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I have been making a router table top from a piece of work top and a Kreig insert and was swithering about how to go about the stand. I have seen a few online and thought to buy the lumber but I also thought about a cheap cabinet BUT the wife says why not use a Ikea kitchen work station...

Hi looking for advice. I have a Bosch POF 1400 router and was thinking about making a cheap table for it. I have a piece of 40mm worktop would this be OK for making the table top? I thought if I cut it to size and fix a hardwood trim around it I could buy an insert, Kreg probably, and route out...

Hi I am about to fit a suspended WC in my house in France. It comes as a kit and the instructions seem straight forward however the fixing to the floor and the wall are the tricky bit. The floor is a 25 mm thick hand made quarry tile... I have no idea what is underneath them! And the wall could...

Hi I am relaying a floor and want to use screws to hold the floor boards rather than nail them. The floor boards I am using are 20 mm white pine and tongued on two sides and grooved on the other two, The boards are being layed onto 100mm x 100mm Oak joists which are about 500mm centres and I...

Hi just a quick question about drilling into concrete. I am building a wood shed and the posts are going into holders which will be fixed to a concrete block in the ground. My question is would it be better to drill the holes for the fixings before the concrete is fully hardened and then let the...

Hi wierd thing happening when I am tiling my floor. The adhesive manufacturers say I should get about 5.5-6 m2 per bag I am getting nearer 7m2 what am I doing wrong?? I am using the notch size recommended by the manufacturer and have mixed the adhesive as they say. I am an amature so I could be...

What would be the better option for an enthusiastic DIY'er. Buy a Bosch Pof1400 router and lash up a home made table or go for a Scheppach HF 50 router table combo?

Hi I am about to start a job in my house which involves laying 33.3 cm square tiles over the top of well adhered PVC tiles on a concrete floor. I have been told that providing the PVC tiles are well cleaned down with sugar soap and properly dried off then I would not need to apply any primer to...

My mitre saw has a blade spec of 250mm dia would it be possible to fit a 254mm blade with same kerf or would this be dangerous and liable to cause an accident. I am sure there is enough clearance to fit the blade without it fouling the chasis of the saw. Is the motor of the saw the limiting...

Hi I am wanting a router to do some small amounts of work on projects about the house and don't really know what to buy. I have a table saw which has a space to fix a router and it came with the fence and to make a small router table on the saw top. I think I would want to make use of this...

Hi long time since I've been here but need more advice so where else to come to? I have been renovating my tired old French farm house for a few years now and am about to start some work in the Attic. I say attic but there used to be two rooms up there. One side has had a new floor put down...

Hi Experts, I have a floor tiling question which I hope some of the wise may be able to give advice on. I have a concrete floor which has had vinyl floor tiles laid on it. I would like to put a ceramic floor tile floor down, is it possible to lay floor tiles over the top of these tiles or do I...

Hi Experts, I have a floor tiling question which I hope some of the wise may be able to give advice on. I have a concrete floor which has had vinyl floor tiles laid on it. I would like to put a ceramic floor tile floor down, is it possible to lay floor tiles over the top of these tiles or do I...

Hi I'm new to this forum so hello to all. I have a house in south west France the kitchen wall which faces south is in terrible nick and needs re- rendering prior to tyrolean finishing. I was going to do the re - rendering when we visit in May. Now I have heard that cement mortar render should...