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Yes. It HAS to be a socket as the whole head of the bolt is going into the wood; there will be nothing sticking out of the wood when finished. So remember the countersunk hole has to be slightly bigger than the outside diameter of your socket ' head'.

In MHO, as a tiler, there are two ways to change the colour of the tiles :- 1. Take them off and re-tile. 2. Cover them with some kind of ‘ wet wall’ plastic panels. These days you get some nice panels, some even have a tile pattern on them. ( there are fans of them on here who will be along...

You are right in all of the above. Another reason why we don’t use premix; if it has went on with a thick trowel ( or maybe even ‘padded out’ somewhere) there’s no way you can take them spacers out later that day ( sometimes even a day or 3) to grout. And not all Premix buckets are...

Exactly ! Years ago I did use Bal white star plus ( pre mixed bucket) on one of their training days. They spec that for Porcelain tiles, if memory serves only up to 300mm sq though.

It has its uses. Metros etc in a kitchen Splashback sure, no probs. But some of the cheaper ones aren’t waterproof/shower enc standard, and none will do 600 x 600 porcelain.

Ah, where to start……. Pre-mixed adhesive; so they’re small tiles then. Not the best for a first diy job. You’ll need two cutters, a manual for straight cuts, and an electric wet for ‘L’ cuts and shaving. You’ll need hole cutters for the shower mixer/tails. If you’re confident the walls are and...

Hi guys, I’m looking for a bit of advice on something I know very little about; painting an old garden boundary wall, 1950ish poured/cast concrete ‘coping’. I had the ( brick) wall itself re-dashed last year, and as an ‘extra’ the builders offered to paint the top as they worked…… Unfortunately...

I think the O.P. needs to take some grass and chill out.

I see two trains of thought to the o.p. :- Whilst thinking ' no, cos it's too heavy', surely ( for example) 10kg/m2 is the same for 1M as it is for 2 ? But you can't argue with my second reasoning - ' No, because the adhesive has already been used'. Therefore the SAME adhesive can't be used...

It was an easy bobo to make

I just finished ‘Untamed’. Great show. ( though it’s Yosemite Nat Park) Makes me want to go camping again !

I don’t see why not; though I’ve sealed the gaps off between the slabs to stop mice getting under it, and having bearers on top of a frame means there will always be air circulating under it to help keep it dry.

Only as you were looking for photos/ideas …

Just finished ( one of my many) outdoor projects :- small summerhouse for the Domestic Manager. Ok, so not as grand as some of the other ones you guys have going on just now, but I’m pleased with it……

Oh dear, I was hoping no one was going to reply !! Lol Well, I think I’ve met my limit for ‘trying anything’ :- This is the first job ive done that never went to plan…….. the top coat kept sliding/ slumping down. The scratch coat was solid, well adhered and reasonably flat. Has dried over...

You mean like this ? Lol Just arrived from Mr Amazon

It’s 450 x 450 slabs I used.

I’ve just finished ‘making’ my shed/summerhouse. After costing it up against making it myself, I went for the heaviest duty/ proper construction / T&G/ osb-free one I could find off the shelf… Anyway, I made my base first, out of Pressure Treated 4 x 4’s, put on top of a concreted in slab/pad...

Surely you can't SORN a vehicle over the phone if it's not yours ?

I had one of the early ones years ago, on a Focus. Despite my mechanic pals reservations, it never missed a beat. It had good economy, and was capable of good motorway driving as well. You'd never had known it only had 3 cylinders. Had it 4 years, no problems.