Recent content by Newboy21

This website has a description and a few photos of hanging a stable door http://www.carpentry-tips-and-tricks.com/stable-door.html

Quite a lot of bath panels are designed/supplied like this, where you have to actually make it up a bit as you go along instead of coming with everything you need. Sometimes the top of the panel will have a lip that goes up under the edge of the bath. In this instance you can just fix a batten...

Cutting mortise and tenons takes ages and i've never bothered. i've just installed and how I space spindles. But the handrail is easy to fix. I cut two spindles to length and clamp one to the post at the top and one at the bottom. These help me hold the handrail in position and I also know the...

I fit and mitre loads of hand rails and never use those bolts as they are hassle and bump up the cost of materials. Instead, I glue the mitre and pin it in position with a dewalt nailgun. I then use a 12mm auger bit to drill a hole about 10mm deep and then pilot it for a 100mm screw. Fill the...

I would always build it to regs apart from obvious safety reasons would you buy a house that had a dodgy roof structure!? Have been reading up loads lately as am doing my own loft soon. Hope this helps :lol:

I have a 100+ year old victorian house and have just finished laying Oak engineered flooring in my hallway. I used a 3mm underlay that I bought in rolls. I did follow all the manufacturers instructions, but they were a bit vague when it came to dealing with doorways and pipes etc, Although...

Just finished converting my stairs from ranch style to turned posts and spindles. 1.Use the formula to work out minimum number of spindles required. Cut them and put them all in at the bottom of the run tight up against the post and each other. 2. Measure the remaining space horizontally...

Its actually pretty easy, you don't need to know the angle either just the size of the spindles. You basically cut all the spindles (2 per tread) to length and put them in dry, up against each other. Measure the remaining space left horizontally and divide that by the number of spaces (1...

Only problem with DAZB's method is when you get to the end you could be left with a 120mm space or anything else for that matter, theres not much chance of getting to the end and having a 100mm gap to match the rest.