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All advice much appreciated! We have fitted beech worktops in our new kitchen and left a gap of 4mm between the wall and the worktop. We want to have tiled splashbacks behind the sink and hob area - do we need to add additional beech trim (and how would that be attached - to the wall or...

Thanks both - am at work so can't post picture of lock. How easy is to remove the lock - just unscrew from the back, latch side? Will try to post picture tomorrow.

Hello - hoping that this problem is easy to fix! The front door to our block of flats has an automatic closing device and, I think, the force with which the door slams shut has loosened the front of the Yale lock (the circular bit which sits on the outside of the front door, and in which the...

Hi Big-all - thanks for the tip. It's a new freezer, not yet delivered but the website says only the front feet are adustable - so that might work - will just have to wait until the freezer is delivered to find out if it does or doesn't! thanks again

Hello I need to level the wooden floor underneath the freezer so that the freezer stands vertical. The floor dips due to (old) subsidence. If I use a sheet of ply on fillets of wood to level the floor, what thickness of ply should I use? Could I get away with thicker fillets which would sit...

thanks bilioustrumpstaine - I didn't know that site. I've got my own design - it's just I'm not confident about the relative merits of using / glueing or dowelling together different types of wood. I'm also not sure that there's enough intrinsic strength in the plywood to support the kind of...

Looking for advice and tips! I want to make a bench that will fit into a corner of our kitchen. I have some tongued and grooved oak flooring to use as the seat and back rest and I want to use 25mm ply to cut out the bench ends/side pieces. I'll use similar pieces to support the underneath...

Thanks everyone - I now know what to ask for!

Hello I'm having trouble finding the right-angled metal fixings that you use to attach worktops to kitchen units. I've searched the screw fix site but because I don't know what they're called I'm not finding anything. Can anyone point me in the right direction online? many thanks indeed!

Hello I've got one of those horrible things in the bathroom too. What's a safe zone for it? You actually have to stand on the side of the bath(!) to pull the cord and turn it on. I'd like to get it replaced with something better looking/more efficient - what's a downflow heater or IP4...

brilliant thanks symptoms. What size / shape /type of router bit should I use? And I assume by properly jigged you mean create a support system which can guide the router around the required curve? many thanks for all your answers today!

brilliant - thank you!

Hi scrit which of these oils is also called Chinese beech nut oil and would you recommend its use on a worktop? thanks damson

Hi oilman what type of Sikaflex would you recommend using - and would this be ok for sealing the gap between wood and metal splashback as well? Or wood and plaster painted wall? many thanks!

Hi all, I'm redoing the kitchen and building some bespoke units. Have now fitted the wood worktop on the IKEA carcasses and want to build a dresser style cupboard as the last unit in the run, using the worktop as the waist height "shelf". My question is how best to fit the uprights for the...

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Sorry to jump in - but what would you recommend if you want to cut a curved end to a worktop - if a jigsaw should be used any tips on keeping the blade upright and true so that the cut is square? many thanks

Hi Bax Look here for some suggestions on how to adapt old Victorian doors: http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=110309 Good luck!

I "decorated" my desk - constructed of sheets of ply glued and screwed together - by gluing sheets of wrapping paper to the surface and then varnishing it with several coats. Looks good and is certainly different!

hi Hoo Can I ask? How are you fixing the glass splashback to the walls? I too have a gap around the wooden worktop that needs sealing in some fashion. If I find any other advice I will let you know. many thanks