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What is the name of this method of joining furniture? And where can I buy these joints? I'm sure we've all used these joints before when we've purchased flat pack furniture.

I'm not very familiar with the carpentry terminology, although I've done loads of carpentry work myself (mainly in my own home). What does 1st fix and 2nd fix carpentry refer to?

Sometimes its easier to draw a picture instead of explaining. :) A washing machine is currently plugged into the single socket in the pic (on the left). But I want to put a fridge next to it. So can I just turn the single socket into a double socket and plug the washing machine and fridge...

I'm thinking of putting an RJ45 internet wallplate, two double plug sockets, and a phono outlet all next to each other in my room so that my computer is all wired up. This is exactly how I want it to be: I'm gonna keep the cables separate. ie, the mains cables for the plug sockets...

Apart from Velux? The window has to have an opening of at least 0.33 square/metres. And the height or the width shouldn't be less than 450mm. Wicks do 2 loft windows, but one of them is too small and the other one is too big. I want it to be as cheap as possible.... (cheap in price...

Everyone says that you can use broken bricks for the hardcore underneath slabs, and then put sharp sand over it followed by the slabs. Do the bricks have to be 'broken'? I've got a load of whole bricks (cuz we knocked out a few fireplaces). Can I just lay them whole without breaking them...

This is where the armoured cable terminated, and then goes into normal 2.5mm T&E cable. The actual juntion will be indoors, do can I use a normal 30amp junction box or does it have to be one or those big expensive weatherproof junction boxes (that cost at least £5)?

Does anyone in here us a Gorilla Tub? I was gonna buy my plasterer one but he said that they're crap......... which I don't understand. They seem alright and durable....... and like it says you can kick it to get all your dry mix out which is useful.

I've fitted several (internal) doors and when you open the door half way some of them stay put......... but others keep closing. How do I stop that? Its obviously something to do with the way you adjust the hinges........ but how do I adjust them? How should they be?

We just had a two storey extention built on the side of our house consisting of a lounge downstairs and a bedroom upstairs. When you walk or even talk in the bedroom upstairs then you can hear everything in the lounge downstairs, and vice versa. I don't understand. We don't have this...

I'm trying to run my coaxial cables along the side of my house, and I'm using cable clips (like the ones shown in pic) but they're doing my head in! They won't nail into the wall. The nail keeps bending and they're just too fidgity. Is there anything else I can use?

Whats the best way to learn how to plaster? Are there any good books, video's/DVDs that I can buy to teach me? Or has anyone got any links to some good sites that teach you how to plaster? Whats the best surface to practice on? I haven't got any spare walls........... I heard you can get a...

I fixed all the skirting in my house with screws/wallplugs and I covered the screw holes with natural woodfiller. When I varnished the skirting then the holes that I put the wood filler in are REALLY visable. What can I do?

I can't find any louvre doors in the specific size that I want so I decided to make my own doors. I'm gonna make a frame, and then use cladding to get the louvre effect. But the doors are gonna look a bit bland without a panel in the middle, and I'm not sure how to make that. Has anyone...

This is my first post. What an excellent site! I'm just about to do my bathroom. Should I tile the walls first, then fit the sink and toilet on the tiles......... or should I fit the sink and toilet first and then tile around the them? Whats the best way to do it? Thanks.