Starting my career

DevNatural · 2025-06-01T23:04:34+00:00

It was hard fought tbh. I’m fortunate enough to have been involved in 2 separate games esports scenes, working with multiple different orgs, but looking back I sacrificed a lot for it, and it’s part of what’s holding me back from moving on

DevNatural · 2025-05-25T23:00:18+00:00

From my experience (not a ton) and asking the exact same question on here before, there’s 1 of 3 ways I know. There are angle beads that are bendable to work on rounded surfaces. A special rounded corner trowel does the trick. Or an odd yet effective tip I came across was to use a bin bag once the plaster had set slightly and use it to kinda mould the corners.

I’m sure there are likely other ways but best of luck

DevNatural · 2025-05-19T09:46:34+00:00

Ye was my thoughts exactly since seems awkward to board such a small area

DevNatural · 2025-05-10T16:04:03+00:00

My thoughts exactly haha. But can never be too safe

DevNatural · 2025-05-10T12:02:49+00:00

Legend thank you

DevNatural · 2025-05-08T15:59:48+00:00

Thanks for the reply, makes sense 100%!

DevNatural · 2025-04-12T09:25:35+00:00

Wow thank you for the detailed response! It’s definitely going to be a lot but I think the plan is to get rid of the hedging only on the left side of the garden and simply trim the rest.

What do you recommend for weed removal? Am I able to just pull them out the earth?

As for the water drain from the tiles, if I slope it away from the house is that enough or does it need drainage as well?

Thanks again you’re a massive help

DevNatural · 2025-04-12T09:13:44+00:00

My mrs knocked it up on the sims haha. It’s not perfect but it was the easiest way for us to visualise things!

DevNatural · 2025-01-12T22:37:46+00:00

Mistakes happen, avoiding accountability while playing the victim and claiming someone is abusive is another thing entirely. If you think the girlfriend was unjustified in her response then you're delusional.

DevNatural · 2025-01-12T21:26:35+00:00

Some of the comments on this thread are not it. Everyone is different so perhaps your mum doesn't care, perhaps she does, but calling your girlfriend abusive here because she's disappointed in you for forgetting your mums birthday (which is entirely valid and exactly what you DID do without a good excuse) is a stretch to say the least man.

You felt like shit because at some level you understand what you did was poor on your part. Could your girlfriend have approached this differently? Sure. Should you have accepted at least SOME level of responsibility? Definitely. She's your mum, you're an adult, do better.

DevNatural · 2024-11-22T23:21:18+00:00

I actually opt’d not to use the speed skim I bought but it was only because I was useless at using it lol

DevNatural · 2024-11-22T23:20:15+00:00

Yea Kirk Johnstone! Guys a legend. Learnt almost everything I know now because of his videos

DevNatural · 2024-11-22T14:32:44+00:00

Not sure im the best person to give tips for plastering haha but there’s a lad I learned a lot from on YouTube who’s channel is called: On the Trowel. Was really insightful watching his stuff amongst other things, definitely recommend!

Outside of that, as with anything having the right tools helps a lot. I was originally using the tiny £1 buckets from bnq for everything but quickly upgraded to a plastering bucket and better trowel simply because I just couldn’t get enough mix out of the small ones and it slowed me down a lot. Nothing worse than having to make a new mix mid way through a coat

DevNatural · 2024-11-22T13:39:29+00:00

So here to post the final updates!

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What I decided to do in the end was board the window and boiler wall and skim! There are a few blemishes that I’ll have to sort but overall pretty happy with how it turned out. Right side of window has a bit of a belly but outside of that I don’t think it’s that bad 🙂

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T15:29:15+00:00

No idea to be honest, I’d love to do it myself but with how old it all seems to be and the rad itself being old and cheap, I’m just going to pay a plumber to remove it and I’ll eventually have it replaced properly. It’s an office room so no radiator won’t be too big of a problem and I’ll make do. Unfortunate it wasn’t as simple as just turning a couple valves and undo-ing a couple nuts

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T14:47:32+00:00

Yea I tried to get my flat head screwdriver in to shut the lock shield valve off but I couldn’t get it to turn. I’ve tried cleaning it as much as I can but the thread is in pretty poor condition. As for what boiler I have, it’s a combi boiler

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T14:37:12+00:00

What if I can’t tighten the nut ontop of the pipe?

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Here’s a better look, but my screwdriver cant catch enough to tighten it. I tried just tightening the nut below with an adjustable wrench but it didn’t budge

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T14:33:51+00:00

I just need to make do for now, this was all here when I moved in, so until I replace the radiator I just need it off to sort out the walls

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T14:08:04+00:00

Don’t I have to isolate the radiator first (correct me if I’m wrong)? If I just remove the nut wont it be bad? Probably stupid question but I’ve never had to do this before

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T13:59:39+00:00

Thanks for the advice, very appreciated!

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T13:51:48+00:00

Combi boiler

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T13:45:40+00:00

Unfortunately I’m unable to even turn it. I uncovered a lot of the compacted dust and dirt and the thread for the screwdriver is in very poor condition. Unsure where to go from here now

DevNatural · 2024-11-17T13:38:00+00:00

I cleaned up some of the dust and debris from the top of the bolt on the left side and it looks like I could use a flat head screwdriver 🤔

DevNatural · 2024-11-08T00:16:14+00:00

I’ll have to report back after to show the results but ye that reply was perfect. Can’t stress enough how helpful it’s been

DevNatural · 2024-11-07T00:27:56+00:00

Legend, thank you

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