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Sailed Portsmouth to Saint Malo last night, no issues with passport control but our friends who went Dover to calais missed their ferry due to a 4 hour delay around security. Spent the morning strolling around Saint Malo then the afternoon at Mont Saint-Michel. Tomorrow we're on to the east...

Did this during the past week, I'm happy with how it's turned out. The bit of the stringer below the post will be getting cut out once the carpets fitted to stop it being a trip hazard. Thanks, Chris

Unfortunately it's definitely a slip with a Multitool.

I'll gently rub the edges smooth then go with the wax stick and hopefully once it's stained it'll not be noticeable

Hi all, As the title and the photo shows really, I slipped with a Multitool whilst cutting a newel post. The oak will will be stained for final finish if that'll help but how do I go about hiding it, or am I better off getting one of those scratch repair companies in? The bottom rail will...

Hi all, I need to cut a newel post to go over a stringer like the picture below. I can understand how to cut out the rectanglular bottom half upto the orange line but how do I cut the angle and remove the waste? Thanks, Chris.

I'm using a titan palm sander with the 40 grit discs, it's coming off fine but I'm assuming I need to go back over it with something finer before applying the primer? For the stairs is the only option to remove it all back to bare wood or can it be 'keyed' using something like 80 grit then the...

Hi all, I've had to sand a door lining back to bare wood due to the old gloss on it peeling. I sanded it down with 40 grit, what grit do I need to work back upto before applying acrylic primer, I'm guessing 120? Secondly, I need to rub down our old staircase which currently has gloss on...

I assume he means the same as witness marks, basically the clean imprint you can see when you remove an old bolt due to the years of dirt building up around it.

So the answer was you partially withdraw the hose from the slave cylinder.

Hi all, We have an epdm covered flat roof as can be seen above. I need to fix a couple of batons to it to allow me to mount something on the roof. Am I ok to just get some treated 4x2, pilot drill it, run a bead of stix all around the holes along with some on the wood for bonding then...

Catnic will do you a free lintel schedule if you send them the required details

Hi all, Has anyone any ideas how to bleed the below clutch slave cylinder? The cars a 2019 vauxhall combo 1.6 diesel. I'm used to on most slave cylinders the bleed nipple twists 90 degrees to allow the fluid to be bled, this appears to just be an opening with cap on it but when the pedal is...

Fit a recessed cover but cut your blocks so they run the correct way inside the lid and you'll barely notice it's there

Weight loss jabs have a place and a use but unfortunately most people aren't interested in using them to build a healthier lifestyle and just want to jump on and off them which long term is likely to cause issues. Another issue is the NHS sticking rigidly to the bmi system which is an outdated...