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This is more of a craft thing., but you lot are knowledgeable about tools, so I thought I'd ask here. I'm looking to make some small model buildings for a hobby project and since I want them to be hollow, I thought I might cut a series of shapes from 5-10mm hardwood and then laminate them...

Thanks - we have a carbon monoxide alarm in the room. I'll buy a proper vent cover for it and make sure it's not blocked by furniture.

I am redecorating the lounge for the first time in our 1959 brick house. In one corner of the room there was a bit of hardboard screwed over a hole through the wall to a grille on the outside. Why is this here? It's been suggested that this is because there is a gas fire in the room. It's been...

I am removing the old corrugated roof from some sheds. It's a very low pitch pent roof (just under 10deg) made of single skin blockwork with a couple of courses of brick to make the pitch. It has a single joist centrally, the length is about 2.3m. Then I'm planning to use a solid roof, poss 18mm...

Here's my attempt at a couple of pictures The 2nd picture shows the structural bar that the Snorkel is supposed to run underneath, but the fitter has run a copper pipe behind it which means there isn't space for the snorkel to fit through. I guess he made this mistake and then realised, so...

We are in some sort of hell with our 2 year old Grant Boiler. It was fitted by a local company that has now gone bust. It hasn't worked well until we had it serviced by an unconnected chap a couple of months ago. It's an oil fired floor standing Vortex Eco model. The original fitter did not...

What's the wall constructed out of? I it's stone then you should be able to chip a spare bit of stone to roughly fit and then point in around it. Then render over the top. You could use something pre-mixed like Old House Store's Coarse Stuff - but I think they only sell this in 25kg bags...

I'm building a small brick wall as an edge to a new path in the garden - nothing fancy, just a single skin straight line - probably 8 courses or 15 bricks. I need to top it with something. I don't want to use overhanging tiles. Other walls at the front of the house use a row of half bricks on...

I need to work on the gable end of my house - repointing a bit and then painting, but there is a single storey extension below it with a sloping slate roof. If I could stand at the top of the roof I could reach most of the bits I need to. So I've been looking for some sort of folding ladder...