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Hi all. I am an old fashioned chap and like old things. This has led me to wanting to find some brass curtain track for the curtains I'm making currently. I have thus far only found one snazzy company in the Dis-United Kingdom that can provide me with such a thing, and they know it is hard to...

Hi people. Help please regarding re-glueing an internal door. I purchased my single storey cottage (as was) that was renovated and massively extended by Bodge the Builder. No planning, no building regs and little quality apart from the blockwork ; he also built as a disabled person who was on...

Hi All. I have built a stable using timber frame (uprights NOT in the concrete), insulated with 2 layers of 25mm insulation board with a 50mm gap in between and clad in 13/3 zinc sheets.I am about to line the whole project with 18mm OSB sheets and ordered the sheets from merchant who, when I...

Hi all. Just going crazy trying to find square or diamond bitumen roofing washers that fit under the square/diamond curved washers when fixing he sheets down. I've always been able to get them from roofing supply shops/websites, but I've drawn a blank so far. The trouble is, I don't know what...

HI, folks. Just joined the group so please see my 'hello intro post for a background of my skill levels and approach to making things. I am an OK steel fabrication chap, pretty good in fact, and am a dab hand at site joinery (nails, plates, screws and lap joints but not so good with the...

Hi people. Old pipper, but new to here. I Don't use Social media of any kind, on the grounds that the world has enough pictures of people's cafe meals, hence reason for lack of contact details. Have spent a life living on very little but ever-so-much as well, I overall feel quite lucky to have...