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I have the Bosch PCM8S that I brought from Amazon as a warehouse deal, it came in at about £100. It was a customer return, the box had been opened but it still has all the factory fitted packaging installed. I have used it to build a stud work wall and a patio wine table from scraps to get used...

I made mine from pallets, the wood sits on one at the bottom that is easy to remove if/when it rots. The sides have been made from 2 slatted top parts of the pallets and the roof has been made up from planks cut down to size and butted up to each other. It has all been given a few coats of a...

I have just sound proofed a wall, different to yours but it has worked :). I had an alcove that I could lose, so I built a stud wall, 100mm of sound slab rockwool, 2 sheets of sound bloc plasterboard, with the joints staggered and 3 tubes of acoustic sealant! My bed is beneath the wall and no...

If you move the doorway to the hallway, will that opening cause any problems moving furniture in and out of the room? Personally, I would keep it as the plans, how about a nice mirror on the end of the wall to bounce any light back? And I vote for the basin under the window, keeps all the...

The angle hasn't been too bad,it has not felt unsteady at all!! Thanks Joe-90, but I am pretty sure I am not a guy!!! Lol I use the extendable pole as well but that don't work for the cutting in!!!

Exactly! I just put the post up to help others, it has worked for me and I have managed to paint my ceiling The platform only cost me my time as the wood was from my wood pile!!

I have taken the platform down for the week end, but just placed it back together so I could take this photo. I have been using it like this but with the ladder extended fully. I have also screwed the platform to the stair tread, so no movement :)

I like this idea and I will have to keep this in mind if I ever have a wasps nest :)

I don't need it to pass any health and safety,it is for my own personal use in my own home! I have found the lip to be fine, I have spent the last 2 days up and down the ladder and it has not moved at all.

I am able to place the ladder on the platform, with the top of the ladder resting on the left hand side of the wall. It made the painting much easier for me!

i had my stairs ceiling and walls to paint and did not want to use ladders with scaffold planks across, so I made a 2 legged table to straddle 2 stairs for a flat platform to set my ladder on! I have felt really comfortable using this platform, much nicer than the tight rope scafford planks!!

I have just looked and yes there is a small void behind the back panel of the cupboards, about 20mm I think. I was going to keep the plug/socket wiring, it's using up 2 sockets at the moment as its doing both sides. When it's all in one I will just use the one socket which is in a corner and...

I have 2 runs of the Aurora T4 fluorescent lights under cabinet lights that I would like to link up and run through my glass door cabinets. The lights are not wired into the mains, they are plugged into regular sockets. Would anyone have any ideas how I can get the connector leads through these...

Yeah I was hoping for a negative, but nope it came up red! Not surprising the paint is about 130 years old, but lovely pitch line underneath

I have had a look at my eBay account and it was a Nitromors testing kit, they have one on Amazon a bit pricey though Not sure if this link will work.... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nitromors-Simple-Children-Surface-Tester/dp/B00NM9CQOO

I had the the same situation as you, very old paint that I want to remove and I was not sure if it was lead paint! I managed to find a testing kit on eBay, made by 3M I think it was about £5, I will see if I can find the link. It worked a treat and told me I have lead paint!! I brought a Bahco...

We have a local recycling scavenging yard and I have picked up a couple of plastic power tool cases from there. Once home, I have used my multi tool gadget, cut out the shaped plastic insert and have an empty box for storing a new power tool. No cost and environmentally friendly

Thanks, what do you mean by rodding? The existing waste goes to a manhole in the drive, which is in turn connected to another manhole further down the drive that then connects to the main sewer in the road. My neighbour attaches to my second manhole as my house originally owned his and they did...

Thanks Haooyplumber. I didn't fancy a saniflo, Google says they have problems.... It would be a run of 8-9 metres, what sort of fall would I need? Shall I check to see how low the inside of the man hole cover at the front of the house is ? Or are they a pretty standard depth?

Thanks. I have since found out the gap to get into the under the kitchen floor where the large hump of concrete is too small to get through. Would it be possible to run a new waste pipe straight down the hall and under the front door? I know there is a waste drain cover approx 5/6 ft away from...