Recent content by garethharvey

To be honest, I know very little about Accoya

I don't think you would have an issue with building regs, it's just decorative.

Looking to replace the Mock Tudor woodwork on a house my sone has bought. House was built approx 30 years ago, timber has already been replaced and failed. Looks like this is happening with other properties in the street. Looking for a dark finish which will probably be painted with linseed oil...

This is the same with us, I am having to shield along side my wife. We have had deliveries from Tesco, Sainsbury's and ASDA All provide pro quality fresh food with very short shelf lives. Just drop them a line and they will refund. That's what we have started to do. I feel if everyone does...

The longer the lockdown continues, the closer my house gets to being finished. Will run out of jobs at this rate. We are replacing the balustrade on our veranda, the original balustrade was removed a few years ago as the veranda needed replacing. I have cut the hand and base rail. But unsure if...

Thanks, we will be making it ourselves, will be a nice project and sure to keep me busy. I have a fairly heavy duty thicknesser here which we will put to the test. Never worked with green Oak so looking forward to it

I will be helping my next door neighbour build a pergola later this year, once the Covid restrictions have been removed. He has looked at a few Oak ones, size is 6mts X 3mts. The cost of these are around £5,500 I suggested he buy the timber and we build one ourselves. Is there any advantage of...

That looks great. Is the roof glass head in with putty? I look forward to seeing your glasshouse

I burn them in my workshop. We have a wood burners in there. They burn well

There are burners and then there are burners. We have two, a villager flatmate which is 7-8 kw and a burley debdale which is 4kw. The villager burns wood at about 4 times the rate of the burley and throws out around the same heat. The burley is incredible. It uses hardly any wood and gives a...

To be honest, we didn't. We always wanted a victorian style glasshouse and these were the only types we liked. We used 4mm toughened glass in single sheets, the smaller sheets are much thiner and we possibly would have struggles to source them in toughened. With the roof being to large, we...

2 and a half years in the making. Started and had to put the project down. Finally finished all the wood working and half glazed the glasshouse. Ordered the glass for the roof and front windows last summer but never got round to fitting them. Made from Western Red Cedar and finished with...

Not had coax in my house for 14 years. Everything is internet based. We installed cat 6 cable around 5 years back, all feeding back to a 48 port switch. We have a fairly old house with thick walls. We ended up putting 5 wireless switches in different rooms all with the same SSID, so when you...

The UK broadband system is useless. This is evident every morning on the news when they try to have a video call with a member of the public. There are developing countries with better infrastructure than us. My business broadband with BT was so useless, I had to buy a lease line as I work from...

All modern paints will eventually break down, blister or peel. I painted a timber window with Dulux Weather Seal, within 5 years, it was all blistered and falling off. I complained to Dulux and they blamed the wood for being wet when I painted it. Which wasn't the case as the wood was actually...