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Hi folks, We renovated our house in 2018 - 2019. We put a lot of money into internal insulation - internally insulating the walls, the floor and ceilings. We installed ultra low-U value windows throughout. We installed a Thermia Atec Air 2 Water Heat Pump, along with underfloor heating etc...

Howdy, Long story short, we renovated the house and added a home office for me. Including a big bay window, an expensive window, north facing, but didn't have the presence of mind to include opening windows. The room is chilly in the winter, and an oven in the summer, very very stuffy...

We sustainably renovated the house a few years ago. Prior to that renovation we had cluster flies in the attic, but they rarely made their way downstairs, so I pretty much ignored them. As part of the renovation one of the two attics, was rendered inaccessible in the interests of ascetics...

Folks, We extended the house into the garage-space a few years ago, all is going well with that. The original house runs perpendicular to the old garage extension, these buildings are now joined by a new corridor that runs across a path that used to separate them. This created a space now...

Folks, I need to prepare my (new & expensive) bike (yes - I know, not a car) for protective stickers. These are clear hardwearing stickers that protect the frame from scraps, bumps and the like. Online video's suggest using 'alcohol wipes' to make absolutely sure that there is no oil residue...

Hi folks, We did a huge refurbish of our house about 2 years ago - and moved in just before Covid hit. We ended up with 6 or 7 smoke alarms, all of which are connected. Problem is that they are going off, intermittently for no apparent reason - and when they do, it is LOUD! How do I isolate...

Hi folks, We did a huge refurbish of our house about 2 years ago - and moved in just before Covid hit. One of the rooms in the house, was a bit of compromise in many ways, was my workspace. Long story made short - I share my workshop / study with the Thermia Air2Water Heat Pump. In this...

Hi folks, My father has been trying to kill Ants that live in his cobbled drive way for as long as I can remember. They have always been there, longer than me anyway. At certain times of the year they sprout wins and become a real nasty nuisance. My Dad is 80-something and a bit poorly now...

Hi folks, I as over in the local builders yard yesterday, scratching my head about how to cover the walls of the kiddies treehouse I have been building. While I was there, I noticed that the prefabricated fence sections they where selling, used 5mm strips of pressure treated timber, nailing...

Hi folks, I have been trimming my Privet Hedging which had gone fairly wild. I sprung for the Hedge Timmer attachment for my Husqvarna 129LK, which was extortionately priced, originally paying €270-ish for the 129LK Trimmer and recently €300-odd for the HA110 Hedge Trimmer attachment (just an...

Hi folks, I am having trouble sourcing attachment fixings for a treehouse (for reasonable money). One side of the treehouse is a "H" mounted on ground screws (shown below), I want the other side to float supported on a single tree (also shown below) - it needs to float, as it needs a bit of...

Hey folks, I built a 8m x 5m steel to serve as a new garage, its build from 40mm box iron and coated aluminium sheeting. I have been adding 18mm OSB onto the the internal frame, secured to the box iron with lots of hex self-tapping screws and washers. Looking at the OSB, it is sold classed as...

I am cutting 1/2 and 3/4" OSB to put internal walls on my steel shed. My Dad had given me a cordless mini saw from lidl, but it seems to be pretty poor. Doesn't cut straight and the blade sticks often Looking for a recommendation for something better, for occasional use, something neat...

Hi folks, I recently put an 8x5 meter steel shed. The exterior is sprayed corrugated aluminium sheeting, with a 40mm box iron frame. I am going to line the interior of it with 6-9mm marine plywood. So I can hang things on, and lean things against the wall. However I was thinking of also...

Folks, I have a Ryobi EPS80RS Mouse Sander - I need a ton of replacement sanding sheets for it, as I have a bucket of detail work coming up. I can't tell easily if any of the generic sheets from Amazon like this one, will fit it. Are these all fairly compatible, and I can go ahead and order...

Hi folks, Just finishing a substantial renovation of our house. Two windows where left in situ during the work and now have a red/brown substance on them that won't be shifted. Any idea what if might be? Ray K

Hi folks, My new 8x5m steel shed has just been erected, it's been a long time coming. The slab went down in mid-March, and I have been waiting for the shed people since then. Well they finally came and the shed went up - now I want to paint the floor with Floor Paint, before moving anything in...

Hi folks, We are in the middle of a substantial renovation of our home in the south-west of Ireland. The architect designed an ensuite at the start of the project, then shuffled things around just before the floors where poured. In anycase - as inevitably happens in this situation - I regret...

Hi folks, Am living in the in the South-West of the ROI. We had been letting a house for a number of years and the tenants moved out. We moved back in, while our other house was being renovated. We let the house to the tenants, I had installed a dish there pointing at the usual Astra...

Hi Folks, We spent a nice bit of money on an solid wood kitchen table about 8 or 9 years ago, probably €1500 or €2000. To make a long story short the leg fell off. The leg is attached to the table by way of some 7.5 x 70mm bolts and 10 x 24 mm type-d wood insert nuts. On closer inspection, I...