; just put your fuselages, wings etc. across the brackets. Stick strips of foam or cork on them, to discourage models from sliding off. For my typical model size, I got seven levels, from near-floor to ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 9 Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I am moving soon but i am going from a big house to a small house. the wife thinks we can save space by getting rid of some of my model stuff. how do i get out of that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Hmmm - do you have to take the wife............? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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