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I would be grateful of advice from members with more experience than myself. I am laying a 20sq. metre floor using Egger T & G boards. The joints on the long edge will not close up correctly. After a lot of investigation the problem is caused by the boards being 600mm wide at one end and 601mm...

I have been asked to close off a gate opening at my daughter's house. It will be T & g 'V'ed boards fixed to a timber frame attached to walls at each side. I can get a supply of 20mm thick reclaimed floor boards which I would like to use. The timber is resinous (pitch pine?) and has some solid...

I would be grateful for advice on the remedial work required after a water leak. My daughter noticed a very damp patch on an internal wall behind furniture. The problem was traced to a split cast iron waste pipe in the adjoining house (it is in the communal wall ). The insurance company removed...

Interesting and varied list of timber and machinery to be auctioned at Brackley at the end of January. John Pye Auctions: Auctions Viewing is available.

I would be grateful for advice from anyone familiar with antique methods of furniture construction. My daughter has asked me to convert an early 20th cent mahogany 4 drawer chest into a blanket box. ie make the fixed top into an hinged lid. How is the top attached and what chance have I got of...

Hello, --- I would be grateful for advice on a project. I need to drill a line of four 19mm diam holes in timber ( inline with the grain). Two of the holes will be 2mm apart. What is best way to drill/make the holes to avoid any breakout between them. Thanks.

I would appreciate advice on the use of bench grinders and wet wheels to sharpen chisels and plane irons. Up till now I have been happy using a white (aluminium oxide?) wheel on an ordinary bench grinder and then a Scheppach wet grinding wheel. This has produced a sharpness which is OK for me...

A friend has inherited his father's multiplane which was bought when he retired in 1967. Finding what it is worth now is fairly straight forward but he is curious to know what his father would have paid for it when new. Also there appears to be a significant demand for these planes now on...

I am going to instal 2 worktops in a "L" shape (into a corner). For convenience I am considering asking the worktop supplier to cut the mitre joint. Both sides are approx 2.1m long and hence heavy to handle on my own. My concern is how do I adjust the mitre joint if the walls are not an exact...

Just a quick question---is it possible to cut a vinyl wrapped MDF door and seal it with iron on melamine edging strip? Will the heat damage the vinyl?