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Looking for a new (second hand) estate car about £10k. One dealer locally specialises in imported Japanese cars, including European models I am not looking at Japanese domestic market only cars A girlfriend had a Japanese imported Honda civic and it was great Ay issues that I should be wary...

I have read various posts on this. I have just installed pressure treated vertical feather edge panels in an existing concrete gravel/post situation. The boards are a natural golden colour and I quite like it as is. However I have the time available to give it a water based (?) clear coat of...

Looking to buy a self assembly workshop sized shed and will need a base of maybe 20x10. I want to remain in the garden building reg limits and don’t fancy digging out and borrowing a bunch of concrete/gravel to construct a base. I am in Berkshire, have a drive, a front lawn for spoil and...

My semi has a side passage that’s about 4 feet wide and widens as it goes back to the rear. The garage has a sloping roof and the soffits are about 8/feet high. At present the fence along the side is about 5 feet including a small trellis type top (and knackered) with concrete posts. The...

I am working on my stairs and the bottom step is a bullnose (90° bend) Ideally I would use 18mm MDF as that gives me a spacer of the right size for the upstand. I could use thinner then pack it out. I have access to track saws and a chop saw. How do you determine the area to kerf ? Bend a...

I have let my membership lapse. Could anyone check the price of a Sony tv for me? https://www.costco.co.uk/TVs-Electronics-Security/Televisions-Projectors/Televisions/Sony-XR77A80LU-77-Inch-OLED-4K-Ultra-HD-Smart-Google-TV/p/441089 Thanks

Hi I have a roughly 3 to 4 M x same flat roofed extension with two new walls, two original house walls. Built early 80’s and reroofed at least once. Afaik there is a void above the ceiling and sheet material/bitumen/felt. Minimal insulation at a guess. It’s just a downstairs loo and utility...

Ok. So I have a slightly triangle shaped side passage due to my house being on a corner. The fence that I put in has concrete posts, about 4 feet high. They will be 12-24” into the ground (concreted) The paving next to the fence is just slabs laid on sand. I’d like to cover the passage for...

I got a *******ing at work due to someone else daisy chaining onto a four way that I plugged in. I agree that daisychaining is not good practice and I have a bunch of 8 ways specifically to avoid it but people do like to find a socket and use it. HOWEVER In the chain were two camera chargers...

So a mate at work has had a second look at a ground floor flat (conversion of an end Victorian terrace.) The seller says that the garden next door has knotweed. From what I gather, it’s not so much next door as at the bottom? How freaked out would a mortgage company be? Afaik it isn’t “on” the...

Hi i currently have MFI kitchen units built into the kitchen. They were supplied ready built and were /are absolutely fine. It was a good 15 years ago but the carcasses are good. However they were wrapped in high gloss white finish and some has started to lift/peel. Is this just bad luck? A...

Question. I have been convinced for years that an outside tap needed a drain beneath? Since the 80’s? Due to a query about a tap at work, it seems I am wrong. how the heck did I get this duff information?

Hi, not my area but we have moved into a new building and the extraction is very noisy. This is in two wood workshops with articulated arms, external extraction units going into bags. The ductwork is round steel (?) with gates. The arms have devices to sense correct flow I don’t work in there...

A lady at work says that both offside doors won’t open , neither from outside nor inside The rear one was first. She has been sliding across to get out the other side but obviously it isn’t safe and would fail an MOT. Any ideas? I understand that they are prone to wiring issues but should it...

We have just been given a purpose built space one of the specified activities to take place in one of the rooms is metal working. Among the metal working activities will be angle grinding, mig welding, possible arc welding and maybe in future, plasma cutting. Plus big bits of metal being swung...

Hi They look bloody dangerous but…. I have a need to get inside a motorcycle mudguard to strip paint. It’s 4/5 inches across and roughly C shaped which makes a wire brush on an angle grinder very hard. I have seen the extension posts and my idea is to use one for this task then bin the bloody...

So in a new build space, we may wish to effectively build a false wall 1M away from the block wall. This will be for storage and the frame work is 2x2 or 2x4. Height around 3m We will be cladding most of the walls with ply or MDF. However I need storage so would like close to invisible doors...

Hi i have inherited (sadly) a pair from my brother. The light comes on with a fresh battery. However I get no sound from either side and the noise cancellation doesn’t work. I have seen videos that indicate some issues that happen to ONE driver. I can’t get them to do anything I know that they...

I want to add a porch (LED) light in my porch. directions are given from inside the hall, looking at the front door. The garage and supply is on the left, I’d like the switch on the right of the front door as it’s the opening side and near the living room side. Are they any good? Incould do...

I have a need at work to look into controlling stepper motors and I know sod all. Anybody able to guide me to an idiot’s guide ? or ideally a YouTube channel that is easy to understand? Thankfully I can get away with buying odds and sods on Amazon etc through work and spending time to get a...