Recent content by cjard

Indeed, it's that balancing act of time and money. I could run up a massive mortgage throwing cash at it, and then have no time for the family cos I'm working to pay it off and keep what has been built. I could do it all myself and make the mortgage much smaller, but then I have no time for the...

By project, do you mean building a house solo or were you just talking about the skirting bit.. ? :)

What if I use beavers instead! Will they bring their own wood?

I've got some spare Karndean, come to think of it.. ;) Shadow gaps on the next house, I think..

Been looking at veneered, and also MDF foiled- I know from the kitchen fit that foiling is a pain in the buttocks to cut if there's the slightest chance the mitre saw blade will be coming tooth up through the material at any point, as it tends to pluck the foil (almost a spoonerism).. Veneered...

The next major task I'll need to attend to with my building project is skirting, architrave and door cases. I'd like oak, but quotes are coming in somewhere around the eye watering mark. I've estimated I'll need around 500 linear metres of skirt/arch and I'm toying with the idea of making it...