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Hi. I just bought a new Sheppach HS-105 table saw. But, before I use it, I want to make sure I know what I'm doing. With this product the instructions mention the rip fence (or parallel stop) and something called a rail fence. Now, the instructions say that the rail fence attaches to the rip...

I'm thinking that the recces in the tray at 30mm might not be sufficient given that my design is to use a pull over shower curtain. Also, that I might have a deeper layer of cement under the tray. Deeper than 2mm anyway.

One wonders about using this: http://www.recycledplasticbuildingmaterials.co.uk/plastic-extrusions-lumber/recycled-mixed-plastic-square-post-without-point-100mm-x-100mm-hanit-ultra.html Or: http://www.recycledplasticbuildingmaterials.co.uk/recycled-plastic-lumber-timber-wood.html I might...

Yes. I actually went and made a specific thread on this issue here: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/constructing-a-shower-curb.488359/

Hi. I want to make a shower curb to surround two sides of a shower tray . It will form a boundary inside of which will be the shower tray sitting on top of a shallow-ish bed of cement. The sides of the shower tray incline inwards and so the gap that produces, between it and the curb, can be...

I have another issue: I'm going to surround the shower tray on two sides with a boundary about 100mm high. This is the shower curb. This will contain the shower tray sitting on a layer of cement that needs to be put beneath the shower tray for it to sit on. Currently my intention is to make...

My experience with purchasing at a "shed" illustrates a problem regular DIYers have with these establishments. The store attendant did not understand his products. And of course, they are missing quite a lot of stuff. Did not appreciate that.

Today I went shopping for the fittings to fit the shower and hand basin waste system. I've gone for the solvent weld stuff. Now, although not at this time fitting a bath I am wanting to put in (partly) the waste for a bath. Now, should the bath waste be 50mm diameter? And if it should, I cannot...

Okay let's just cycle through this: The drain at my house was built to take the waste from the downstairs and upstairs sinks. And also bathwater. I think there was a trap underneath the bath, and the waste water entered a hopper on the outside. The hopper of course discharged into the drain.The...

Hi. Okay I feel confident now I'll be doing right having had my plans looked at. That 300mm really should have indicated the height above the gully where the pipe comes out of the wall. I will make sure the end of the waste pipe is much closer to the gully (by gully I presume you mean the...

I think I will have two separate waste pipes, one for the shower, one for the sink. On the drawings I have made (See below), is there anything missing? Thanks. There will be the usual trap just below the hand basin. Just a hair trap in the shower waste fitting. Hope this suffices and no fumes...

Okay, here is my report: First of all, it's not possible to use a regular masonry drill on a no fines wall, because there are many voids, and when the drill hits a pebble all it does is slide off to the side. So, one has to use some kind of diamond core drill. At the start I was thinking...

Your advice was: "SDS drill + appropriate sized bit.". Now, if you had mentioned a specific kind of diamond bit, or even a particular product offering, I could have acted on that. Given your response it makes some sense given I have little to go by, to see what my cheap tile cutter can do...

I think there is room here for some experiment. Given that the hole size is only 15 or 16mm, I ought to be able to employ my DeWalt D21710 600W regular drill. The thing is, I've got lots of time to drill, it's not like I am a professional who must make rapid progress. I've got a cheap 16mm...

Off the topic of waste piping: I aim to install a 700mm x 700mm shower tray, it's made by MX and it is part of a line called "Elements". I think it's also DucoStone. It's very lightweight and it has to be laid upon a layer of cement. I suppose it won't take much flexing of the sub-base for the...

House walls are no fines construction. It's a devil to affix things to these walls. I like the idea of using a diamond core drilll, to make say 15 or 16mm diameter holes. The idea would then be to plug with a dowel. Be nice if I could drill into the wall about 100mm or so. Any product...

Hi. I'm putting in a shower and re-positioning the hand-wash sink in the bathroom. I'd prefer the fall/down pipe (the vertical run) to run down the inside of an external wall, then about 1 foot above the ground go through the wall to eventually discharge into a drain just below where it comes...

I'm thinking of taking a different route for the waste pipe. Instead of adhering to current arrangements, that is to lead the shower and upstairs sink pipes out at height whereupon water then goes into a hopper and fall pipe, to run pipes (or a pipe) on the inside of the outside wall, then out...

Here is the details of construction. The beam is really a plank of wood supported along an outside wall by metal supports every 4 feet. There is a strip of wood (45mm x 30mm) affixed to the lower half of the plank and the joists rest upon that strip as you see in the picture. If we focus on...

Hi. In the two pictures I attach, I show (red circles) where I was intending to pass a shower waste pipe (32mm dia.) through a structural element (large beam) of the house. A person told me that I cannot do this, because it's messing with the structural integrity of the house. The total...