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Thanks mate (y) Yeah I had the problem with the tape bump showing last time and I had to feather it out 40cm before it looked alright. This time though, all the tapes will be close to an upright external corner, which had been skimmed a couple of times, so the corner is less than 90, so I will...

I've done a load of boxing in of pipes in my hallway and it all needs jointing and taping. It's not large areas, but some of the joints are 2.4m long and maybe 15cm wide, but mostly smaller bits. I've already got the paper tape, and I have got a 5kg bag of Toupret interior filler, would there be...

Thanks for the suggestions. I have ground down an old spanner and that did the trick. Had to bash off some plaster as well, but it's being boarded over, so it's not a problem. Cheers (y)

Does anyone know of a spanner/tool for getting in really tight spaces where a compression fitting is in between a wall and another pipe? There only looks to be about 6mm ish, either side, so whatever it is, needs to have really narrow, pointy jaws. I have tried a 24mm split ring spanner, but it...

Thanks. Yes, there is a rainwater drain that runs from front to back, I'm not sure exactly where it is, but I think it's close to the side wall of the house, looking at the two grids that it joins. Not sure how deep. No manholes.

I'm looking to build a lean to shed/workshop on the side of my house. It'll be slightly narrower than a single garage, and will be a shed/workshop and storage area. I was going to build it using the same methods as a garden room, fully insulated all round, wood construction and a couple of rows...

I have fitted a new MDF MR, pre primed window sill. The existing white primer had taken a battering during the install, and there were some bare MDF ends that I had shaped. I used a couple of generous coats of Zinsser BIN (which was a right ball ache to apply) filled in-between coats with...

Dug out the bin primer and did one end where I'd shaped it and it only raised the fibres a little bit, they sanded back nicely, so gave it a full coat, applied with a roller and laid (layed?) off with a 3" soft brush. The only issue I encountered was that, because it's a long sill, about 4m in...

Thanks, the only reason that we are going for a water based finish, is so it doesn't go yellow after a few months. I believe that the scuff x is pretty tough for this kind of thing? What other kinds of paints are there for this application, that are pretty hard wearing and can be painted on with...

Thanks. I have had the same thing happen, which is why I'm asking here. I was thinking zinsser bin, but wasn't sure if it was ok with Scuff x? I know Rustin's do an MDF sealer that is water based that seems to get good reviews, but I also saw that some people were forever re-coating and then...

Morning all, I have a large MDF window sill that needs painting. I'm going to try the Scuff X as it is quite a high traffic area in a busy house. The MDF is primed, but there are areas of it that are bare MDF and have been sanded to shape and there are lots of scrapes and dirty marks from...

Thanks, the cavity is fully insulated and I closed the top and any gaps with foam and then mortared over the top and there's room inside for the air to circulate. There wasn't room to add any more height, as I have to take into account the shutters going back in. The ceiling was removed...

Wow, thanks for that. I was trying to work out in my head, what would happen to the mitre, if I used a wider board for the side pieces to get that ear, but I couldn’t work it out, so did it straight through. I didn’t want to mess it up, so went the safe route, but on the off cut that I did...

Thanks. I have managed to complete the jointing with the masking tape, taking up the slack on the Erbauer. The joints don't seem particularly tight, in fact some of the biscuits are quite loose, but the alignment seems to be ok on both joints, so that's ok for now. There's a couple of things I'm...

I'm not knocking them at all, but I really didn't want to return another Erbauer and the Draper have the same issue, as people have reported in the Amazon reviews, there are even photos of the wonky fence. For what it is worth, I've had many draper hand tools over the years and most were ok, but...

Looks like a couple of layers of masking tape have saved the day. Did a test cut with mitres and 3 biscuits along it and it lines up ok. Not as tight as I thought it'd be, but seems to align perfectly so far.

Thanks again, it was the Erbauer EBJ860 from Screwfix. I was just looking at the other cheap one (Draper) I was looking at and that seems to suffer from the same thing, exactly. I totally agree about the used, decent model, but as time is of the essence, now, I am half tempted to pack out the...

Just noticed this biscuit jointer's fence is about 1mm out of square, side to side and no way to adjust it, so I'm going to return it. You buy cheap, you buy twice and all that :ROFLMAO: Edit, and the replacement is even worse. Looks ok until you tighten it up and then it's 1-2mm out at one...

Just doing this today, mitres are cut and I'm going to attempt the biscuit jointing, but I wanted to ask how many joints would you recommend in a 350mm mitre joint in 25mm thick moisture resistant MDF window board? I'm guessing 4, but wanted to check if that's OK in this MDF. Thanks (y)

I have half a bottle of it left, I bought it for assembling some flatpack wardrobes last year and it is very good. No idea if it is better than other water based glues, but it dries fast and seems to be quite strong when cured. It was the only biggish bottle I could find on a Sunday, locally...