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Our ensuite currently has a cheap shaver light which is on a direct spur from the lighting circuit. I would like to replace this with some low voltage downlights built into a cabinet I am going to make, something along these lines: The lights would probably be switched via a ceiling pull...

Am I a bit late? :lol: Came back from our Christmas travels to find the central heating broken down and lots of work hassles so I haven't managed to get on here before now. Had a great time in Taiwan (we were here in lieu of a summer holiday last year) - spent the Christmas period up in the...

Early Saturday morning we are off to Taiwan for 2 weeks. We'll be staying with my in-laws for a few days and then heading into the mountainous area of central Taiwan. We'll be spending the Christmas period at Taroko Gorge. It will be the first time I have been to this part of the island -...

Buller Ltd have been recommended by several forum members in the past, particularly for their drawer slides. So I placed an order with them on 4th September. Other than the order confirmation, I have received no further communication from them, and no delivery. I've emailed them and had no...

Just been catching up on the 'Interesting Pieces of Furniture -17' thread and noting Sgian Dubh's comments about the lack of explanation and reasoning behind some critiques. I tend not to venture opinion on such matters, partly because I don't feel qualified to judge the work of makers far more...

A diy question this one rather than wood... After a long hiatus I am going tpo pick up the refurbishment of our en suite. This I gutted some time ago. It has a 3/4 ply floor screwed down at 30cm intervals. Original plan as to have a lino type covering, but this has now changed to ceramic tiles...

End of last year, my wife took our youngest daughter back to Taiwan to see her family. Whilst she was away, I was thinking of something to do with my eldest daughter, Lynn, so I asked her if she fancied making something with wood. And hence this project, a bird table for Mum, came about...

Building some wardrobes which I was going to sit on a plinth. However, having recently re-read this thread I'm thinking I could use kitchen cabinet type adjustable legs, especially since I have about 30 of them left from a kitchen project that never happened. The question is - how many should...

My double garage has those metal up-and-over doors which offer about as much security as a sheet of tissue paper. My workshop occupies one half. Sometime next year the other half will be used as storage for a new business my wife is setting up. So, increasing the security of the garage is a...