Television: DIY le Donnie

[spuorgelgoog]

Donnie Dotaman MacLeod is back with a new series of DIY. Travelling between Glasgow and Barra, he tackles a number of interesting projects which showc ase his talents. In this episode Donnie builds two new gates for Roddy, who se old gates are falling apart. He sorts out a hall radiator which is badly in need of some TLC [1] and he begins a project in his own home which will ultimately transform the family's shower room.

All interspersed with cupsh tea and peesh cake.

On iplayer or repeated Wed 23 Jan 23:00

Next week is plasterboarding.

Owain

[1] and some system cleaner and inhibitor

[dennis]

It foreign.

Why did he put the hinges on the front of the gate rather than the back?

[spuorgelgoog]

Because it opened outwards.

Owain

[dennis]

The space he had they would open either way.

[spuorgelgoog]

Making the gates open outwards slows down the excisemen when they come raiding :-)

Owain

[dennis]

It made it look a bit amateurish as the last hole in the hinge didn't line up with a slat. It wouldn't be a problem if it was fitted to the other side and it looked like the gate would still open either way.