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Hi, I've just had a letter at work from the local water supply company about a forthcoming inspection. The building I'm in is late 60's early 70's and doesn't seem to have check valves fitted to the toilet cisterns or any of the taps, will double chck valves need fitting to these? I do...

Just a quicj update. I bought a ryobi jigsaw for around £60 and splahed out on some Bosch jigsaw blades have to say it all went very well. I used my circular saw to make the straight cuts and then jigsawed the rest, it's looking good so far. The next job is to make a frame for it and...

The MDF I've got is 18mm. I managed to have a look at a couple of panels which are like the ones in the link and would say that the board that has been used was 9mm so maybe I could have got thinner sheets. And yes the corners are radiused, couldn't see any sign of sealer on the cut...

Thanks for the replies, I've ordered the MDF already :( but the ones you can buy are all mdf so I don't see it being a problem, I looked at ply but the splinter issue put me off. I've got a router so I'll probably use that to cut the holes out once I've made a template to cut round. Adam

Hi, My girlfriend has roped me into helping her make a "role play" area for her school in the style of a shop/railway station etc like this one: http://www.e-quip4education.co.uk/acatalog/info_TT3271.html i'm going to be using 16mm MDF for the panels, what will be the best thing to...

H Jason, Thanks for the info, i'll have a look at the Trend jig. Adam

Hi, I'm going to fitting some Rubberwood worktops, I'd like to round off the edges and put a radius on the corners of the wood. Can I just check which bits I should be using, for rounding off the edges I take it I should use a "rounding over bit" I see they come in different sizes any...

ah, obvious went you put it like that, Thanks again for your help and attention. Adam

Glad I asked, I probably would have compensated the other way, thinking the wood would shrink in the summer I was concerned that i'd end up with a large wooden rug!

Thanks agian Woodyoulike I feel a bit like that irish comedian "wait! there's more!". I noticed a few other posts mentioning moisture content and expansion/contraction, does it make any difference what time of year I lay the floor? as I was thinking of getting it done before xmas

Excellent, thanks again woodulike. One final question, there seem to be loads of different companies supplyng oak flooring and a very wide range of prices for similar sounding products, what do I need to look out for when choosing a floor to make sure I ge a good one? ( i realise this is...

Hi Woodyoulike, thanks for the advice, having read a lot of posts regarding laying oak floors I was starting to think I'd opened a massive can of worms! I wasn't really looking forward to replacing the chipboard with ply so floating it is. Just to clarify some of the thinhgs i've read...

Hi Matty, Thanks for the info, the oak boards I'm thinking of using are 150mm wide and 18mm thick. The area I want to floor is a living room/through dining room (with an arch way between) that is 3.93m wide and 8.9m long overall (the living room is 5.5m long and dining room 3.4m long) I...

The tubes I use are daylight corrected, the last time I ordered some I was told that they are no longer being produced hence the interest in changing them (plus it's a pain storing spare tubes) At this stage I'm just trying to get some info before calling in an electrician for a quote, though...

Hi, I want to replace my eight foot flourescent tubes that are fitted at work ( as they don't make 'em any more) with smaller five foot units . At present there are three single tube fittings arranged in a U shape with two units running off 1 switch and one switch running the other unit...

Hi, I'm thinking of laying a soild oak floor in the living room/dining room/hall. The present floor is chipboard (green coloured stuff) I've got a few queries. 1) can I lay the Oak boards over the chipboard? 2) If yes, What fixing method should I use, secret nailing or floating floor...

Hi Deluks, Thanks for all the help/advice, Adam

Thanks again Deluks, Think I'll put down fibreglass over the half that I don't use as it's the least expensive and celotex and more boards on the half I do use. Do i just lay the chipboard over the celotex with no fixings? Adam

I had a large wall that covered in cork tiles, I scrapped them off and then went over the wall with a hot air gun to remove the adhesive, a very long job! Probably quicker to replace your ply floor I would think.

Thanks Deluks, I'm starting to wish I never looked in the loft at all lol. I only have a collection of cardbord boxes in the loft at the moment, so weight isn't really a problem. Can I put insulation over the boards without taking them up, as I only need access to half the loft anyway or...