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Hello. I have a rather large eucalyptus tree in my garden (at a very rough guess, 30 feet and has grown into two, about three feet up from the base). I know that the removing of the root of these trees is going to be a nightmare, so all I really want is about 8 foot of tree left standing so I...

I am thinking of adding a fairly large extension to the side of my bungalow (in place of the concrete driveway) and would be really grateful for some advice on what a likely quote might be for the job. The structure would be 3.5m by 13.5m and will have a pitch roof (I will have to have at least...

Apologies in advance for this rather technical questions but here goes: I am in the process of moving/upgrading my media server and would be really grateful for some hardware advice. I currently have a headless server that is running TVHeadend. The server streams recordings/Live TV to a...

Thanks for that - really helpful. In light of your comments, I had a bit of a think and realised that I was probably making life more than difficult than I needed to. One of the walls is hollow, so it might just run the coax down there into the room like that - that is exactly how the light...

Thank you. So running coax horizontally, from the outside to the inside, is acceptable but vertical runs within the cavity should be avoided?

Hello, I would be grateful for some advice as to how best to run coax from one side of my house to the other. I live in a semi-detached bungalow, and the satellite dish is on the left side of my house. I have yet to mount it yet, but it is going to be mounted on a pole, just above the...

http://www.screwfix.com/c/building-joinery/underlay/cat850024 Thanks for that - Screwfix is local to me, so it would be convenient to get it there. It is quite pricey - do you think it is worth around £42.00 for 10m2?

Hello, Apologies for resurrecting this old thread but I have only just got round to actually doing this job. Unfortunately, I am having trouble getting hold of the underlay (recommended above) locally and the price seems to have shot up from when I looked last year. Are there any other...

Hi, I am looking into putting an extractor fan into my bathroom and would be grateful for some basic advice. I am looking at one with a humidistat, plus an overrun timer that is started by a pull cord on the fan itself. I have a pull light switch by the bathroom door and the light itself is...

That is a good point, actually. Would it be that much cheaper/practical just to stick with doing the entire thing in wood?

Any takers on this? I never got round to trying it and was hoping to do so before the end of the summer.

Sorry - yes, I will drilling in to a regular inside wall to put up a combination of floating and fixed bracket shelving.

Hello, I am putting up a lot of shelving in the near future and cannot rely on my hand drill skills alone to make the holes straight. Can anyone suggest what the best solution might be please? I have seen drill guides and spirit level attachments for drills and was just wondering what the...

Hello, My driveway is completely open at the moment and I need to put up a gate for security/privacy reasons. The driveway is 3.4 metres wide and the gate shall have to be 2 metres tall to match my neighbour's fence. My plan is to build a frame (two gate posts and a cross-member) out of...

Hello, Apologies in advance for this rather technical query. I am looking to update my 3 bedroom bungalow with a bit of smart technology, which needs to include a security system, a smart thermostat and general home automation (ability to turn lights on and off with phone etc.). I am...

Exactly that - I was under the impression that as it was cheaper, I should steer clear of using it for low voltage checking (lower voltage, compared to mains electricity, that is). I did indeed go for this one. http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/tools/hand-tools/rolson-digital-multimeter...

Thanks ever so much for all the above advice - really appreciate the input. I needed one as soon as possible and managed to get one from Halfords for about £6.00 (they had an offer on, that very day, which gave me a discount if I pre-ordered it online and then picked up an hour later). It did...

Thanks very much for that - looks like a great bit of equipment but potentially a little more than I can spend. If you were pushed to choose between the Halfords, the Screwfix and the Toolstation above, which would you go for? The reason being that I go past all three on my way home and I have...

Could anyone possibly recommend a budget Multimeter please? I need it purely in a non-professional capacity (bit of home wiring, testing car and torch batteries and computer circuitry etc). I have found various ones both in the shops and online and they all seem to offer the same sort of bits...

Thank you for that Jon - very much appreciated. Have a good Xmas!