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Couple of thoughts: If the replaced boards will be visible, move some original ones from an area of the room where the boatds won't ever be seen (eg under a sofa), and put the new ones in there. Local timber merchants will have a thicknesser machine and if you offer them the price of a...

Why have you got a door in your ceiling? :? On a more serious note, as a rule of thumb undoing the shelves will involve the opposite of assembling the unit. Look on the outside of the carcass for clues, or search online for assembly instructions for similar looking units.

I used B&Q Flexi Shelving for a similar project and it's brilliant - though the cost can add up. Main advantages are: Ease of installation (just screw the uprights into the wall with sturdy screws/plugs) Strength Flexibility - actually means you can store much more stuff because you can fine...

We bought a double Franke S/S sink about ten years ago - fab quality and well worth paying the extra. Top Tip - get the deepest bowl you can. Makes life so much easier, eg Piling up saucepans to dry Washing paintbrushes without splashing on the worktop Bathing babies Easily filling a...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I rubbed the aluminium as suggested. I had so much metal to attach that I'd have needed a Kenwood Chef to mix the Araldite. So following a frame fitter's advice I used a tube of Stixall. Seems to be holding well, but of course time will tell... Thanks...

...and if your drill hits a mains cable buried in the wall, you may find youself slumped against the opposite wall of the room! :( Well worth searching for top tips on how to avoid this risk.

I've got to join together about 6 metres of aluminium and stainless steel "L" angle strips, like this (end view): ¬L There will be a vertical load on the s/s (left hand side of the diagram) equivalent to say 50kg max over any 100mm length of the join - the extreme left hand end will be...

I always start with a Google images search - find something that looks suitable, then ask Google images to find similar items. After that, hit the phone and talk to people about what you want. If you don't strike lucky at first, ask peope if they know anyone else who can help. They are also...

Thanks Matty I'm pretty sure the screed mix was OK because they dumped the excess on our lawn (cheers lads) and it set so hard our builder had to attack it with a pneumatic drill to break through it to get to a soakaway pipe. The sub-floor concrete slab underneath seemed OK - mesh...

Hi Work is finishing on our new build extension - single room 6m x 7m. We have wet UFH (John Guest SpeedFit) with 3 loops in 75mm screed (4-1 sand mortar plus fibres) and we plan to glue a very good quality engineered oak board to it. We left the screed 90 days to cure/dry, before...

The might be Planning implications here? Worth checking, could give you a get-out as well as avoiding risk for the homeowner.

Whatever drill you use, bear in mind that some walls are just complete b******s, and can reduce even the most experienced professional builders to screaming wrecks. There's usually no way of telling in advance. :(

My experience of speccing things like this are: Always over-engineer it slightly, but... ... beware of specialist vendors who try to sell you a branded or (worse still) customised solution. If in doubt, look for no-nonsense, unbranded industrial-quality stuff that is often remarkable...

Hard to advise without more detail about the wood, but generally I would think it best to support both of them independently and just fill the gap with an appropriate sealant. A forced marriage could end in tears, especially in a damps environment like a kitchen or bathroom. If the oak is in...

Personally I'd put it as close to the floor as possibe. 300kg could do a lot of damage to anything it comes into contact with - long-term to your plinth, and short-term to people's toes!

If you're planning on using the MDF anywhere that might get damp, remember to seal the edges really well otherwise the board will absorb moisture and "blow out" (get 50% thicker potentially), which is permanent and looks really naff!

Check the outside wall of the house for evidence of water overflowing from a blocked gutter.

The router is one of the best, most versatile tools ever invented, and there's all sorts of clever bits and jigs that you can use, not to mention home-made guides that cost virtually nothing. You'd be amazed at how often it's the only tool for the job - and it certainly sounds like it is in...

If you're short of space, have you considered a sliding door?