Octet
Veteran
As the title suggests, what are your current weekend DIY projects or tasks (or mishaps)? Whether it be putting up a shelf, tinkering with the bicycle(s) or building a garden deck.
I'll kick us off with my helping of weekend DIY, building a "sprung" floor and associated barre. The total project cost me about £20, excluding the cost of the power tools which I recently got from Lidl (and so far I'm impressed by their quality despite the price).
The base is 12 mm chipboard, which sits on offcuts which itself sits ontop of an EVA foam mat (the type you get in a gym). This sandwich of layers is what makes it springy, an essential when doing (or attempting to do) any sort of dancing (or even exercise) on a concrete floor.
Over this, I used some PVA to stick down some 'Cultisheet' (the stuff used to stop weeds growing through in the garden). This seems to give me a decent amount of friction so that I don't go arse over heels, but at the same time I can (attempt) to do a pirouette.
The barre is a broom handle, chopped at either end and fed through two curtain rail holders. Considering the brackets of a professional barre are in the region of £100 each, I didn't think this was too bad. I then just padded it out with some fabric tape, to prevent it slipping.
So, that's my weekend DIY project! Next week, I'm going to attempt a work bench (God help me...)
What's your weekend project?
I'll kick us off with my helping of weekend DIY, building a "sprung" floor and associated barre. The total project cost me about £20, excluding the cost of the power tools which I recently got from Lidl (and so far I'm impressed by their quality despite the price).
The base is 12 mm chipboard, which sits on offcuts which itself sits ontop of an EVA foam mat (the type you get in a gym). This sandwich of layers is what makes it springy, an essential when doing (or attempting to do) any sort of dancing (or even exercise) on a concrete floor.
Over this, I used some PVA to stick down some 'Cultisheet' (the stuff used to stop weeds growing through in the garden). This seems to give me a decent amount of friction so that I don't go arse over heels, but at the same time I can (attempt) to do a pirouette.
The barre is a broom handle, chopped at either end and fed through two curtain rail holders. Considering the brackets of a professional barre are in the region of £100 each, I didn't think this was too bad. I then just padded it out with some fabric tape, to prevent it slipping.
So, that's my weekend DIY project! Next week, I'm going to attempt a work bench (God help me...)
What's your weekend project?
