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Hi All, I am building some wardrobe doors from Poplar/Tulipwood approx 2200 x 500mm. Each door Will have four panels. The doors will be painted. The rails and stiles are 80mm by 20mm stock (3" by 3/4"). I want to use mirrors for the panels and was wondering if anyone had experience of doing...

Hi, I am about to board out some of my loft; but, there are a few lengths of timber in the way. Two lengths run perpendicularly across all joists. These lengths have posts supporting purlins, so I'm guessing that I cannot do anything about these. The other lengths are maybe 4ft in length...

Hi all, I have a couple of design questions that I'm struggling with. I am building a pair of cabinets in alcoves, 900mm high closed cupboards on the bottom and 1100mm glazed units above them. The alcoves are 900mm wide. The cabinets will be painted. Is there a rule of thumb for how to do...

Hi, My table saw has a blade alignment issue, about 0.2mm further away from the mitre slot at the back of the blade compared to the front. I'm making some mitred photo frames at the moment, so am trying to get the set up spot on. I have moved the table sections and the trunnions; but there is...

Hello All, I am re-building the front wall in my front garden. The wall is double skin and 8m long by 0.9m high and built primarily from the original old (london) stock bricks. My plan is to have two courses of engineering brick to act as a DPC. One course will be below ground level. I'm...

Hi, I'm about to carpet a bedroom and am not sure what to do with the tiled hearth. The fireplace has long since been filed in and plastered over. The Hearth is going to be under a bed. Should I just leave as is and put underlay and carpet over it? DT

Hi, I've got a basin that is hanging (not in a good way!) off the wall. It was attached with 140mm studs and fairly normal wall plugs into breeze block which just seems to be too soft. I took it off and re-attached it; but it happened again. I have read that you should use a silicone bead...

Hi, Just finished these, probably took two months, trying to find an hour or two here and there! A brief WIP: Carcasses made out of 18mm far eastern ply (as the timber merchant described it); but, good value at £30 per sheet. Face frames, moulding, lipping etc. made out of Poplar (which had...

Hi, I would like some advice on how big a gap to leave between doors and frame that are going to be painted? It is for built in cabinets with a face frame and doors. The whole thing will receive four coats of paint (primer, undercoat, 2 coats of eggshell) applied by brush. The doors and frame...

Hi, I have two built ins with carcasses made of ply that I am fitting a face frame to. The carcasses come out further than the alcove so the frame needs to be flush with the carcass at each side. Does anyone have any suggestions how I get this flush when in-situ? Cheers, DT

Hi, I want to add a couple of sockets to a ring circuit and rather than doing as spurs, is it ok to do the following: 1) Cut the ring where I need a new socket 2) Add one cut end to the new socket 3) Add a new length of cable from the new socket and join to the other cut end (of the ring...

Hi, Can anyone recommend a book that covers traditional wooden boat building? What I am likely to build will only be small (no more than 20') and I prefer the look of clinker built boats. I am a confident user of tools and have enough of them! I am also reasonably technically minded so can...

Hi, My flat was empty for a month, with nothing on except the fridge and the electricity usage was an average of 30kw per day. The fridge has been making a funny noise for long periods of time; but, could this really be causing it to use 30kw per day??? I am going to get one of the monitoring...

Hi, I have two internal doors that I am painting. One is an old door (softwood) that has been stripped back, and the other is a new door made out of tulipwood/poplar. The top coat is going to be a sprayed on water based eggshell (by someone else), but, I am thinking of priming them first with...

Hi, I've got a Mimosa tree in the garden that I want to build a small wall around. The problem is that a number of the roots are running at ground level (slightly above in some instances) and I want to know what will happen if I cut them to lay the foundations? The tree trunk is about 8"...

All, I got the internal doors on my 1920's house dipped and the joint has come apart on the mid rail, but only on the side where the lock is. It has only come apart about 3mm; but, it's enough to make refitting the hardware a bit of a pain. The joint (mid rail to stile) appears to be a cope and...

Hi, I need to make some internal doors (3 over 3 panels) and was wondering what wood should I use? They will be spray painted; but, want to avoid knots without spending a lot of money. The timber merchant I had in mind stocks: Unsorted european redwood which they said will have knots Southern...

Hello all, Does anyone know anything about 'Sanderson's Droichead Nua'? They were an tool manufacturer based in Newbridge (Droichead Nua is the Gaelic name of the town) in County Kildare in Ireland. I have found some references to them making files in 1955; but, nothing after that. I have a...

Hello all, I will be building a fence in a school playground. I have been asked not to sink the posts into the tarmac and to use brackets and plug and screw. I'm concerned (as are the teachers) that the brackets may create a tripping hazard, so I was thinking that using studding or wood to...

Hello all, I'm going to try my hand a wood-turning and need to buy a set of turning tools. I have narrowed it down to one of the following two: Robert Sorby - Beginners 6 Piece Woodturning Set The ultimate full size, all round woodturning set. Perfect for the beginner for any type of turning...