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I do a lot of welding and grinding and dragging around of metal and suchforth, so decided against that idea. My latest project, built the chassis, suspension etc and such from the ground up, and there is a 'glass body to go on it. This is my current 'workshop', about 8' by 12'. Not...

So, it sounds like a good option would be a generous spread of sockets, and extension leads made no longer than absolutely required. Then plug 'em into the nearest socket. :D 6 metres long should be ample. I've often toyed with putting longer leads on some of my grinders, saws and such, as...

I'm building another workshop, 6 x 8, and I'm thinking of just having a couple of good stout extension leads rather than the multiple double sockets every few metres that I used in my last 'shop. Multiple sockets are useful, if you are working within the cords length of your power tool, but...

My mistake. I just re-read it, I thought he'd said he wanted to fix it, not felt it.

That's not a crack, but the top edge of the rendering, and the flash of the camera made it stand out. The lazy buggers didn't take it all the way to the roof, doubtless because it will be covered by the dropped ceiling.... The price for the house alone is 2.6 million pesos, which equates to...

Cement and sand, but I'm not sure of the exact ratio they use. They put the sand through a mesh strainer first, to get any lumps out, and away they go. :D

This has been a very interesting read. Where I live we have a lot of sun, and average outside day temps are 30C or higher. But the water arrives underground so is pretty nippy in the morning. :( I've toyed with ideas of running a hot water tank up on our roof garden, with a tube panel...

Buy some liquid brush on sealant, put it on with a yard broom. There are so many amazing chemicals on the market today you don't really need to go to the trouble of major work like boarding or felting.

We are thinking of having a water butt collection system, with three or four butts, but I've had the bright idea of having each butt overflow to the next one, and the final one overflows to a drain or soak-away. The idea being that any floating muck or angle, bugs, mosquito larvae, etc will...

If it were me, I'd be measuring what size timber is already in there and using that size and design as a minimum. If you currently have tiles on there, then it should be ample strong with just sheet steel roofing. We are using that tile effect steel on our new house, but were advised not...

You need something that will reduce the sharp temperature difference between the warm air inside and the cold asbestos. Spray foam will do this. Simply adding more ventilation will reduce the temperature differential, but by making your garage cold. Not very useful if you want to work...

There always used to be a few design packages available on Ebay, with templates, instructions etc. I know it sounds easy, to design a decent looking model car yourself, get the proportions right, but it is very easy to build something your son will be too embarrassed to drive. :lol:

I can't do this, never tried myself, but the guys who are doing our house render the whole concrete block building with an inch or so of cement. They throw on a base layer with a trowel, leave it to dry for a while, then build it up and smooth it using a various tools and aluminium battens...

I've waited forty years to get a garage/workshop like this.

18 months ago we moved from the UK to the Philippines, and decided to take a chance and ship all our stuff with us, in a 20' container. The PI is 220 volts, but 60hz, and surprisingly everything electrical worked okay, apart from the washing machine..... That appeared to be okay, but...

I've worked offshore for the last 20 years, and the main factor is that nobody is going to come and give you a job, you have to get out and beat feet around to find work. There are loads of offshore companies who can use an experienced sparky, but they generally want experienced people, and...

I'd simply pre-drill the battens with a clearance hole and then counter bore 25mm in with a bigger drill, so the screw head sinks well into the batten. Use 3" screws and lay the battens vertically. No angle brackets needed, no diagonal drilling, no routing. Put a screw in every cross joint...

Done using Google Sketchup, a free-download 3d modelling program. If I can use it, anybody can.

There was more than a little frustration with this, as the roofer seemed to think my precision dimensioned scale 3d design was just a suggestion, not the actual plan....