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Just for info and probably not the sort of thing you should ever need to know,,our neighbour wanted to replace a double glazed unit in his conservatory, I had shown him once before how to get them out and was happy to help again, however he pulled it out himself measured and ordered up a new...

Ive been scarfing in new bottoms to a door frame, I cut the frame at an angle and screwed and glued new parts into place. I screwed up at an angle so that it would have the effect of pulling the new piece up to the old, but was wondering, does anyone know if this has any effect? I know that...

Hi, just wondering, why is it nessesary to presureise an unvented or combi boiler, I know there are presure switches that need to be triggered etc but why is it all under presure to begin with? My thoghts ranged from the boiling point of water being higher under presure,,but you would get a...

Hi, bit of an odd one and wondered if anyone else had any thoughts, this morning Ive been asked to trim about 10mm off the edge of a load of “recycled plastic” boards, I think they are solid plastic and are being used around the edge of a bowling green,,,so at a guess its a 100 plus mtrs in...

A friend is doing up an old cottage, he opted to have an all electric mains presure domestic hot water system fitted and was aware that this is a specialist installation, the plumber has fitted everything and it all looks good except for the final connection to the cold feed and hot supply which...

Our friends have just had their old combi boiler replaced with a new Worcester Combi, Brit Gas did the job and despite their system being 15 or more years old they did not flush the system and the fitter told them that they didnt need a filter because the water looked clean! They say they have a...

Hi, we have a fair number of old architrave sets to refit as well as several flights of new stair spindles, and was wondering if this would be perfect for some sort of nailer? We dont have a compressor so would need to buy both it and a gun if we need a phnumatic one, but then we saw the Titan...

Prompted to post this by a recent post about mouldy shelving in a shed, and of much greater importance the recent media intrest in the somtimes deadly consequences of mould in homes. We live in an old house in a wet area and are very aware that we have to be careful with leaving something like a...

Hi, I have a Excell brand Site Saw which Im extreamly pleased with. It came with a cheap 24T TCT blade which now needs replacement. The handbook just says its a 210mm with a 30mm arbor but a diagram on the Riveing Knife shows a Kerf of 2.6mm and a plate of 1.8mm and I think the R/knife being...

I noticed a Dewalt 1150 on Gumtree, its in Marchwood nr Southampton and its in a sorry old state, the seller is asking for £65. and I wondered if it might offer up some spare parts, It says its a runner but the cutters will not spin up,,BTW I have no connection whatsoever with the vendor. Steve.

Hello everyone, I have a pair of Glass Mullions (Bullseyes) they are used but I dont think they are of any great age, and the present size is 8 x 12ins. I would like to reduce the height of both by trimming off about an inch top and bottom. I have cut old glass many years ago but they were...

Hi, Im making up some oak windows in a sort of rustic style (as befits my skills!) anyway the frame is roughly 25mm x 75/100mm and amounts to Stile and Rail with a glazed centre panel. Ive cut the Grooves on the Stiles and its my intention to continue the tongue around the ends of the rails...

“Elf n safety” buffs will be delighted to hear that Ive retired my saw bench,,after an amazeing amount of use Im seriously sad to wave it off,,,and with all didgets still present and correct,,,but what to do next? Since removing the saw Ive found the table extreamly useful,,and Im wondering if a...

Hi, my son has picked up a secondhand Glass Fibre Roll Top Bath, it sits on a set of cast Alloy Ball and Claw Feet. Each foot has a screw in adjuster and Ive been given these to free up. However the feet have hollow faces with a couple of grub screws screwed into the sides and I think they...

Whenever I use a skillsaw I find myself standing on what feels like the wrong side of it, Im right handed and feel comfortable holding the main handle/trigger in my right hand, but this then leaves me standing on the other side of the material if I want to keep the larger part of the soleplate...

Hi I hope these might be of use to someone thinking of making lamps or light fittings. They are brand new old stock British made and boxed, various styles and sizes, some switched and even some that fit directly onto conduit. There are more than 70. £60 as one lot and Im happy to post or...

Hi, Im doing a job at the moment where I need to get a fix onto the internal brick walls, however the bricks are extreamly hard and have a series of holes down through them, drilling into them is imposible without the hammer and then you break through into the holes which have a bit of 100yrs...

Im helping my son do up an old property and a good number of the original floorboards are badly broken up with a good number cut and unsupported. Anyway the boards are 20mm thick and I have “in stock” a few old 18mm ones, so my questain is what can I use thats redily available to pack up the...

Hi, nothing to do with woodwork but I I think there are a number of people on here well versed in thread sizes and types. The O/D is said to be 1.3/8ins with a pitch of 16tpi. To put it into context its a blanking plug on a bronze valve which I think will be Swedish made. The plug is designed to...

Hi, I have the blade pictured here, it was fitted to a nice Bosch Skillsaw I bought used a few years ago and Ive no idea what its designed for, anyone have any idea? Ive looked around the internet for somthing similer but I cannot find anything like it,,my guess is that its for cutting soft...