Recent content by Bromley

Excellent thread. I sympathise entirely with the sentiments expressed - I have a 2009 Fiat Doblo diesel, which I've owned for six years, and can find nothing to replace it. Berlingos and their clones are much larger and wider (as are the later model Doblo). I find it hard to imagine how anyone...

We used Shipley to arrange transport of a large pine table to a son in Galway - so extra expense, as international. It cost around £200, much better than other quotes we received.

What about a Ground Source Heat Pump in the stream? I have always wondered about this, but would be concerned a spate would wash it all away, so it would need to be very securely installed.

If LED Zeppelin is your thing, try Greta van Fleet - a young American metal band. The resemblance is uncanny, and many have commented that the lead singer's mother must have 'known' Robert Plant! From a more country perspective, I do like Little Big Town, and (from a bit further back, but new...

When building my wardrobes, I simply went online and found Victorian Emporium. They have a good selection of mouldings and although carriage is expensive, (£42), delivery is very quick, and the mouldings themselves are cheap and well-made in pine. Sorry, I know that isn't a proper Craftsman's...

Our cotton shopping bag (see earlier post), works well, and has had good (amused) feedback, but we have now bought this hat - it is basically a sun-hat, with detachable neck-protector. However, it also has a detachable (using poppers), breathable face covering, which can be worn loose, or tucked...

Or a modified cotton shopping bag - my wife has specs and hearing aids - normal mask not an option. Or shop late at night when no-one else is around, use self-service till, and do without mask.

Sorry - no, I meant the filling, with wood around the edges. Clearly, MDF won't do for that application. I hadn't realised that creosote was still available, even though restricted to professionals, so that could be useful to treat the completed doors. The Missus has now come up with the idea of...

Many thanks for those thoughts. I was a bit worried about splintering the ply. MDF in my limited experience seems much easier to use, and the suggested means of grooving (helpful photos), seems quite do-able. Would mr mdfvstand up to full-on weather, though? And would it be possible to use...

I am proposing to make a pair of external doors . They will largely be cosmetic, to hide a large and ugly window on what used to be a garage and was converted (before our ownership) into a room. It's now my workshop. Anyway, the doors would be wood framed around the outside, and have a inner...

Thanks everyone, for your helpful replies. I looked again at all of them, and the wood I used for the door jamb was indeed slightly twisted (I bought the timber during early lockdown, when I counted myself lucky to be able to buy any materials at all!). CHJ's solution of packing of just the...

Thanks - will have a go.

Many thanks for those replies. I did try the paper trick, and found there was perhaps a tight area at one point, so planed it off - but that made no difference, unfortunately. Re the binding hinge, sorry I don't quite follow. By the pivot, do you mean on the door jamb side? Do I just put card...

Hello, I'm a newbie here, in need of assistance. I am building a wardrobe with three doors, and am having considerable difficulty getting one of the doors to hang without springing back open. I have always found hinges a difficult area, and this one is no exception! The doors are made of MDF...