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    Travis Perkins Door Deal

    wow 4 seperate threads about 3 eggbox doors and locks all doors egg box are whitewood framed now days and its not uncommon for chipboard lock blocks, you could buy a £150 oak veneered door and it will still have a chipboard core just man up and sharpen your tools
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    Push in to release cupboard catches... what are they called?

    you need reverse sprung "kitchen" hinges and a latch screwfix sell a pair of reverse sprung hinges with a magnetic touch latch for about £9 you can get cheap "touch latches" that are used to hold attic doors up, you push the door up and it relises the latch but then gravity opens the door...
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    Render vs Plaster

    Apply bonding in coats
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    Biscuit joints for windows and doors?

    ruff as toast :shock:
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    New toy - plunge saw, but which blade?

    The 48t blade is too fine I use 24t on doors then just sand up with the multimaster No point in putting strain on the motor and dulling a 48t blade quicker than needed for the sake of a piece of sandpaper
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    Hello all. Pockethole question

    i use 1 1/4 6s twinthread woods crews with no problems
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    Help - cant find skirting

    our buildbase stocks lambs tonuge http://skirtingboards.eu/Product-535/
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    Construction Staples & Staple Gun

    http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-9040l-air-stapler-prod564178/
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    5 lever mortice deadlock for very thick timber door

    go to a locksmiths and get a long key cut, this is the first link that came off google http://www.lockshop-warehouse.co.uk/acatalog/extra-long-key-union-5-lever-locks.html
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    Blue or Gold card

    a joiner i know got a gold card and he did his qualls 35 years ago so old city and guilds, he just sent off his papers and they sent the gold one
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    New skirtings

    my jewson supplies 220mm tourus visit some timber yards/saw mills
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    Kitchen installation upset- advice appreciated

    the drwa fronts should fit within the unit, say the unit is 600mm the draws will be 595mm giving 2.5mm gap each side there should be no reason to off set the draw fronts (unless ive missed something?) the end panel does need scribing, it should have been scribed in the firstplace, it can be...
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    Brushless motor cordless tools ... coming soon

    the drills are brushless ive had a brushless t15 since they came out in 2008
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    Laminate expansion gap

    why are you doing it yourself? you can buy a special undercutting saw or use a fein multimaster
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    New decking treatment

    i personly wait at leased a few weeks the timber is usually moist whilst its stacked in the timber yard so letting it dry will allow oil to soak in better
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