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Hi, 60's house, concrete slab floor with two layers of ancient vinyl tiles. Bottom layer probably original, glued with something black and very sticky (bitumen?). Used to have underlay and fitted carpet on top of that lot. Apart from gaining a few mm of room height, is there any good...

I've got a concrete path in front of our bungalow. It's about 4-5 inches thick (at the edge, anyway). I gave it a few experimental whacks with a cold chisel and a chunk the size of my hand came away quite easily. There's about 150-200 sq feet altogether. Is this a weekend job for a few mates...

I've stayed away from cordless tools but got completely fed up boarding my attic with an old drill and a a hand screw driver. I don't need anything for masonry work - I'll use the corded one for that. Just a convenient drill/driver with an easy change chuck for switching between countersinks /...

Hi, I'm constructing some racks in my garage and will need to cut some 3mm mild steel (flats and angle, probably 30-40mm widths). Assuming (rashly) I measure it all right first time, I probably need to make about 15-20 cuts. Is this a job for a hacksaw and some elbow grease or would most...

I need some bits of metal for a few home projects. One is to rig some timber storage in my garage for which giant mechano would be ideal - a load of pre-drilled strips and angle iron etc. The other is some fireplace shenanigans where I'd like some stainless steel sheet Is there anywhere a...

My garage has a double socket and a strip light. I was disappointed to see that the double socket was a spur off the socket in the bedroom. The strip light comes out of the socket with an FCU between the two. Anyway, there is rigid conduit from the double socket to the FCU and then from the...