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    Gate has distorted, help!

    I'm installng a replacement fence around my back garden and decided to include a gate. I bought tanalised fencing supplies from my local sawmill (posts, rails and the vertical bits (pickets?) to construct my own fence and gate. The gate I made by building a frame from the 3x1½", screwed together...
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    Removing huge concreted posts

    Like many our fence succumbed to the storms recently. We took it down and now need to remove the concrete from the ground, so I started digging around one of the snapped posts. Unfortunately it appears the previous owner, who installed the fence 15 yrs ago, concreted the posts alongside the...
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    Circular Saw Advice

    I'm venturing into woodworking and wish to buy a circular saw. I've watched a stack of videos of woodworkers using amazing looking Pro tools, circular saws with guides etc., and now I can only picture myself using the same. However, realistically my budget shouldn't be blown on a circular saw if...
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    Lockdown timber suppliers

    Hey all, I'm venturing into woodworking and my first project will be a relatively simple desk for my missus. I'll need timber, and wondered how to go about getting hold of it during lockdown? If I wanted, for example, square cut Birch or Maple lengths to make up the top surface, where can I get...
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    My issue with thermo rad valves

    In my home I have one radiator that rarely gets hot and unfortunately it's in the lounge. When the heating comes on there are some radiators that heat up immediately, others take a bit more time but do get there, and this one in the lounge never seems to get hot. It gets warm, but that's it...
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    Self-build garden office cost saving?

    I'm thinking of installing a garden office, about 10"x8". Posh sheds are around £4k with decent insulation and weather protection. However I'm quite handy so I'm keen to consider building my own. If we assume my time is free, just how much could I save by building my own from scratch? I'm a bit...
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    Where to put shower - Any clever ideas?

    Stupidly, I've put my bath in the wrong way around. I've recently replaced an old bath suite with new. I replaced everything in it in the same way that the old suite was installed without checking first that there would a convenient (and aesthetic) way to include the shower from the mixer taps...
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    Peculiar central heating: upstairs hot, downstairs cold!

    Just had my new combi boiler turned on for first time this evening after kind CORGI man turned on gas for me. Lots of lovely hot water, but my radiators are misbehaving. A bit of history: I've been renovating this house, which has an old oil fired system still waiting to be ripped out. The...
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    Hole for pipe through wall

    I got this 22mm copper pipe, sitting in a 25mm hole in my cavity wall. But it needs to be sleeved, see. So I need to make a bigger hole, right? But you can't get masonry bits any bigger than 32mm (from ScrewFix anyway, and even that one's a special). I got a diamond core cutting set for...
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    I must be mad! [pic]

    As part of my project thread I'll be completely rewiring the kitchen of a house I'm about to buy. :) With my DIY MANUAL to my side, and an active imagination, I've been considering everything a novice can think of when it comes to fitting new wiring through the kitchen. I'm going to buy an...
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    Yep, I must be mad! [pics]

    Maybe I'm mad, but my wife and I have an 8 week old son, and we've just bought ourselves a house that needs some serious work. First of all, I'm going to have to fit a new kitchen, and as part of that I want to install replacement wiring as what's there right now looks burnt out and frankly...
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    Recessed meter box!?

    I'm moving soon but my next house doesn't have a gas supply, which I can't live without, so I've decided to get gas installed. The National Grid however, will install anything but a recessed meter box on your house! Of course, I want a recessed meter box because it's going in the alleyway down...
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