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Thanks for your help. I read somewhere on the internet that once the chuck was fully open, I next had to insert an allen key to release the chuck. Of course I have shon a light into the jaws of the chuck but couldn't see much, plus where I read this advice, they forgot to mention the size of...

In 2008 I bought a 12v Black & Decker cordless drill. It hasn't been used very much and always stored with battery section seperate. In fact it still looks new but because I was stupid enough to allow it to fall off the step ladder so now it is buggered and I was told that I would have to...

i find the best way to fix beading trim, without nails, is to buy a good adhesive and find some old house bricks. Apply the adhesive to either the trim or the skirting and floor, which ever works best for you. Then as soon as you press the trim in place, position the brick against it to hold it...

Thanks for your kind words. Hope you managed to remove the splinter, it can be very painfull, especially in the thumb because we use it all the time. Good luck. Micky(django47)

Thanks for your reply, I'm pleased to say that it has turned out perfectly eventually. I am really glad because I don't think I could go through all that again, You see, I am in a great deal of pain because a short while ago I was hit by a vehicle smashing almost every bone in my body...

Hopefully I 've sorted it. I bought a large pack(all they had in b&q) of masonary nails and all but one bent. Half expecting that to happen from past experience, I also bought a masonary drill bit, aparently it is the strongest drill bit you can get. There were two other masonary drill bits...

How did I miss your post Mr catlad. I am going right now to check out your recomendation to see exactly what your idea entails. Will come back after I've done a little 'googling'. Thank's very much sir. Micky(django47)

Thanks for your reply Andy. As you probably guessed, that was one of the obvious methods first considered, but what I actually said to myself was, "I wish I could use rawplugs and just screw it down". Without actually seeing what I'm 'bodging up', it's impossible to explain. It would be like...

Could anyone please advise me, which masonary nails I should use/buy to nail plywood (about 10mm) onto a concrete floor. The ply is a bit springy and I want to nail it down. I've not used masonary nails for years, but I do remember that I wasn't very good when I used them because they all bent...

I bought vinyl tiles for an area of about 4x4ft. The area is concrete and not exactly true. I bought 4 pieces of ply which were about 10mm thick, each just over 2ft sq. Naturally thats for a sub floor. Anyway I cut the ply to fit the odd angles of the door frames and bought an adhesive which is...

The 'Stikatak' floor threshold bars are not made to be screwed down, they come with a seperate piece which you peel off the strip of waxy paper and stick it to the floor, then the top part which you actually see, you snap it onto the strip thats stuck to the floor. Thats how it is suppose to go...

It's been a while since I last visited, 'DIYNOT' now though I've got a bit of a problem which hopefully someone can suggest something. As I enter my front door their is a small passage, in fact it's so small you would hardly call it a passage, but it has, including the front door, 4 doors...

Has anyone used b&q trade paint. If so, please can you tell me how to water it down. How much paint to how much water. I had my front room done a while back and he said, "It's much to thick to use straight from the can, so he poured some in a seperate pot and added some water. It only needed...

A couple of months ago I put up coving in the front room. I was well pleased with the out come, especially after I painted it (white). Even now looking at it, it's impossible to see the joins, either corner ones or the flat ones. the paint has totally hidden the joins. After I finished I put...

I'm back after 'googling' bisecting angles but I'm afraid it's not much help as all it does is tell you how to find half the angle, ie: 90 degrees= 2x 45 degrees. Thats what, 'disecting an angle' actually means. I know I'm not the brightest star in the galaxy, but I still have a trick or two...

Hi Nige F, I really appreciate you going to the trouble of explaining how best to cut my 'odd angled coving'. Don't worry about the maths, it wasn't my best subject at school either, in fact I am still quite crap at it. I did make an exact template of the angle. Have you ever worked with...

Hi JW, you asked where I bought my coving, well I got it at B&Q. I also bought some from Homebase a while back and despite what you say, I am really pleased with the result. I know what happens to polystyrene if you are unfortunate enough to have a fire. It melts and gives off unpleasant fumes...

Hi BA, just got back from looking at mitre saws and they are the things I thought you was refering to. I only have a couple of little cuts to make in polystyrene. I have seen lots of other tools for jigging up coving ready to saw by hand, without using a great big circular saw. It's a bit like...

Thanks BA, I thought I might have to get some special tool for the job. You say a miter saw, I'm not sure what that is. It's not one of those big circular saws you use for cutting different angles on timber is it. I only want to cut a couple of pieces of polystyrene. Usually my bread knife makes...