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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...

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...

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...

Hi all, been a while since I been on here, had the last 18 months off due to a family illness. I have started to build the ridge for my glasshouse. On the weekend, I glued up the ridge with Titebond III, but noticed white marks being left after I wiped down with a damp rag. Im not too bothered...

Hi All Been away for over a year as my wife has not been well. She’s recovering now and I’m slowly getting back in the workshop. My son has just bought a house, there are lots of renovation going on there and as the house is in such a mess, we are considering building a spiral wine cellar. I...

I am looking to use some Western Red Cedar as tongue and groove on the bottom half of a door. The door is 800mm wide, any suggestions how loose should I fit them to allow for expansion?

I am about to complete my glasshouse build but struggling to find some cast iron brackets. I really think these need to be fitted in the apex of the roof and where the roof meets the walls. The only issue I have is the angles are not 90 degrees. There are plenty of brackets around, but...

I have some soil pip that I was using in my workshop with a chip extractor. There are a few lengths up to 5’, quite a few 45 degree bends and T pieces. Happy to give it away as long as you are able to collect from Pontypridd

I noticed a small amount of rust on one of my hand places over Christmas, my workshop is concrete block construction with a pitched slate roof. The outside is also rendered with waterproofer in the render then painted with a good quality masonry paint. I have set up a dehumidifier in the...

I have just ordered some engineered oak flooring, it's 20mm thick with a 6mm wear layer. I laid some about 2 years ago over a sub-floor. On this I screwed down through the tongue every 400mm. I am about to lay the same flooring over a concrete floor. Am planning on gluing it down but struggling...

I have pretty much built all the walls of my new glasshouse but now struggling with the roof. My wife want's some windows up on the ridge this time. I have seen some pictures of other timber glasshouses but can't get my head around how to make the ridge water tight. I was thinking of going down...

Been so busy lately with work, not found time to post. Have been working on replacing our verander on the weekends, measured 3970mm on the verander, went back to the workshop to cut a length of wood. Measured out the measurement with a different measure. Guess what, it was different to the one...

Just a quick question, trying to get this glasshouse right and make sure it survives me, lol Would I be able to use a kitchen jointing bolt on the cills? Looking on the internet, the are all for internal use, nothing stainless is available. Or is there another method for connecting the cills?

Struggling a little with this one, I am replacing our glasshouse, the last one has pretty much rotten and all the paint failed. This time I am using Western Red Cedar which is also more substantial on the size. Should I pain the units prior to fitting or should I fit then paint. I am thinking...

No sure if I have asked this question before. I have the Trend T11 router, the only issue is it's stuck on full speed. The speed control knob turns OK but has no effect on the speed. HAs this happened to anyone else?

Just about to start rebuilding my glasshouse, the old one collapsed a few weeks back. This time I am using Western Red Cedar, 70mm X 45mm, the glasshouse is 6mts X 3mts with a front gable. The bottom half is essentially all windows, I have a quick question, how deep should I go with the mortice...

We stayed in a small hotel over the bank holiday, the place was very old, built approx. 400 years ago. In our room (in the loft) there were some odd looking joints. Any idea why they are like this? This was the view from the one side, I was expecting the other side to be the same, that way they...

On Wednesday evening, my wife was in the glasshouse watering when she noticed the back wall leaning out. Half hour later it was down. All that remains is the front wall and gable. Now have to rebuild it through the summer :shock:

Struggling to find a supplier for Westerd Red Cedar. Had a quote from Monmouth timber this afternoon which is about 3 times the price from other suppliers. Only issue is the size. Lookin for 100mm X 100mm finished (planed) posts. co2 timber is the best price but would have to kill dry it...

I have started to rebuild my glasshouse, this was made just 7 years ago but is showing some serious signs of rot. We made the glasshouse out of softwood then used a good quality paint which has completely broken down. I am making the replacement out of pressure treated timber. We want a painted...