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my daughter has a damp walk in her kitchen. The builder she has contacted has recommended dry rods. I know nothing about them, do they work?

I’m in the market for an 18g nailer down to 20mm. I don’t have air in my workshop which is a limiting factor. I am invested in DeWalt as far as batteries go and do have a 16g nailer from them. I’m open to another brand or corded. Recommendations?

@petermillard just put up a video of a very useful tool tote that fits inside a Systainer. One of my daughters and a son-in-law are slowly amassing tool kits of their own and generally having a go at DIY and making small things for their homes. Both have need of tool boxes to store their...

I received an email from the DVLA yesterday informing me that my vehicle excise duty needed renewing, which it does this week. I have it on standing order so was suspicious. The email looked very convincing but hovering on the links showed a site in Spain not the .gov.uk that it should be. I...

Framing up a load of pictures for the family before Christmas. Youngest gave me six pictures to frame and the first three look great. Unfortunately two of the images managed to stick themselves to the bottom of a bit of foam core. I’m assuming static…. I just cut the foam core only to discover...

I have some pictures to frame for Christmas. Mess, dust and no clear surfaces are not compatible. I’ve been forced to clear up. Anyone else doing a pre Christmas clear up?

Apple just delivered me a ‘memory’ from my photos. It was a good one 😀 Ive always involved my kids in projects since they were little and as a consequence they are all pretty handy today. When did you first involve your kids in DIY? Here are two of mine fitting a hardwood floor. Six and...

My daughter asked me to tile her kitchen for her birthday. Arrived this morning to do the job and noticed the wall was damp. Tapped the wall with my finger and it sank right in. Turns out the last time their kitchen was done the builder dot and dabbed standard plasterboard on to a known damp...

Time for a new surface on the roof. Starting to get some leaks. It’s a nailed on felt roof tile job at the moment. I’m intending to use coroline sheets. Can I get away with just putting it on top or should I rip the old felt off first? Of course I’m being a bit lazy but also suffer terrible...

My wife is reading a book and it says “He took his “bisgay”, a garden tool, and killed him” A little further down it says “The axe part of the disgay” So is there a bisgay or disgay gardening tool that has an axe head as part of it? Google has been unable to offer anything up.

I’m rushing to get a cabinet built for my daughters bathroom so was in a rush last night to get the doors drilled out for the hinges. I use an LR32 rail for this so it’s pretty quick and fool proof, well it is if you don’t act the fool. I switched the end stops on the rail to get the right...

My daughter is having some work done on her house. Her bathroom is being replaced and I said I’d replace her kitchen for her. I went to her house today to chop in a couple of additional sockets/fused spurs for an extractor fan and dishwasher that will be installed in the new kitchen. The...

Not wanted to face it before but I took delivery of some Medite MRMDF 19mm boards today and now I know for sure. I’m no where near as fit as I used to be. Only five sheets to carry from the drive to the workshop, 66m, but that was a serious chore. On a positive I closed my exercise ring in my...

As everyone knows Festool really dropped the ball on the recent TS55 track saw with the floppy nozzle for the dust port. There are various fixes, including an inner tube fix by Peter Millard. I figured I could do better 😀 Here is the problem. The weight of the hose always results in the dust...

It’s my birthday in a couple of weeks and I will be receiving an OF1400. I have been using a FTAGH MacAlister that I received from @weekend_woodworker. I have a ‘set’ of assorted bits I bought for a pittance from the local hardware store but they leave a lot to be desired. Can anyone recommend...

I got cornered in to tiling the bathroom floor and got about half way through and noticed one of the boards was a bit bouncy. Looking at the screw pattern I saw they had missed a screw at the edge of the board so put one in. It resulted in a hissing noise that I thought was either a peed off...

I need to cut some 3mm aluminium sheet. I’m intending to cut it with my track saw. I’ve got a choice of a Festool general purpose blade or a Festool fine cut blade. I’m thinking the fine cut will be the better option but what about speed? Run the saw flat out or slow it down? If this is likely...

Yes I made the stupid mistake and sawed straight into the top. I have to say the Festool TS55 didn’t give any outward sign it was eating the bench. I was doing a plunge cut in the middle of a board and misjudged how close to the top I was. I now have a nice mahogany band inlay. Shame it is on...

I’m looking to buy some power tools and thought I would take a look at the Festool offerings for Black Friday. I’m seeing massive savings of as much as 2 or 3% labelled as Black Friday Specials. I don’t think they understand the concept of discounts.

I have been volunteered to fit out my daughter and son-in-laws Bongo camper can. I sorted out the electrics today but they are coming back over the bank holiday to have a rear kitchen unit built and fitted. The one that was in there seemed to have been cut to size by a band of beavers and was...