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yes, mine is an earlier version of this https://www.bosch-professional.com/gb/en/products/gdx-18v-210-c-06019J0200

Big and heavy? no they are lightweight and compact. Probably the most used tool I have and used for everything from little 15mm screws for kitchen door hinges to driving 150mm coach bolts. Takes every tip and driver I could possibly need, and with adjustable torque can be dialled in for the...

I also live in a 1902 house with an early cavity. When we acquired the house, the main back room had had a coal fire every day for about 120 years (the house was built by wifes great grandfather and we know the history). The lime plaster walls of this room were sodden with condensation from...

This comes up so often. The question really is "what do I want to achieve". A chimney will have a natural updraft if open at the top due to the venturi effect of the wind over the open stack, so in winter, if the stack is open at the top, you draw air at 20 degrees and about 60% humidity through...

Tricky. Is it a failure of the product? or a failure of the installation? However, when I look at the Consentino website it says that if the 25 year warranty isn't registered it still has a 3 year warranty. If you have the invoices etc, I'd be initially talking to Consentino. If they turn round...

Just about all tips you buy in a merchants are suitable for impacts. Mostly I use the ones that go in the magnetic bit holders, and I buy these usually https://www.cwberry.com/bosch-2608522187-pz2-x-25mm-extra-hard-screwdriver-bits-box-of-25. (or an unbranded equivalent in boxes of 25) The sets...

To give yourself an idea, run your windows through an online system like https://www.modernupvcwindows.co.uk/info-spec-windows-doors.php That'll give you an idea what you are paying for the measuring and fitting service. There is unlikely to be much of a difference in the material cost whoever...

It would look odd because it would look like a door on the end of a cabinet rather than the front. This whole saga is because you have bought a kitchen of standard components for a particular model of kitchen and are now trying to install the parts in a different way to what DIY kitchens...

Most (all?) impact drivers designed for construction rather than mechanics, with a 1/2" drive can also take the 1/4" hex as well. On the bosch pro linked to the torque is adjustable from gentle to fierce. The 1/4" bits get put up the middle of the 1/2" hex and are released by the red collar, the...

When doing any jobs the old adage is "if it looks right, it is right". It is amazing what deviations from square/perpendicular you can get away with if there is nothing to draw the eye to the deviation. Make the front edge straight and ignore the back edge of the cill - no-one will notice

No, go for the one with the 1/2" drive as well. Many specialist screws use torx heads, and many torx bits, for strength, use 1/2" drives. e.g. https://www.screwfix.com/p/spax-tx-flange-self-drilling-wirox-coated-timber-screws-6mm-x-180mm-100-pack/856cf You can get torx bits that fit normal hex...

Why on earth would you not want to put a pelmet below the cupboards? it hides the bottom of the cabinets and all the cabinet joints, and most people want illumination under as well which the pelmet also hides. People like DIY kitchens standardise around the usual way of installing so that...

I prefer back-to-the-wall toilets as you don't have to worry about the strength of the framing. As to access, some high quality Geberit hidden cisterns are designed to be accessed through the flush plate, but what I do is to split the panel behind the toilet so the low bit that the toilet fixes...

I'm no roofer, although I've done a bit of slating. It's very obvious that the verge has been bodged from whenever it was first repaired. The new tiles are both longer and thicker, so have been bodged on to the existing batten spacing. Nothing short of sourcing some original matching tiles and...

We need photos, and you need to ask under what exact planning law they intend to enforce. No need for solicitors or surveyors.

Which is exactly what I did with mine, except my build was sips with the sole plate fixed directly on to the flooring. It's been fine.

It will, but recommending using a climb cut on someone asking novice questions about using a hand held router is IMO not a good idea. Climb cuts can be hazardous and must be used with extreme caution. Personally, for a 3mm round, I'd use a low angle block plane and sandpaper

Look what the planning portal says https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/fences-gates-and-garden-walls/planning-permission It states 2m from the ground. Unlike outbuildings where I think height is measured from the highest point, this guidance is silent on this, so 2m from...

No, it's not. The 30m2 threshold is the limit to build without building regulations. There is no size limit for permitted development except the area of the curtilage developed, and the fact that an outbuilding must be "ancillary". In any case, why permitted development? you are going to really...

maybe, if you do everything yourself. My 6.5 x 3.6 cost knocking on towards £20K in materials including decorations etc, all in. I used SIPs, and for a garden room cannot think of a better method - structural and insulation in a single panel. Thread here if you're interested...