Recent content by sammy.se

I have the same as this. Ryobi with makita battery. Great bit of kit, I did a whole room's skirting and architrave and other bits and bobs with it. Worked great

I would probably use CT1 in that scenario. It's very good.

I recently build my own casings, it worked great. I used 18mm thick pine. They were attached to 2x4s with 'no nails' and brads, sides and top, so no issues with them being too thin even after hinges, locks etc. I trimmed the width them to account for the 2x4 plus plasterboard, so perfect width...

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/damp-in-victorian-house-dining-room.116193/

Very very true. Check these: Any gutter leaks, downpipe leaks, pooling water not going into drains. Even a tiny drip will accumulate over time, get absorbed into your walls and find no way to escape if there is cement, or gypsum plaster, or modern paint on the walls. Check the Damp Proof Course...

STOP, in the name of damp. Is your wall a) and external wall, meaning it's outdoors on the other side; b) a single brick wall, meaning no cavity in the middle of the wall? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, please please please do not do anything like what you are describing. I...

Hi, in the UK, the convention is to buy a separate router - which is almost always plunge - and a separate table. For example, I have an aluminium router table. A trend router table takes the Trend T11 router easily, which is a clone of the Dewalt 625 i think. You can't go wrong with any of...

I started with a table saw, then got tracksaw, then built a track saw bench, and now I sold my table saw. If you buy a track saw (my recommendation), go for a used Makita/Dewalt/Festool or a Lidl Parkside. Some turn their nose up at the Lidl, but I have two and they work perfectly. You will...

plus, do you intend to hang anything from the ceiling, e.g. to hold your music equipment in future? if yes, go for the 6x2

I would use 6x2, and add some noggins. If you did use 2x4, and they sagged, you would lose some height anyway, while having a suboptimal structure.

Well, the Royal Mail PDF doesn't say bladed items are prohibited. Just some, specific, and quite horrible weapons are now prohibited https://www.royalmail.com/sites/royalmail.com/files/2024-03/bladed-items-sharp-objects-weapons-web-changes-rm-consumer-26-march-2024.pdf This seems very...

i do this. works OK.

Here's the video I mentioned.

couple of things to check, based on my experience. I managed to get a parkside saw working perfectly btw - even though it's a 'cheap' saw. 1. I had put a cheap blade in my mitre saw once. It wasn't perfectly balanced so it had the tiniest wobble/oscillation and my cuts were not perfectly...

Rockwool RWA will be easy to fit, it's sound and heat insulation.