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Thanks for your replies. I did the job over a year ago now and blocks are doing ok. This was Jewsons selling these blocks. I shant be using them again.

Has anyone else noticed blocks advertised as 100mm are actually nearer 90mm. Why is this? I feel Ive been short changed. Thanks for the replies

I would make a frame out of studwork timber outlining the desk area and attach them to the wall (levelling with a spirit level first). Then plonk some painted MDF over the top and screw into the studwork timber. You could put some door jam wood or batten over the front edge to protect the MDF or...

Ring a company called Earthline and ask for limestone scalpings. Cheap as chips but might be a minimum of 5 tonne order. That might be enough for your project there if not maybe you can use the excess on a garden path. You can get landscaping membrane (the plastic stuff not the felt stuff). I...

HB pencils do kill... has noone seen Evil Dead 1? Right in the ankle instant lead/graphite poisoning

Nice, thanks for the reply. I have the multi tool attachment courtesy of aldi recently so shall give it a go. I did try with a grout rake and it did remove quite alot but not enough to do a lasting repair. My only concern with the multi tool is that it could clip the edge of a floor tile and...

Does your foot ever ache Ian? Ive recently aquired an internal foot/bone ache from digging this hard summer mud. I try to swap sides but it never happens.

Digging is boring. I usually have other jobs on the go at the same time so I can divide the digging up. Ive just been renovating my parents property slowly but surely the last 6years. Mainly fence post digging and the odd bit of drainage but occasionally a trench dig for underground power cables...

I have recently bought a 3quid car boot sale metal detector after watching detectorists series 1. I need to get a better one but its a start and now when I do any digging I shall be sure to get the detector out and see if my lucks in.

I dug up an old medicine bottle with thermometer inside once . Hope I didnt unleash the black plague Other than that I often find bovril bottles

If the glass is curved you might need a hairdryer or heat gun to "stretch" the film. I would only have a go as a DIYer if you have a car with flat glass on the parts youd be tinting. Plenty of soapy suds using a plant sprayer bottle on the glass and the film. Use an old gym membership card...

It does seem a bit of a wide span doesnt it for joists. If you got the headroom you could cross hatch a new floor on top of the old floor also.

You could also add some type of noggins inbetween the 1450mm span prior to laying the boards. studwork timber should be fine for this.

You can get 22mm chipboard flooring exactly like loft boards but longer. They are still the same width as loft boards so you should be able to get them through the loft hatch. 2.6metres long if I recall correctly. Just lay them opposite direction to joists and offset the next board. It depends...

Ceiling fans above beds scare me.... but then again ive seen too many horror movies

mud mites maybe... I get swarmed by them when digging deep holes

I have vibrated them with an old sheet sander in the past and theyve come out quite well. I just lost the post it note from last year which had the ratios for the correct mixture on it. I need to do about 8 more to complete my pathway :)

Put the string line on loose bricks. Just wrap the string around a brick, make the string line taught and have another brick the other end of the string. As long as the two bricks are the same this will give you an indication of the level. You need to add a line level to the string first though.

Look into a descaler attachment for an air compressor. Good bit of kit and cheap but the compressor noise might annoy the neighbours. Put the compressor in the house and run the hose thru the letterbox. This tool will speed up the job no end.

Weve just bought a house and everywhere I look are problems with the house. Anyhow... todays issue is the floor tile grout. I need to remove and redo it as its cracked. I have heard a multi tool attachment can be used or a grout rake. I have a multi tool but no rake. Shall I just go ahead and...