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Can I make a play space in the attic for the kids, is load an issue? I have a traditional built stone house 85 years old with a steep pitch welsh slate over sarking board roof at 50 degrees. The trusses were built on site, rough sawn 5” x 2” for both rafters and joists. The loft space is 10...

Can I make a play space in the attic for the kids, is load an issue? I have a traditional built stone house 85 years old with a steep pitch welsh slate over sarking board roof at 50 degrees. The trusses were built on site, rough sawn 5” x 2” for both rafters and joists. The loft space is 10...

I bought 12 x 10L pots of Dulux Trade Weathershield masonry paint last year in a super duper B&Q offer. Ive tried a bit and we think it is too bright. I want to add 10%-20% black of the exact same paint type to produce an off white or subtle grey. The colour I will obviously have to try...

Were doing up a 100 year old stone house slate roof etc and have been decorating in keeping with the house age. Come to buy sofas. I know a sofa for £500 with a free carpet isnt going to be of great quality so we opted for a Lazeboy from Costco for £1450 for a 3 seat chesterfield. The...

We got given this Victorian wind out table from older friends of ours that were downsizing. By design it must be around 120-150 years old. I am bringing an old house out of the 1970's and putting it back into the Victorian era and have worked with a lot of timber species along the way so I know...

I have never needed a rebate plane until the weekend past so at least have an excuse for a new tool! But why dont standard sized general purpose planes have a blade that goes right to the edge? Whats the pros n cons? Cheers

I have built a timber partition between lounge and dining room, two fixed doors and two sliding with overlight. I had planned the sliding doors to be hung on a Kings low profile commercial track which was going to be powder coated but they have let me down and provided some pretty poor...

I am making an overlight above double sliding doors in oak. Due to oak costs Ive bought all material in at the machined sizes I need for accuracy and speed apart from vertical glazing bars. I am ripping 36mm square offcuts to produce 15 x 36mm. When I did this on a 1 metre off cut is has sprung...

Would a seperate thicknesser and a seperate planer be better than a combo. Im mainly cleaning up reclaimed timber a lot of which was often originally dressed. I might therefore get away with a thicknesser only and can buy a planer Thanks

I have recently purchased the DeWalt DW745 table saw with stand. So far very impressed for what I need it is perfect, looks well made, easily portable and not too big. One problem though the Mitre gauge is sh*te! There is far too much play in the table t slots and no spring loaded friction...

At my last house which was a self build (95% by main contractor) I had an inset wood burning stove fitted into a concrete block chimney breast with Ankey liner etc The block work was fixed with fire retardant 2" x 2" and then sheeted. Does fire retardant timber have a code like C16 etc so...

Ill try and keep it simple! Have removed a 1950's fire place back to builders opening and put in wood burner on granite hearth. Have put wooden fire surround in place (temp, its not finished yet) With wooden surround against plaster board as normal there is a distance of 8" back to stone...

Hello, I am fitting brass curtain poles and sliding door tracks etc as part of hous renovation and looked at justifying a metal cut off saw. In the past I have used an old TCT blade on my Dewalt mitre saw and slowling cut brass tube but I now have a lot of metal cutting to do. Why...

I have nearly finished a new bathroom. Shower over bath with a sheet of white wet wall on the ceiling above so I dont have to repaint it every few years! I need to drill a hole for a downlight, 70mm hole. I was planing using a standard Bosch hole saw for wood etc the type youll get in most...

Hi, I am looking for a sliding door gear kit for a lounge dining room partition which is being joinery made using 4 doors, 2 as sidelights and an overlight across the 4 doors. The two doors in the middle will be the opening pair ovbiously and the whole glazed partition will be clearly visable...

I am looking to buy my first table saw for house renovation. I have used a Makita circular rip saw for years and have finally decided enough is enough. Im thinking of going for the DeWalt 745 I think it is, the portable site table saw at about £375. I have the usual problem I only really use...

I have chainsaws and have cut up my own timber for several years so am pretty up to speed with that side of things. Timber is becoming harder to come by near me and I have spoken to the Forestry Commision who say I can collect timber that is on the forest floor at a couple of my local forests...

I bought a shower valve that wasn't fit for purpose from the trading depot.co.uk. When trying to return it they told me over the email they would take it all the way and i was wasting my time trying to return it to them. About 6 letters later from me and trading standards which they haven't...

Hi, Im after a planer thicknesser for cleaning up old pitch pine which is how timber used to be and is quite hard although not technically a hardwood in a restoration project. Its really going to be a few lengths of skirting here and there and producing stock from flooring etc, a domestic...

Hello, I am refitting a bathroom and want to use wet wall panels on the three sides round the bath. Our last house had this round shower enclosures but it was the laminated type which after 8 years did start to blow on the very bottom edge. Can anyone recomend a top product, Im sure ive...