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Bloody hell - quite a list. I am going to resist my urge to look up any of those issues as I will probably never sleep again. Sod's law will probably dictate, now, that the relief of a negative test will lead me to forget to look both ways, tonight. If I get killed by a 70s vehicle (with...

Bit of an update - just got sample back and it had zero (i.e. not even a trace) of asbestos in my sample - it was, however, confirmed as being vermiculite. Can officially stop the cacky pants, now. Hope this helps any future readers - if it looks like vermiculite, get it tested! I have just...

Thanks, mate - appreciate that. It sounds really childish but sometimes you just need reassure that the risk is literally not worth bothering with. I grew up in the 80s, when H&S started to be taken a bit more seriously in this country and it is hard to shift, from my mindset, the constant...

Unfortunately, it is the vermiculite that could contain asbestos. I have sent a sample off for testing and now have a bit of an anxious wait whilst I await the results. In the meantime, I made the stupid mistake of googling everything I could find about asbestos exposure (in the hope of...

Hi DIYNotian. Sorry to raise this thread but how did you get on with the test results?

Thanks for that - unfortunately, it looks like the stuff (looking at google photos) is called vermiculite. It was, apparently, only a single mine in the US (Libby) that provided contaminated batches. Question, now, is whether my house was unlucky enough to have obtained it from there.

Hi there. A couple of years ago, I decided to bag up all the loose insulation that lay between the rafters in my loft. I then replaced it with rolls of insulation. It was dusty as anything and I used a regular paper face mask. I recently read that some of this stuff can contain asbestos and...

Thanks ever so much for that, JobAndKnock - it had not even occurred to me to actually make some cutting stands. I also checked out Peter Millard's videos - really interesting. I tried to order one of the Titan saws from Screwfix and noted that they had disappeared from their website. I...

Have done a complete u-turn and I think I can justify the extra expense and go for a track saw, after all. Any models to consider/avoid?

Whoops that was a close one - I definitely want a 240v version. Thank you. What else should I be looking for in terms of wattage, cutting depth, brand etc?

Thanks very much for everyone's further comments on this. Having done a lot more research, I think that whilst I would really love a track saw, I am not sure I can justify the extra expense, given that I am not going to be doing huge amounts of cutting. I think I am going to go with a circular...

Thanks everyone. Really helpful information - I had never even heard of a track/plunge saw. The idea of a circular saw, with a homemade guide does seem very appealing. Is the only difference between a track saw and a regular circular saw that the track saw has the guide built into it?

Having used my trusty Bosch jigsaw for everything I do, involving wood, I have decided to add something a bit more bespoke to my tool shed. The problem, I find, is that jigsaws are just not particularly accurate. Most of what I have made, looks less than professional as edges are never...

Thanks ever so much for that, John - I owe you a bundle. I shall give them a ring to check, as suggested, and let you know what they say.

Wow - very impressive. As you say, the Locksonline lock does seem to have a different bolt (I never would have noticed that in a million years) - I assume that the anti-saw rods must be the superior? Plus, if the brass key is better too, I shall definitely get that model and do exactly as you...

Unfortunately, I did not get covers for the outside of the door until for quite a few months after they had been installed and I never did get them for the inside - shall make sure to do this for the new locks. Furthermore, when the carpenter asked me what locks I wanted, I made the mistake of...

Thanks everyone for your advice - apologies for having not been back on here sooner. Having had a look at the locks, I have concluded that they are knackered - I have tried both sets of keys in each and neither work properly in either lock. My wife also tried to use the locks whilst I wasn't...

Hello. I was burgled about six years and I hired a carpenter to put in a new back door with two deadlocks and a sashlock. About six months ago, they both started to go a bit funny and now neither of them open from the inside (and one of them has to be wiggled, from the outside, to open). I...

Hi. I need to put a sidegate down the side of our house, for security reasons. The gap is 3400mm wide and the post will need to be 2000mm to match the height of my neighbour's fence. I was thinking of putting four posts in, with a gate between the middle two. The drive is solid concrete...

Whilst I really like the idea of mesh, my house is small enough (and convenient enough) that running network cables is not going to be major job. Very nice solution, though. Out of interest, do you notice any realtime slowdown from not using cabling?