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Hi all. Been a while since I've been on here so hope all are well. My Heatmiser Central heating control system communicates between devices, a central control panel and the home network via STP cabled network cables. These are advised to be screened at one end (which they are) and ideally run...

Hello all. Have a frustrating tissue with a wooden fireplace surround i've built: it's made of 28mm thick pine glued (white wood glue) biscuit jointed and screwed together with the trim pieces glued and pinned. Where i've filled the screw and nail holes with a 2 part epoxy...

thanks but want painted plaster walls…never been keen on the lining paper look...

help, please!! i've got a lounge with gloss painted walls…the walls ar flat but the paint has quite a rough roller texture…rathe than just sugar soaping and painting over i've tried sanding the paint a little to get a flatter surface. problem: hand sanding doesn't even scratch the...

Just pointing out that it's a very wide seeeping statement to say that theoretically all HSS drill bits should performe the same. The alloy content of the blank makes up just a part of the performance of a drill bit... ...and, that cheap bits i've found are often not straight, or ground well...

if you are worried - take the sides out first and the weight is being held on the front, put the gallows in then if you feel you need to, prop the side on the gallows before you take the front out...that way it's always supporteded. Thats assuming you;re takign it down from the top to the...

Says who???? don't get that statement at all. HSS is just the type of alloy used, not an indication of straigtness (cheap drills are often bent), tollerance on size (is that 3.5mm drill really cutting a 3.5mm hole), tollerance of angles and releif of the tip etc. All this affects the cutting...

If the timer is pretty rough then you might have problems with the thicknesser gripping the board properly and consistently for a good finish. it's also likely to rock throught the tool hence you'd normally plane one side and then you've got a flat side to work off. like anything, combo...

Just checked...CN81 supports 5.4 tones for a 2.4m lintel and come in just shy of 200quid.. hats the advantage of this over a standard UB?

hello all...my bro in law is taking out an original fench door that has a window either side, about 2m wide. Currently the only support is a wooden plate above the door/windoe frame but the door frame seems to be taking some weight so can't simply be removed. Walls are solid 9" The...

Anyone know how I can calculate the load bearing capacity of a 4x2 (or multiple 4x2s) - need to provide support for a 300kg water tank over a 2m span with the tank right at one end of the span. I was thinking 4 4x2s sitting on a 4x2 wall plate bolted to the gable wall in loft and the other...

Edited to add - it's my house and bought - not rented... Hi - the tree is in the pavement next to the road. so on council property. Not sure on type but I can have a google...Its a big leafy one, not a connifer type...proper tree shape like an Oak tree if you know what i mean (but not...

Good afternoon all. I have a puzzle for you - need to build a front garden wall...three brick pillars, one at each end and a central piller all two bricks sqaure Then I'd like 5 ot 6 courses of full brick, then plinth bricks with a half brick wall above this capped with bull nose...

thanks Hugh, much appreciated...

Hello all. Toilet and soil stack related question...sorry - a bit long winded.. My brother in law wants to move the downstairs toilet to under the stairs from the rear of the house (usual little toilet outbuilding) and move his existing 1st floor bathroom loo from the back wall to the aside...

can't pop up a couple of pictures of your attic space can you? i LOVE a challenge…if someone says X can't be done, I have to find a way :-0

thats because they didn't want to fit one or possibly though you'd shy away from the extra price?? ANYTHING is possible it just depends on how much you want it and how much you're prepared to pay. I'd wager any of the Dans or Agiles in here could fit one in your attic. unless you actually...

I'm 110% its not holding anything up and yes looking forward to the big hammer bit. but tis really only the bracing issue i was slightly concerned about… to be honest when i say it's 'my house' it's actually my brother in laws, but as he's been my labourer for so much work on mine it time i...

Yeah, 1920's ish… not sure what you mean by check the loft first…two rooms on ground floor, say 3m and 3m widths. three rooms upstairs 1.5m, 2.25m and 2.25m so the ground floor wall is nowhere near the first floor walls. If they are supporting a purlin then the weight is vein taken by their...

Hi…yes. ceiling joists run parallel to wall…and the joint in the lathes are bang in the middle of two joists. the only thing touching the ground floor wall are the bricks bellow it, the lathes above it and where it ties in to the walls at the back of the house and the centre. the only thing...