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I am looking for a desk that fits my home office. My plan so far is to buy the top and the legs and then bolt the legs on. I am not planning to use a frame! My concern is that the desktop might warp with time. I don't plan to put anything heavy - just a screen, laptop, maybe a plant. Here are...

Hey peopleses, I'm sorry for asking, I have Googled this loads and haven't found a good answer. I have recently installed engineered wood floor over a padded acoustic underlay. This was recommended to me by the shop (UK Flooring Direct) as I'm using it upstairs. Once installed though...

I have a wood burning stove which is efficient and does a good job of heating the home. I recently posted a new thread about installing another one in the kitchen -- reason being we have access to free timber (living near a furniture-making town). I have been offered a white limestone surround...

Hi! I'm looking to convert part of our existing outbuilding into a chicken coop. I was initially thinking of simply adding a partition wall but I think that would be a waste of space. Instead I want to build in a chicken coop into the building, essentially a large box raised off the floor with...

A bit of advise please. We've laid a new oak floor in the living room which has been stained and then 2 coats of OSMO polyx oil added. After a week we've as careful as possible tried to put our furniture back in but any slight scrape on the floor is resulting in white flakes coming up from the...

Hi I have removed the old carpet from my stairs .The wood underneath is untreated .I have sanded the wood down and filled the edges that connect to the wall/Bannister .What would be best to coat the floor with ? Many thanks John

Hi, What would be the best way (or is there a tool) to remove the wood paneling from the bathroom wall, please? Stuff like knives and wall-paper strippers just bend, if I get any leverage, and my crowbar is too thick to get in behind each panel. I'm presuming it was glued on. I can't see any...

I have old timber window frames which tend to get a lot of condensation on the bottom sill, almost like small pool of water. Becuase of the water the paint always starts to peel off. Is there a suitable waterproof paint for interior wood such as above in a satin finish? Can I use exterior...

Ok so i've made a bit of botch up. I lightly sanded down some exterior gloss window frames and primed using dulux primer under coat and then painted the frames using dulux satin wood which is only suitable for interior instead of the gloss which is suitable for exterior. Can I paint over...

Hi, I have a wooden window sill which has multiple layers of gloss paint. A large section of it has peeled off to barewood. Now the surface level between the remaining paint and the bare wood is almost 2-3 mm. How do I repaint the sill so that I get a nice overall even surface - I've tried to...

Looking at ideas in how to fill the crack in our table? We've tried cramps but the top won't move at all Wood filler? We're going to sand and revarnish the top afterwards but worried we'll be left with a noticeable line

Hey Guys. So I did have a question up on another part of the forum and uploaded content and pictures there. But i have decided to start a new thread, to make it easier to see and see my mistakes. Here goes. The Mrs wanted to change the flat, and have a space for her plants where the cat does...

I have some chipboard shelves that I would like to paint. I put hot trays from the oven (up to, say, 250 deg C) on them so I need a paint that will stand that temperature. The paint doesn't need to look pretty as it's just in a workplace but it needs to be something that I can clean easily and...

Hi All, A few months back with had a refurbishment done on our kitchen/dining,etc, new 18mm plywood subfloor and self leveling compound with underfloor heating and then 15mm floating click together engineered wood flooring ontop of a thin underlay (quicktherm 1.8mm). Over the time the floor has...

Hello, The paint on one of my window cills has started to come off (see photos), and I want to prevent further deterioration of the paint, or damage to the wooden cill underneath. This is the only window cill in the house which has this issue, so I was hoping there might be a temporary fix...

We have a 1970s house and on one spot we get these creaking noise when its windy, pretty much 24/7 at the moment, fun during the night. Its in the middle of the house inbetween the master bedroom and 2nd bedroom at the side of the house. Loft is wooden with the w type supports. Clearly...

Hi all, picture above is of my floor in one of my rooms. As you can see it has some indentations and looks worn. I'd like to know the best approach to covering such indentations and then I'd like to try and bring the floor back to life a little on a budget. Would i use a staining product on the...

We had bought kids a garden play house couple of years ago and I since then I never did anything with it. But it looks like it needs some TLC. I'm not sure what's the best course of action to prolong its life. I've attached the pictures, could someone suggest what do I need to do with it? For...

I felled an Ash tree and an Apple tree at the weekend - they went down like Fred Dibnah's chimneys. Not a fan of removing them if it can be helped, but they were in an awkward spot and it would be difficult to prune/maintain over the years especially as they grew in size. I chipped the brash up...

I know it's a topic frequently discussed on here, but I thought I'd share my experience of installing a woodburning stove from start to finish. When I started this, I had good knowledge of some of the steps, but the project as a whole was daunting. Nonetheless, I got to it. It all started when...