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Thanks for the response (nice to hear from a fellow ditch crawler) The trouble is, a lot of the hobs you can get for boats/motorhomes don't look very special. We went to Crick this weekend and saw some really great fit-outs using domestic style hobs, so I started wondering... I guess I...

I have used circular saws to skim small amounts off things - doors in particular. I don't possess a power plane... Just make sure you clamp a good straight fence across the door and you have the right blade in the saw (lots of teeth for a nice fine cut) and you will be fine. I wouldn't...

Jim, I think the point here is that the 'stream of consciousness' style of your original post is extremely difficult to read. I belong to this forum more to learn than to offer help, I don't have the skills or experience to offer very much help to be honest, but I learn vast amounts from...

Hi Guys, Please forgive the appalling lack of knowledge, but gas is generally not my thing. I want to upgrade the gas hob on our narrowboat. The existing hob is a Belling caravan/motorhome style hob and I would like to fit something a little less 'camping' and a little more 'domestic'...

Just to echo what has been said above. When we first moved in we used to get a lot of the 'clonking' noise you describe. Over a period of months I started lifting floorboards and adding pipe clips at various places and gradually managed to reduce the 'clonking' so that eventually everything...

This is why you need proper project management - it always seems a bit overkill on smaller jobs, but in circumstances like this, worth every penny. As Bernard says, if the architect had signed up to say he would project manage, it is his responsibility, if not, I don't think you have any case...

+1 from me - thanks Foxhole

Hi Foxhole, At the risk of hijacking the thread... What is a thumb router please? I thought I knew bit about routers, I know what a palm router is, but I have no idea what a thumb router is.

Hmmm - interesting idea. Could look great with the tubes running up and down and lit from below. But - you would deffo need to seal it really well you would certainly get condensation, or worse in the tubes I reckon. Also, you might have to be really careful how you clean it as I would...

2" x 2" framing then cover. Personally, I wouldn't use plasterboard I would use ply.

I read that in a hurry and thought WTF?!?!?... Airborne Infants?? My dyslexia must be getting worse with age...

It helps the aerodynamics, cuts down on drag...

Hehehehe... Reminds me of a very old joke... Cut to the punchline - I finished painting the porch. And by the way it ain't a porch it's a Ferrari.

someone will be along with some detailed advice soon - but, what I have learned over the years is that, generally, anything that says 'one-coat' normally isn't!!

There's a difference between 'Brown' furniture made out of cheap veneer laid onto a substandard base and a nice piece made out of proper Mahogany. Can't really tell what this was before it got 'improved', but it looks like it was a nice piece to me. Oh well - I guess when fashions change...

+1 That's render!

Looks like it would be worth a couple of hundred in the right place - depends on the quality, but it looks half-decent.

I prefer the 'before'. Looks like a nice bit of Flame Mahogany. :lol:

A bit late to this, but... As long as there is sufficient cover, the rebar will not rust. So called concrete cancer is caused where the cover is insufficient and water can get to the rebar, rust sets in and causes expansion which blows the cover off, this obviously allows more water to...

Depends on the design of the blind - but it is sometimes possible to trim the blind without too much trouble. We have a local, independent, blind shop. They are happy (for a reasonable price) to make adjustments to blinds so that they fit.