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I never thought of that and Ive used it for shower walls! Thing is it is ok for use in fire circumstances if fixed to masonry but is not to be used as a fire protection board according to the website. I will need to do some small amount of framing and fix the board to the framing so...

Ill try and keep it simple! Have removed a 1950's fire place back to builders opening and put in wood burner on granite hearth. Have put wooden fire surround in place (temp, its not finished yet) With wooden surround against plaster board as normal there is a distance of 8" back to stone...

Thanks for that point, not good! Id looked at the Rage mitres saws before but was trying to justify it for the occasional use Id have after my current project but Ive just noticed FFX have them for £65, its a no brainer at that cost. Cheers

Now thats news to me, stand for an angle grinder, any makes, links etc? I remember drill press stands for hand held drills as a kid, not sure there still on the go but presume you mean something similar, that would be ideal for my needs. Thanks

cement can be mixed by hand without a mixer, heavy things can be lifted by hand using block and tackle no need for cranes! In a situation where I have deemed it worth spending £100 on a machine to get quick, neat and accurate cuts simply can I put an abrasive disc in my wood mitre saw? If...

Hello, I am fitting brass curtain poles and sliding door tracks etc as part of hous renovation and looked at justifying a metal cut off saw. In the past I have used an old TCT blade on my Dewalt mitre saw and slowling cut brass tube but I now have a lot of metal cutting to do. Why...

I have nearly finished a new bathroom. Shower over bath with a sheet of white wet wall on the ceiling above so I dont have to repaint it every few years! I need to drill a hole for a downlight, 70mm hole. I was planing using a standard Bosch hole saw for wood etc the type youll get in most...

Hi, I am looking for a sliding door gear kit for a lounge dining room partition which is being joinery made using 4 doors, 2 as sidelights and an overlight across the 4 doors. The two doors in the middle will be the opening pair ovbiously and the whole glazed partition will be clearly visable...

With your advice so far and thinking about use it will allways be used at home so it doesnt need to be portable as such. On wheels to be rolled out the garage would be good as I have a tarred drive and usually do everything outside. Problem is I dont want somethign huge as when its used...

I am looking to buy my first table saw for house renovation. I have used a Makita circular rip saw for years and have finally decided enough is enough. Im thinking of going for the DeWalt 745 I think it is, the portable site table saw at about £375. I have the usual problem I only really use...

Gents, This technology is available. I needed a 6" core drilled in my 24" thick stone wall for a kitchen extractor. My plumber did it with a Hilti core drill. I held a small scanner (about size of a Sky remote) exaclty where I wanted the hole on the inside of the wall. He set up on the...

I have chainsaws and have cut up my own timber for several years so am pretty up to speed with that side of things. Timber is becoming harder to come by near me and I have spoken to the Forestry Commision who say I can collect timber that is on the forest floor at a couple of my local forests...

I bought a shower valve that wasn't fit for purpose from the trading depot.co.uk. When trying to return it they told me over the email they would take it all the way and i was wasting my time trying to return it to them. About 6 letters later from me and trading standards which they haven't...

yes i did buy. Substantial bit of kit, slightly weird lock but seems very heavy duty in just worried if the lock does give me problems in time how will i get in if i get locked out! Overall though im shocked at how good a value it has been. I have a couple of pin pricks in the paint showing rust...

Hi, Im after a planer thicknesser for cleaning up old pitch pine which is how timber used to be and is quite hard although not technically a hardwood in a restoration project. Its really going to be a few lengths of skirting here and there and producing stock from flooring etc, a domestic...

Thanks What manufacturer and specific model etc have you used?

Hello, I am refitting a bathroom and want to use wet wall panels on the three sides round the bath. Our last house had this round shower enclosures but it was the laminated type which after 8 years did start to blow on the very bottom edge. Can anyone recomend a top product, Im sure ive...

Hi, I have stripped out my fire and looking to make a steel frame to then rivet the register plate to. Most frames are bolted in but I was thinking of cutting two pieces of box section steel and fixing them into the stone wall with mortar. It is a lime built stone chimney so there are a...