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The definition of a boat “A hole in the water which you fill with money”

Classic cars, or in my own case, classic bikes. Thankfully, the bottom has fallen out of the market and “investors” don’t buy classic vehicles like they used to. I just like doing up old bikes. A few years ago, fairly ordinary 50 year old bikes were bought and sold like paintings and never...

Use a bread knife to cut acoustic rockwool. It should be slightly larger than the gap and squeezes in, but don’t ram it in. If using plasterboard, mix up some plaster and “grout” the joints or where it touches the battens. The more airtight you can get the better. Fill the gaps in the floorboards.

Quite possibly my “MS” person had more than three vehicles? Or didn’t care An artist I know has Her initials and 4RT as her reg.

I’d start small and make a hole bigger until I had a better view? Using a vibrating cutting tool on the seams might help, avoiding the suspect areas. Those airbags for door and window fitting might help? Screwing a block to a safe area might help in levering up sections? I would guess that once...

Maybe the owner was a Mike Smith/ Madeline Shaw? Less concerned with the apparent age of the vehicle than having a private plate? My new to me 66 car was on a personal plate before I bought it. The PO retained the PP and sold it with it’s original No My old childhood neighbours were in the...

I bought new panels for my existing fence about a year ago. (6) When they were delivered, I mentioned to the delivery guy that I needed to cut one down. As they make them, he said that they would have made one to fit had I mentioned it, same price as the next size up, no more. Too late, and I...

I believe that extracts have a stated maximum distance in their specs? And that every bend limits the max length by a factor of “X” However I didn’t know if X is the same for all/ varies by duct material My kitchen extract comes out the side, and I made a “shelf” from a kitchen end panel that...

I don’t suppose Ikea do tops? I know they do some kind of polycarbonate (type) tops for Kalix ? Personally I’d go for glass, but budget may be a concern.

Could you build the frames flat, use wrap, but then raise them to near vertical using a support frame, close to the boundary, then clad? Then move to your boundary. Repeat for the other side using the same support system, dismantle the supports. Or build the back wall first, using that to...

Any builders merchant will have heavy duty polythene for DPMs. https://www.wickes.co.uk/featured/damp-proof-membrane Possibly cheaper on Amazon/ebay

Use several pieces of cardboard and tape to create a template of the gulley and pipe locations. Then copy this onto something (ideally) weatherproof to make a cover. Plywood/upvc/ cement board. If ply, it will need many coats of waterproofing. Wander around B&Q to find something suitable- even...

Option 2 allows access to the windows should you wish to get closer, and allow access to the cupboards on the LH and RH walls. Option 1 allows a bit more storage, but makes the cupboards on the LH and RH corner hard to access.. it also means that peering out of the window is harder. You can...

Humvees are terrible. they are too wide and are being phased out They are looking at a BAE vehicle and Pinzgauer, merc, Toyota and BAE have vehicles in the testing.

Looks ok to me? I am not a plumber. It looks like a new boiler added to old pipe work.? With the general mix of pipes, I’d assume it will be boxed in later.

Assuming that the lights are LED, and the CE marking is genuine, probably YES. The only real danger is the PSU overheating. It would be sensible to have them on a timer so the supply gets a chance to cool down.

You might be able to fit an additional screw over the top of the mirror once it’s hung on the cleat? We used to do similar. The screw would hopefully be out of vision at the top and prevents the mirror being lifted above the release point. A bit of heat shrink on the WAGOS would probably be...

Couldn’t you use inline commando sockets? Ok you’d have a tail but if you cut the fixed mains lead long enough to sit the join on the ground, the unit will still be portable yet extendable

Either a fire door or make one out of 2x2 frame covered in thick ply filled with plasterboard.

Is there any insulation in the other internal walls? I’d go for rockwool in the cavity, and plasterboard /timber over the faces. Double up on the plasterboard if you can and use a mastic or similar to seal joins. Sound goes around corners, so it the side room has a door that’s flimsy, you will...