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Nice, thanks for the reply. I have the multi tool attachment courtesy of aldi recently so shall give it a go. I did try with a grout rake and it did remove quite alot but not enough to do a lasting repair. My only concern with the multi tool is that it could clip the edge of a floor tile and...

Does your foot ever ache Ian? Ive recently aquired an internal foot/bone ache from digging this hard summer mud. I try to swap sides but it never happens.

Digging is boring. I usually have other jobs on the go at the same time so I can divide the digging up. Ive just been renovating my parents property slowly but surely the last 6years. Mainly fence post digging and the odd bit of drainage but occasionally a trench dig for underground power cables...

I have recently bought a 3quid car boot sale metal detector after watching detectorists series 1. I need to get a better one but its a start and now when I do any digging I shall be sure to get the detector out and see if my lucks in.

I dug up an old medicine bottle with thermometer inside once . Hope I didnt unleash the black plague Other than that I often find bovril bottles

If the glass is curved you might need a hairdryer or heat gun to "stretch" the film. I would only have a go as a DIYer if you have a car with flat glass on the parts youd be tinting. Plenty of soapy suds using a plant sprayer bottle on the glass and the film. Use an old gym membership card...

It does seem a bit of a wide span doesnt it for joists. If you got the headroom you could cross hatch a new floor on top of the old floor also.

You could also add some type of noggins inbetween the 1450mm span prior to laying the boards. studwork timber should be fine for this.

You can get 22mm chipboard flooring exactly like loft boards but longer. They are still the same width as loft boards so you should be able to get them through the loft hatch. 2.6metres long if I recall correctly. Just lay them opposite direction to joists and offset the next board. It depends...

Ceiling fans above beds scare me.... but then again ive seen too many horror movies

mud mites maybe... I get swarmed by them when digging deep holes

I have vibrated them with an old sheet sander in the past and theyve come out quite well. I just lost the post it note from last year which had the ratios for the correct mixture on it. I need to do about 8 more to complete my pathway :)

Put the string line on loose bricks. Just wrap the string around a brick, make the string line taught and have another brick the other end of the string. As long as the two bricks are the same this will give you an indication of the level. You need to add a line level to the string first though.

Look into a descaler attachment for an air compressor. Good bit of kit and cheap but the compressor noise might annoy the neighbours. Put the compressor in the house and run the hose thru the letterbox. This tool will speed up the job no end.

Weve just bought a house and everywhere I look are problems with the house. Anyhow... todays issue is the floor tile grout. I need to remove and redo it as its cracked. I have heard a multi tool attachment can be used or a grout rake. I have a multi tool but no rake. Shall I just go ahead and...

One barn is in very good condition, steel frame, insulated, block wall. The other was erected in 1950-70 era and has asbestos roof with reinforced concrete beams for the structure (a crendon barn). the other thing I was thinking is... as there is a vast amount of roof space plonk some solar...

I wasnt sure if I needed to get change of use for the agricultural buildings as it is strictly storage only. However as I have been renting them out as storage for around 4years now and not used them for agricultural purposes I wonder if there 4year rule can apply here or as its building use and...

This one actually looks german.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-Duty-Electric-Impact-Wrench-1-2-Drive-and-4-Sockets-450NM-TORQUE-1010W/162455598339?epid=1621915408&hash=item25d31bb503:g:ry0AAOSw-4RaZwjb This is the lidl one...

I know lidl did a parkside one but I missed it. Im using it for stripping down engines but wanted to try it out first on an exhaust swap job. I have an air line windy gun but was looking for something I can just plug n go whereas air gun just takes a bit more setting up. There is a clarke...

Thanks Clifford. I have started kitting out the barn under the disguise of man cave. Its just going to have a toilet and small kitchenette for now. Also it has a mezz floor and staircase. Changing the roof is going to be tricky however I have heard there might be some permitted development rules...