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GF has decided she wants some wall shelves in the lounge for storing CD's and DVD's. I'm going to make these as a simple 4 sided box that will be fixed to the wall with hidden corner plates. However she wants these painting the same colour as the walls - Wickes vinyl Matt emulsion. What's...

Thanks for your help. I'll give it a go and post some pics when it's finished!

Sorry, are you saying I don't need biscuits or dowels - just glue the timber together ? I know what you mean - so the plywood makes the shelf into a "box" with the fixings hidden inside Yes I have a router Thanks for your help

Thanks for your reply - yes the shelves will be in a built in cupboard and supported by battens on both sides and along the back. I will fix another piece of timber edge ways along the front to hide the battens and make the shelves look thicker if that makes sense! Will dowels be ok or...

Is it possible to make your own timber board by gluing strips of timber together ? I'm looking for something like this: http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-General-Purpose-Timberboard-18x300x1750mm/p/115436 I have a load of 70 x 20mm PAR timber left over from another job and I'd like to make it...

Following the removal of an inset shelf unit I need to brick up the internal skin of a cavity wall. The hole is about 2ft wide and about 4ft high. I've got some celcon solar blocks left over from another job and I was going to use these with some screw ties to tie the new block work into the...

Thanks Gregers, The existing hinges fixing the door to the frame are standard butt hinges. After I've cut the door down I was going to use flush hinges in the middle to hinge the two halves of the door together. Something like...

Hello, we have a cupboard with a 686 mm wide internal door on it. The door opens outwards but due to space restrictions I would like to cut it in half vertically so it folds on to its self when opened. It's a hollow (cardboard) door and I'm aware I will need to glue timber inside to support...

Cheers Noseall - thanks very much for your help! Looks like I'm going to be busy this weekend :shock:

Hi Noseall, Thanks for your response - BC were happy for the waste water to splash into the manhole as it will only be grey water from the washing machine. I take your point about limited access to use a core drill so I'll probably stitch drill it. I'm just a bit worried about cracking the...

Hello, I need to install a new drain connection in to an existing manhole in the garden some 4m away from the house. This will accommodate the outlet from a washing machine which has been moved into our new utility room extension. The standpipe will discharge into a rodderable gully which...

Thanks for your help guys - SWMBO has decided on 15mm. If necessary we can cut the plinth down or have a small gap where it meets the underside of the cabinets. I see what you're saying tpt but it seems the tiles and adhesive are going to be at least 12mm and she doesn't want to loose...

Hello, We're just about to start installing our new kitchen units and plan to tile the floor later with the tiles going just under the plinths. We're looking at using 600mm square porcelin (or possibly ceramic) floor tiles. Is there a standard thickness for these tile? SWMBO hasn't decided...

Thanks Fox, With all the work going on there is no room in the garage at the moment! Is it ok to store it inside? It's in a sellophane wrapper - would you remove this to let the air circulate? I'm probably worrying too much but I don't want to make a mess of things before I've even...

Our builder has installed the frame for an access door into our detached garage. The frame was installed using screw in frame ties mortared into the brickwork. Are these strong enough to hold the frame or should I supplement these with some screws and plugs? I'm going to have a go a...

ROFL :lol: We've got a bricky on board but we're trying to do as much as we can ourselves. I'm sure we'll be back with many more questions before we're finished!

Thanks Guys. Having spoken to a couple of local builders who have done similar jobs in the area we reached the conclusion that we had a lazy architect! Concrete poured this morning with the help of a few willing friends. Now having a well deserved coffee and bacon sarnie! Thanks again...

Hi, The building inspector has just signed off the trench for our small (3m x 3m) single story extension. We've excavated 500mm wide and 1.3m deep and the BI is happy with that. It's a strip foundation and we now need to fill it with concrete 600mm deep. The drawings state the concrete...

Update - after a hard days digging we discovered the end we had found was indeed connected to the cable in the trench. The "cable" was also copper and it did polish up very nicely :) However it wasn't cable but copper pipe :oops: We are now on mains gas but seems the house...