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Thanks, I;m also using Danish oil on my worktop. Any recommendations on the wax?

Made a bar table from a solid oak worktop, I've been oiling the worktop but still drys out in 1-2 weeks and some areas of the surface gets slightly rust as well. The dining table I bought is wax finished and my wife loves it, it's smooth and water resistant as well. I'm also buying another...

You are right the cheaper ones are actually air nail gun. Electric nail guns cost more, such as this one: Tacwise 181ELS Electric Nail Gun https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00B1P5TC2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_lfJGzbRGEGEVB But if the electric nail gun could do the trick and substantially reduce the time...

Just laid the laminate flooring on ground floor and is looking at the skirting boards. I'm going with the ' no nail glue' for the installation but noticed my builder was also using an air pumped nail gun to fix the skirting board in place before the glue settles. I looked at the nailer guns on...

Thanks, I 'll look into the zinsser. My current preference would be totally remove the paint from wall, might be a lot more expensive but get rid of it forever is what I wanted, getting some local sander for a quote.

thanks, so for the drilling of dowel holes, I'm looking at the Milwaukee percussion drill as I already have an impact driver ( think I should really bought the combi drill at the first place), so I can use the batteries. I understand the percussion drill have the rotary only option which will...

I'm replacing the carpets on ground floor with laminates and while I'm doing it I want to lay some speaker cables and HDMI cable in the living room. It's concrete floor so I'm looking to dig a channel then place a plastic pipe and seal again with cement. This way I can also pull out and change...

mixed valspar from BQ...

I have recently had 3 bedrooms re-plastered and painted with paints I bought from B&Q, but the paint stinks! I then did a quick search, (which I should have done before buying the paint), it turns out there are so many reviews with people complaining the smell, which being described as cat urine...

Hi I currently replaced my 'very old' Comlit video entry system with Ring Doorbell Pro, but the video quality was not that great and I think partially because of my internet connection the video/audio via internet is not that great. So I consider the Ring as temporary solution. But I would...

Hi I'm looking to DIY an "L" shaped bar table, similar to the one below: I plan to use pocket hole screw to joint the two panels together with bit of the glue at the joint, this seems to be the easiest and effective way to do it. And requires only a few tools. And the pocket hole can be...

China. most of the new built are using metal conduit for the mains cable, ethernet cables etc.

You are absolutely right, rats are separate issue that should be dealt with if happens, I was just making an example. Steel conduit is what we use for home internal wiring but that was mostly because it is easier to replace the wiring if required, and usually the wiring are in the walls not in...

thank you very much for the advice from first hand experiences. I'm leaning towards the DWS774, especially its bevel goes to 48 degree so very handy for skirt cutting as I understand it. Only downside would be the blade size of only 216mm, would this be restricting for my future works? I 'm only...

Thank you Motman, yes the cables in walls have the protection cover - not pipes just a plastic cover then the plaster over the cover - not the best but I guess it will do what it's supposed to. I don't have loft floors, just the heat insulation materials then the cables lay over it. Looks a...

I am unfamiliar with the system but I had a look in the loft, I think I have mains water pipe feeding a large cold water tank, and there's a small tank beside it. The cylinder is in the airing cupboard and there's a pump pumping the heating, the hot water is not pumped.

It's Quinn radiator, I think it is steel. I guess I can test that, if I shut off the radiator valve and still get hot water from the tap, then it's two loops?

thanks a lot for the quick responses, it actually makes sense to do it this way. But is the hot water of the bath/shower actually route from the radiator? Feels like the water washes the radiator first then us? Yes I have the old gravity system, which I am going to change to unvented cylinder...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a mitre saw to work on some home projects, will start with cutting some laminates and skirts etc, then maybe some garden projects later in the summer. Had a quick look and the DeWalt and Bosch comes in within my budget, just wondering if anyone had any experiences with...

I just noticed that when my CH is off and with HW on, all my radiators are cold but the towel rails are hot, I suspect the towel radiators are connected to the hot water instead of CH. Is this normal? my builder said he connected my towel radiators to the pipes where the old radiator was...