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Hello I am after one of a couple things. First a website that calculates the price of sheet materials by the sq meter, if this is not something that can be done, that is okay, if you can tell me how I should work this out, I mean this part I can work out after I have slept some, as I am too...

I am thinking of putting in a roll out work bench, and that work bench to be a wood storage area, with a smaller shelf that I can store some 2x4’s that I would be working on. This is going to be on the car port area against the fence and right next to next doors garage. So the wind and weather...

yeah, there is a slight slop, I live on a hill, but the bit of the hill I live on has been cut out, so I live on a wedge removed area of a hill, but its all slightly slopped so water runs and doesn't puddle. The area underneath the grass, is actually a car port, and behind the fence, is a drive...

Hello so picture below shows the gap, and rough layout of the shed, the rest of the area is 8ft x 12ft where I can use this as an outdoor workshop. The shed/storage/work shop will be 78inch wide, 6ft high and 3ft depth. the gap underneath is essential if no cap, the water run off puddles…

Hello I have taken the speaker apart once more, and I can't access the battery as its somehow built into another section of the speaker that I can't open without fully breaking the speaker. I do however know that the battery is a 3.7v 1800mah with a JST Connector 2 pin. So, its a very poor...

I am going to have to put the whole structure of this mini work area on some sort of footing, I need it to be 2 inches off the ground as it were, this is due to living on a hill, a flat part of the hill, but where the water runs off our garden all the water would sit there and will rot the r...

I have seen videos of people upgrading the usb port, but to me it is a complete hack and surely the chip controlling that port won’t work well with the usb-c as it wasn’t programmed too in the beginning. somehow the battery was perfect until I took it away on holiday via aircraft and somehow...

Hello I have a really good, but unfortunately semi broken speaker. I can't remember the details of the make or model, but its a really good sound speaker. The problems is, I somehow broke the micro USB port. So, the only way to charge the speaker, is to have the cable in a certain position...

So, Wickes are doing a deal on some CLS timber, and its for indoor recommended usage. Now, I know in the USA, they use this and put some type of wrap, before putting on the cladding for their homes. Now I know their homes are going to be indoor, but could I use something like this? I plan to...

Hello I have a custom made desk, made out of I believe MDF, and the desk has some key features. Its built in, in away that its attached to the wall and can't be moved and has just 1 leg - side that is a leg... anyway, this was built some 10 years ago - I want to say more like 13 years ago, but...

we couldn’t understand why the paint bonded so well in parts but didn’t in others. It looked liked more like camouflage than anything. Found the combination of, using bartoline tx10 paint remover, a large Makita steel wire cup brush, thick, medium and thin steel wire balls, with more paint...

Hello, so I have a floor fitting crowbar type tool, about 30% of paint has fallen off and unsure what type of paint it was. This has been fully stripped now. The second tool, was found about a year ago, I can’t remember when but we have had our fence panels replaced a lot over the last 25...

Hello i have a few items that are/were in need of paint removal, my sister got some paint stripper she said was really good, so this past week, I have been using paint stripper, but it wasn’t really doing anything, so I got some other paint stripper that was recommended by a man in the shop...

Oh, just like down the side of the house, I was hoping to have a clear open roof, as the area I plan to build this has extremely sun shine hours compared to rest of the west facing garden, and didn’t want it blocked off when doing diy.

It will be storage for woodworking mostly, with a small bit for wood burning to keep dry for my sister, I am talking of a 5 gallon bucket with wood that I can’t use again. I plan to make a wood storage stand on wheels for sheet wood that is full size, for down the side of the house, it will be...

Hello, not sure if there is a rule not written with length of titles to threads, sorry if there is. so, I currently store wood, my saw horses and a few other things down the side of our house, it’s kept dry with a roof that’s connected to the side wall and fence, but I live on the last house in...

Yeah, prices for the multi use bits are too much to have as backup assortment sets. I have given my sister a cheap wickes set of bits, drill, screw and I think others too, but can’t remember… why? She is forever loosing bits from our sets, if bits break, fine… but to just loose 3-4 bits at a...

Cannibalism… I was thinking of any brand replacement if no parkside regarding the screw bits. Also, I am wanting to upgrade as such the foldable work bench top, to maybe metal… or a good quality top, but not sure where I can get one, that will fit mine, I mean i have made a cheap work surface...

Hello so, I have a few bits from Lidl parkside tool range, I am happy how they work for me, except human error has resulted is a few issues. I have made posts similar here. But starting again so all confusion is removed. now, I don’t ”need” the same brand, replacements, but having the same...

I have… well my mum has a ton of screwdriver sets. I like to keep a few tools upstairs and downstairs with the good bulk tools outside in the shed. I am disabled and needing a screw driver upstairs just to do small jobs saves me going downstairs, outside get the tool, come inside, get upstairs...