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I've just plumbed in 2 appliances in my kitchen, replacing some very untidy existing work. All is now in apple-pie order! However, the monobloc tap tails are joined to the supply by a couple of speedfit unions (minus the collars that keep them locked...) and I'm inclined to put in place a pair...

I'm about to add a washing machine twin spigot to the kitchen sink outflow pipe - where's the best place to put it, with respect to my water trap? Before it, or after it?

Thanks for all the suggestions, chums! Actually, I've just had a thought which is this... the kitchen was fitted out as part of the original new build, which took place in 2013 and the wall in in question has two cabinets fitted, either side of the cooker extractor hood - I will have a good hard...

Just checking that I'm choosing the right fixing. I'm hanging some of those stainless kitchen storage rails Ikea sell, designed to hang tools like colanders, sieves & whisks etc. They also sell matching 'wall organisers'...

Your replies are pretty much exactly what I thought you guys would say. Isn't it funny tho', that people are prepared to set aside their common sense and gobble up the PR - "Oh no,..." they say," you don't have to do any prep - in fact, it's better if you don't!" What I think they mean is...

I recently sort the advice of an artistic friend on the subject of choosing colours for the walls of my new flat. She's been to art school and I trust her colour judgment. So in the middle of our chat this morning, she whips out a catalogue for Annie Sloan and her Chalk Paint. To read about this...

Hi folks, I upset my mum, I think, when I asked for a box of tools for my eighteen birthday! So I've been messing about with spanners, screwdrivers and all sort of other hand-tools for most of my adult life. Yesterday I installed an outside tap which involved a bit of manual twisting and...

Hi folks. I'm considering buying a small thatched cottage, 2 up, 2 down, which has no mains gas supply. I understand that thatched roofs are good insulators, so I'm pleased about that, but... I've lived all my life in houses with common-or-garden gas combi boilers, supplying conventional wall...

It is nearly 2 hours, mind... Some of his others are shorter! The piece of granite I picked up out the skip (in fact, it was just one of several nice pieces, neatly arranged along the side of the skip, almost as if they expect regular visits from peeps like us!) is almost exactly the same size...

Hi everyone, I recently watched a great vid. on YT on how to set up a Stanley #4. It was very long - nearly 2 hours! but afterwards I felt I really understood a lot of about the process. The guy used a piece of granite as the bed for dressing all the sundry parts and I set about seeing if I...

I was chatting with a chum who is having an extension built by real builders :-) He is really pleased with the way things are progressing. His 20 year old Worcester Bosch Greenstar is due for replacement as part of the project and he asked me about my boiler, also a Worcester Bosch, which has...

I'll give the plywood a go as I've got an nice scrap of marine ply lying around. Ta.

Hi Folks - and a Very Merry Xmas to you all... I've had an Ikea monobloc tap on an Ikea twin bowl stainless sink for ages, but the other day it occurred to me that the thin metal stock means that the tap isn't very firmly anchored. Don't get me wrong - it's fixed perfectly well, it's just that...

Is there a trick of the trade to repair over-large and rough-edged countersunk holes? I have a lot of exposed plain pine floor-boards in my house and the woods is mostly in good condition, nicely sanded and treated with Danish oil, so it looks good. The boards are screwed down onto the joists...

The front external door-frame has a nice piece of hardwood reaching across the threshold. One internal door frame in my house has a threshold piece across the bottom. I've recently decided to add threshold pieces to the rest of the internal door frames - what sort of wood is usually used to do...

I have three large containers against a sheltered north facing wall and I'm planning to plant i) a dog rose, ii) a climbing hydrangea and iii) honesuckle - is it OK to plant them out now before winter or should I wait 'till next spring?

I was up in me loft y'day and came across lengths of foam pipe insulation - that'll do nicely! Cheers for tips, folks.

Hi folks, quick question - what do folks in the trade use to protect the teeth (or indeed, their hands from the teeth) of their saws when in storage? Mine mostly came in a cardboard sleeve but it's not long before the cardboard gets cut through, taking the saw in and out...

I have a washing machine in good working order. It is standing on a concrete floor, which is covered with ceramic floor tiles, all in good order, with not a trace of movement :) The washing machine has a tendency to walk during the spin cycle, the amount of walking depending on the individual...

Drilled holes after 24 hours, and everything was fine.