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Hi everyone I previously built an apple press out of pallets as you can see in attached image. Worked for a while, but the cross beam eventually broke after being put under too much pressure from the screw press. I have managed to come across a load of oak 95 x 95mm x 600mm offcuts from a...

Hi all Client has asked me to lay a paved footpath through the middle of this gravel driveway so they can drag the bins to the road. There is weed membrane underneath the gravel. I'm guessing if we cleared the gravel, and laid mortar on the weed membrane it will eventually move. It needs to...

Hi I have a Makita PLM 4601 petrol mower with 4HP Briggs and Stratton engine Bought it secondhand but it was in very good condition and the guy said it had just been serviced Oil looked, and still looks clean and is full. It was working fine the first couple of goes infact, but now just...

Hi I am going to get myself an electric van. So many reasons to do it right now. But I need to know what is the best option for tax relief in this current tax year, as i know the rules have changed. Here are my two options as I understand it. Both of which are based over a 3yr period...

Does such a thing exist? A year ago I bought an Apache waterproof jacket. It looked robust, had the classic cordura material on parts. Turned out to be the worst jacket I ever bought. Stitching started coming apart after a week. Minor nicks turned into major tears. I ended up looking like...

Hi guys Am planning on building a garden room on heavy clay soil in SE london. Am keeping to 30m2 internally as I want to avoid building control if I can. Building control are virtually impossible to get hold of right now, but from the very brief e-mail I recieved, they want 2m deep piles or...

I am aware this has been discussed many times on here but I have a slightly different quirk. I want my outbuilding that I plan to construct in the back garden to have an internal floor area of less than 30m2 to avoid having to go through building control However, there is also a window seat...

I have built a few summerhouses / outbuildings on pile foundations (screw piles and concrete). On the latest job, the client wants to push the timber framed building right up to the back of the garden where there are several medium sized trees. Never normally an issue as the client usually...

Hi all I have installed a couple of those foil backed Pro-Therm electric underfloor heating matts, and am about to install another, each under engineered floating floor. To be honest, the layout has been a complete nightmare. Thought I had it planned out with a nice border round the edge...

Hi everyone Am at the limits of my knowledge with these as I have taken them apart but cannot figure out what the problem is. First up is this one: So as you can see it's got very little power. Now before you say it, I put new brushes in there and the battery, whilst old was fully charged...

Want to build a monkey bar frame for my friends kids. Here is the design: Basically just wondering if my design is strong enough. Although the 4 inch posts are buried 600mm in the ground with postcrete. I figure if fence posts can work loose then surely with kids swinging on it, it might...

Hi everyone I've read all the posts I can, and I can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for, hence this post. Whenever I'm dealing with outdoor timber e.g. planters, fences, decks etc, I'm usually using tannelised timber and obviously have cut ends to treat. I see time and again, people...

Hi guys I've been asked by a friend to finish off their shed/workshop with insulation and plywood internally, but I've some serious concerns about the roof structure. As you can see from the image, the original builder used 47 x 97mm timbers at 600mm centres across a 2900mm span on joist...

Or more to the point, I am looking for some suitable 100mm butt hinges that will be severely exposed. I have roof windows on my greenhouse which I need to open. This is out on an allotment so it is very exposed. I have used cheap hinges in the past, but they have seized up being constantly...

Hi guys Am building a decent sized wardrobe in an alcove. Space is 900 deep x 1665 wide x 2670 tall with existing carpet in place. From what i can tell looking online there are a number of ways it can be done. Client doesn't want anything fancy and are trying to save a bit of money by...

What is best practice for positioning socket backboxes one above another in terms of routing the cables. Obviously I would normally chase up from directly below a socket back box, but if you have one positioned over the other, how do you get to the top one. I guess the obvious choice is to run...

Hi We recently boarded a wall and ceiling. We cut off the tapered edge to avoid any problems with shrinkage of plaster, so they were all square edge. We made pretty sure the boards were all perfectly flat with each other. The boards were scrim taped, and then multifinish plastered by our...

Hi everyone. Am installing OSB3 square edge sheets (8' x 4') x 18mm as a subfloor straight onto joists. I am aware you need to leave a 10mm expansion gap around the edges, but I have read a few pages which recommend a 3mm expansion gap between boards. Not sure I've ever seen this done...

Hi About to line the walls of the bathroom. Going to board the wet area with Aquapanel cement board, but the remainder of the bathroom I would ideally use 15mm soundboard, as there is a bedroom right next door. This wouldn't be tiled, just skim coated with multifinish. Is there a high risk...

So my customer has decided on Zazous Seville vinyl floor. It looks pretty good quality, not like Amtico good, but not cheap either. About 3 or 4mm thick They currently have a very smooth flat and well laid engineered timber floor so no need for hardboard or ply. The client doesn't really...