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Hi all, I'm coming to the final stages on this bench project. The seat is comprised of a couple of new scaffold boards made of an untreated rough sawn white softwood. I'll be sanding them down, but not too much. The bench is located under a canopy roof, so it will not be rained on, however...

This is my first time working with chemical anchors and it's for a floating bench I'm building on a garden wall. I've read up on the process and have successfully drilled and installed the anchors for my timber ledger plate. However these heavy duty metal brackets were another matter and I...

I'm continuing work on my floating garden bench. I have two questions. I've attempted these notched 'half lap' intersecting beams to form the frame. Along with the scaffold boards and steel wall brackets these will all form the load-bearing structural elements. Basically, every peice of timber...

Hi all, I bought all these materials in lockdown, stored mainly in my garage, and am only now getting around to completing the project. It's a set of floating benches in the corner of my garden. The 4 boards that will constitue the seats are 2.4m long and 225 x 38mm. Not genuine scaffold...

Hi all, I've just bought a new Makita HS6601 165mm Circular Saw 240v online. Prior to buying I was trying to find out details of the blade it came with, but there were no pictures anywhere and any reference just said it was 165mm 20mm bore! Any way it arrived and as suspected (from one isolated...

Hi all, the corner of my garden is a brick boundary wall. I'm currently cleaning it up and will then paint and attach a floating bench with resin anchors into the brick. I have two questions: 1 The wall looks pretty rough and unfinished but has stood for since the 1920's perhaps and is...

I've now got really mature weed plants that have taken hold in the block paving over the summer. Strangely it's been laid for 10 years and never needed any maintenance until now, apart from jet wash. So, looking into weed burners, there seem to be the 2000w electric versions and the butane ones...

I’m attempting a water feature using this concrete monolith, however having excavated the plot discovered a solid concrete plinth directly where I need the monolith to sit (marked by my yellow pick axe). I’ve considered breaking it or cutting it with an angle grinder, but it’s solid and at least...

We have a detached house built in 1920, solid brick walls, mock tudor timber cladding and pebbledash. Some of the rotten timbers need replacing and the pebbledash needs new paint, so I thought I'd modernise/simplify it by just doing coloured render right on top of the pebbledash, which is pretty...

Hi all, my dad needs three replacement windows and a couple of doors. Probably Composite but maybe even uPVC. The problem is that he will just go to Everest or Anglian and get ripped off. How do I find a decent reputable company that will fit well made products at a good price? Are there big...

Hi all, I'm trying to install a pull-out bin under the sink, but need about 1cm of extra clearence to enable it to fit. The under-sink pipework is blocking it a tiny bit. How does this all fit together? Would I be able to just release the U-Bend and fit a shorter one instead, or shorten the...

Real rookie question this, Building 101 stuff. I bought a few bags of Mastercrete last summer (2020) to lay some limestone slabs in a section at the back of my garden. Not really load bearing or anything, mainly cosmetic. Anyway, I know cement has a fairly short shelf life, but the bags have...

Hi all, I'm doing window frames in this oil based wood primer. The tin says do not use a roller, but I'm using a mix of both brush and smooth foam roller for speed. Should I be concerned? It seems fine to me, but what is the issue I'm not seeing? Is it that it doesn't get into the grain of the...

Hi all, picked up this old chandelier. Does anyone know what kind of bracket is required to secure it to the ceiling? Any advice welcome. Thanks!

OK, I've had new plaster done, 50/50 mist coat of Dulux Supermatt and then straight on with F&B Modern Emulsion. The result is great, but I'm not entirely keen on the slight 7% sheen of Modern Emulsion. I have the same colour in 2% sheen Estate Emulsion and was wondering if I can go straight...

Hi all, I've just bought a dining table, which I quite liked when I went to see it, but now that I've got it home to the kitchen I've discovered it's way too high! I just assumed they were all about the same height, but for some reason this one is 78cm high. Ideally I'd like about 72cm... or...

Hi all, I need some advice on this dilemma. I currently have 65mm holes in my kitchen ceiling from my old halogen spots. I've removed these, wired LED GU10s instead and am looking for some new GU10 bezels to replace the old faded ones and the one's I've found that are small enough are quite ugly...

Hi all, I had these kitchen walls re-skimmed at the end of November and left it a couple of weeks to dry before applying a 50% mist coat of contract matt emulsion in December. All has been fine then a few weeks later I did a base coat of Little Greene Intelligent Matt Emulsion. Roll on about a...

Hi all, this product says to ensure the surface is clean and dry before applying. In my case I've got patches of bare plaster where I've removed the paint and want to match the level before repainting. I've also got a section of completely new plaster that I want to smooth a bit before mist coat...

Hi all, I just bought a used Makita 230mm angle grinder and need a disc for cutting a few limestone paving slabs. They're 23mm thick. I notice there are general diamond discs, but also a 'stone cutting' disc which is cheap. Which type would be advisable...