Did I see this correctly??

[Bob38S]

Channel surfing last night and saw on Better homes and Gardens that you could spruce up your porch by drilling into the concrete over head, fill the hole with a wooden plug, screw in a hook, hang a piece of pipe on which is hung a series of metal plant pots.

Any one else see this?

Did I see it correctly or am I mistaken?

My problem is the wooden plugs - surely as an infomercial for Bunnings ther were better options.

[unicorn]

Yep, it looked out of place;like 50 years out of place!
I think I still have the scars from using Rawlpug punches into poured concrete rooves, to fix electrical fittings!

[Sparhawk]

Even better, did you see him drill the holes in the metal plant tins? Even my wife picked up that he nearly but the drill bit through his finger.

[Robson Valley]

Just as there are plastic inserts to hold screws in plasterboard/Gyproc, there are soft lead anchors which fit in holes drilled in concrete. They hold screws and lag bolts very well yet they can be dug out if need be.

[rogerjenkins]

Yep,- I saw that too. - Actually seen quite a lot of weird out-of-date ," practices, " on all the DIY programs on ALL the T.V stations at various times. Also seen some of the monumental stuff-ups they do,- like destroying beautiful antique chairs with a coat of yucky paint to make the chairs look, " modern," or taking a perfectly good backyard, ripping out the iconic Hills Hoist, and dad's workshop, and putting in some weird and wonderful, " ultra-modern," totally useless heap of decorative garbage, then ," bragging about the make-over," they have done for, " XYZ," family.
Personally I think the program directors should all be, ( either ) deported, sent to the lunic assylum, or simply shot for being so utterly stupid with some of their so-called,
"Renovation," Programs.
Another thing that drives me," up the wall, across the ceiling, & down the other side," is the, " Handyman idiots," who makes the home-handyman projects look ," so simple, " that anyone with a drill-driver and a bit of timber, & a few screws can do it,- when in reality the opposite it more to the truth,- as any decent home handyman worth his / her weight knows.
What do you think ?
Roger

[soundman]

I simply can not watch these shows.

The blatantly unsafe practices the breath taking butchery, and a gob smacking uggly stuff that they do, just $h!#$ me to tears.

Of course there is always the proverbial "light sand"

AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH

cheers

[clear out]

I think we need a poll here.
I vote to shoot them all.
H.

[Pops]

What they all said.

Have you noticed that they show only a small percentage of the total number of steps to do these 'handyman' jobs. All the tricky steps, hard steps, or time consuming steps or ones that require a numberof other tools, (besides one drill and a pot of glue) are all omitted. It seems that it only takes a few seconds to do these jobs.

I pity the poor people that try to follow these jobs only to get totally frustrated and put off the DIY thing altogether. What a shame. Even the magazines are the same, 3 pages of adds and half a page on describing the steps to make a timber swinging seat or the like, for a complete novice. Very unhelpful for the intended audience.

Rant over, the end.

Pops (still a novice after all these years)

[Koala-Man]

And don't forget how they build decks etc from treated pine but leave the cut ends exposed to the elements and termites rather than re-sealing them.

[soundman]

Oh serioulsy don't get me started.

A mate of mines son, is married to a girl that from time to time works as an excutive producer on various TV shows ( thats an administrative role).

He's a bit of a building mercinary and in addition to doing a couple of walkons is ausie soaps....he has from time to time worked as a sceenery carpenter.......

AND..he has been one of the buss load of extra tradies you don't see on these renovation shows...thats right...most of these shows you see, "the tallent" which is 6 to a dozen people who are suposed to be doing the job..but ya don't see all the "help" that most of these shows roll with.

That brings those of us that do work for the general public the problem that the home owner has a completely false idea of the time, cost and difficulty involved.....even worse the time cost and difficulty involved in doing it properly.

cheers

[The Bleeder]

I think we need a poll here.
I vote to shoot them all.
H.

Nah...lets all take off and nuke em from orbit.

[cookie48]

I rekon we should be like the yanks. If they show you something and you get hurt doing the same thing sue the living poo poo out of them.