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It might be worth mentioning that creosote has been banned in the UK by the HSE. As has the use of any wood that has been treated with creosote (specificaly railway sleepers) in any location where it is likely to come in contact with bare skin, such as parks and childrens playgrounds. seems...

I have just bought a whole load of 240v to 110v transformers to power an art installation that has come from the states. when they arrived It occured to me that they look just like the transformers inside those yellow boxes that everone uses on site to power 110v equipment. does anyone know if...

scrit - I was just about to suggest the canvas hinge trick too. I've used it often and have found a way of making the corners really tight. so here goes... take two sides and lay them next to each other nice and tightly, on a rigid flat surface. cut a strip of strong canvas (cotton duck...

the government planning advice website might help - but you'll have to search it. try starting here... http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/genpub/en/1011888239467.html

You were under the wrong impression then johnad, every person in a dwelling is liable for council tax. Unlike the old rates system where only the owner paid. if your daughter is moving from elsewhere (where she is, no doubt, paying CT) then she will have to give a forwarding adress to get off...

hey splinter, thats the first time i've ever heard of anyone else using the figure of eight trick to sharpen a chisel. Only thing is it only works for gauges, (chisels with a curved blade) it gives a really even edge all around the curved cutting edge. surely if you try and use it for bevel or...

my mate was cutting boards in another room when i heard a scream. by the time I was half way there I met him coming the other way with a skill saw attached firmly to his groin, and all his overalls gathered tightly into the same area. he was pale but laughing. turns out he had just done a...

very hard not to keep posting to this thread as I remember old incidents. The weirdest one was while teaching a group of students how to use a circular saw, they were all gathered in a ring around the saw while i explained the use of the bed and the fence, when i turned the saw on to show...

one small tip. If you are the sort of person that is concerned about the environment, please try not to use outrageous volumes of concrete for your foundations. chances are your shed wont weigh very much, even when its full. most sheds are more in danger of blowing away than they are of...

hey thats potentially really good news, I have been trying to get that 'left out in the sun' look on wood for ages, tried wood bleaches, liming, white wax, acrylic paint and pumice, everything... why didn't I think of cilit bang

If your floor is really made of marble then a polish may not help to get rid of the stain. true marble is amazingly absorbent and will absorb almost anything that you put on it, even water will leave a mark until it has dissipated and evaporated away from within the stone. I wouldn't worry too...

Ive got an old two person saw that i bought in desperation from a tool hire shop when the tungsten toothed saw I was using to cut through a 2 tonne block of limestone died. It is the sort of thing that you see hanging over the bar as an antique in country pubs, about six feet long with a pole...

the thing about diamond drills, especially core drills is that if you use a cheap one it can take longer to make the cut, especially if the hole is large and deep, and the core drill dies on you cos it overheats. so buying cheap can be a real false economy here, what with needing to go and buy...

Thank you for that RF Lighting. Its really usefull. the analogue addressable system does look interesting, ill check it out.

Point taken Breezer - about life especially. We aren't trying to do this on the cheap - we just want to make it an appropriate response to the hazzards involved - in fact BS 5839 even provides for simplicity suggesting to use shouted warnings and hand operated bells where appropriate. We have a...

Thanks flashbanger13 - Yes we have read this - and zoned the building according to it - thats how I know we need a 5 zone system with at least 2 manual sounders and five alarm points. question is where to get one.

I work in a large industrial unit that 15 people share the rent and rates on - each of us gets a workshop space and no-one makes a profit out of us. Anyway, the other day we had an 'unexpected' visit from the local fire officer who couldn't quite get his head around the varied nature of...

It should be possible to fit a simple diverter to your powered system that will provide switchability between water and, say, chateau rothschild 67. however it would not be advisable to 'power' the bubbly through the system as the pressure caused by the cavitation within the champagne will be...

Hmmm Its really easy to jump to conclusions about this 'so called' news story, and its probably just what the news programmer hoped for when he/she decided to run it as news. Knowing nothing of the actual circumstances who are we to say if the kid and the kid mother & father are going to follow...

by some strange co-incidence i'm just reading a book called 'stiff' by mary Roach that is all about what exactly happens to human bodies after death, both now and in the past. most of the book is about what happens to bodies that are 'left' to science. apparently only a small percentage are used...