We all have those things that we put up with that we want to do something about, right? Was it Mitre 10 a while ago who had an ad where the husband was a builder and the wife finally got sick of him working on other peoples houses and not their own that she started doing it herself? Then one weekend she gave him a present, it was round and she told him it was a ' to it'. I believe I need a round 'to it' as well ;)
Our front gate has been one of those jobs for months now. I was pretty sure I just needed to replace the knackered, rusty old screws with new ones, I just needed to find the time. This morning, I finally had a little time without Red (she was asleep - oh rapture!!) so I fossicked through my screws until I found 6 the same, nice shiny,long, fat screws.
New drill in hand, I went out to the gate, started at the top and removed one and replaced one, removed one, replaced one, and again. Excellent! The gate will now swing open and closed, even with my magnetic childproof lock I can open it with one hand and a foot :)
I moved on to the bottom screws, but wait... Damn, first one was so knackered, it snapped right off! A problem, I thought. Moved on to the next one, uh-oh, same deal. I didn't even try with the bottom one. Buggeration! I guess I need to replace the whole hinge (also pretty rusty and knackered)
Oh well. My gate, though several screws are now broken, is in better working order than it was before. Must nearly be time for a trip to Mitre 10!
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