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I cut eight timber joist legs for some very basic tables. Each one ended up with the same 'burn' mark with a slight indentation. Don't know why it happens, but obviously it needs to stop. I was cutting with this.

Came across 'Eagle Clips' whilst watching random YouTube videos about mirrors. Interested in getting something like that to hang my mirrors with. Looking for advice on whether or not they are the best and / or cheapest brand...? Don't fancy the plastic variety much.

I want to put a new socket, for a freezer, in my hallway, right beside where my fuse cupboard / consumer unit is. The consumer unit already has a dedicated 16 amp radial circuit for the designated fridge socket in the kitchen. A YouTube video led me to believe that you can have 2 radial...

I can't seem to find a 'try square' over 600mm / 12 inches. Which I guess leaves me with a 'T square'. Looking for recommendations on a good T square that is actually square, and is thick enough and strong enough to be clamped and used as a fence for my jigsaw. Been on the B&Q website and...

I chose to try and plane the edges of my attic trapdoor, after I cut it down to size and added hinges, as per the instructions of the attic ladder that I got from B&Q, and now it's a bit wavy since I didn't secure the workpiece, I bought a really cheap block plane, and I'm a buffoon. I can make...

I just bought this ceiling fan with remote from Amazon on a Black Friday deal, on the assumption that I could just wire it into the light circuit and use the normal light switch. Let me quote from the manual though: Safety Precautions 6. Do not connect the fan's power supply to any dimmers...

I put "shower" in quotation marks because all I have is one of the cheapy abominations pictured below. Seems like about a month ago, all of a sudden, I couldn't turn the cold tap to where I would usually turn it, if I wanted to actually get some hot water out of the shower head. If I want to...

Fresh looking plaster (even though it might be from 20 years ago) cracking to reveal a strange textured substance beneath which has also cracked. Looks very suspect to me.