101 crazy building/ DIY discoveries

[marshlander]

more garden finds
10. clay pipes
11. brillcreem jar
12. horseshoes - lots
13. metal farmgate hinges & latches
14. two buckets, mostly rotted away, containing rusty metal objects - no idea what they are
15. nails ( i think) 6 - 8 inches long, tapering, wedge shaped
16. bricks and tiles

and in the barn
17. don't know what they're called but the leather straps etc for your cart horse
18. hand tools - we'll never find a use for them but they're all in a box until i think of something
19. stripy windbreaks - for the seaside
20.ledged and braced doors - now re-hung in the house replacing the replacement (yuk) sapele the previous owners installed when they 'improved' the place!

In the house much bodging as you all have found including electrics not earthed and 'insulated' with cooking foil

[Annpan]

just found the head of a ten pound sledge hammer makes you wonder... how can you loose the head of a ten pound sledge hammer???

Anyway we'll clean it up and try to fit it to a new handle

[Karen_D]

21. Removing the bath panels to replace the cracked plastic ones and finding a live electrical socket under the bath.

[Annpan]

Oh Karen, you just reminded me of this, I found a plug in water fountain under our bath, you know, the type with pebbles, it sits in the corner of someone's livingroom making you want to pee.