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I think it was one of those situations when you get to the job and it is obvious what has to be done. Although theoretically unsupported joins may have been OK it just felt wrong. At least I know that there is no potential problem.

Well I did the job. What a mission! I cut the boards so that the join was on a joist in the end. It meant every board had to be cut but at least I know that there will be no problems in future. All I need now is a bit of advice on repairing a plasterboard ceiling #-o . Yup. Foot straight...

It's my mate in Gravesend Pete. :lol: Access is exceptionally good. I want to do the job properly for my mate, of course, but don't want to turn it into a massive ballache if I can help it!

I really appreciate the replies guys. It's a loft for storage. 8x2's 18mm to keep the weight down. Glueing the joins is new to me. Noggins would be a PITA. Maybe I could get away with glueing for a loft?

Yikes! Thanks Rodders. I'm flooring out a loft for a friend. If I'm luck the boards will fall on the joists. If not, is a few inches away from a joist not good enough? Thanks for your help. Averting potential disaster. :shock:

hi guys. Am I right in thinking that with tounge and groove chipboard it is not necessary to support the short joins? Thanks for any advice.

Hello. I've got to make an external door for a brick built outhouse at my friends 400 year old cottage. I intend to use 5" decking to make a ledge and brace door. Do I need to use slotted holes where I screw the planks onto the rails to allow for expansion? If so does anyone know a good way of...

Hi Kym. Yes do PM me some pics. When I work out how to access PMs I'll show them to Natalie. That boeing lube looks very interesting. The problem with pallet stretch might be condensation... I'm very impressed to still be getting advice on my topic. :)

That's spooky! My wife is madly into hand spinning with drop spindles. She's always at it! It's like living with a bloody spider! Do you have a website? All the very best. If you are managing to stay out of the clutches of the benefit system then you are doing well in my book. From what I hear...

That's brilliant. I am in London so not local but thanks very much for the offer. Presumably I will find silica packs online. One thing about silica packs. How long do they remain effective and how do you know to replace them? OK. That's two things. :deer

I don't know why I assumed that your woodturning was a hobby. :oops: Where do you sell? It seems to me that it is increasingly hard for an individual to make a living from making. Craft will always have an appeal. Maybe even more so in our techno world but whether people will have disposable...

Hi Kym, Sounds like you are pretty committed, or should be :lol: for working in such spartan conditions. I assume that you don't make your living form your work and can choose when you feel keen enough to work out there. I guess there are probably quite a lot of more rural workshops belonging...

Nice one Kym. That case is very encouraging. Radial arm saw and half size bandsaw are the main items that I prefer not to live with and need to store. Those and a lot of odd hand tools that I rarely use but would be sad to see go rusty. I'm intrigued. What kind of stuff do you make in your...

Kym, you have obviously given this subject a lot of thought and have a lot of experience. I will definitely take what you say on board. One problem is finding large enough airtight boxes for the machines. I prefer this idea to greasing the machines as there will be areas that it won't be...

Thanks Phil. I had vaguely heard of that system. I intend to keep my power tools at home. It is a couple of larger machines and loads of assorted hand tools that are the problem. Whith regard to my current workshop. It is within an occupied house so gets a bit of a ambient heat...

Thanks for the replies. This is a very helpful and active forum. 8) Thanks to Kym especially. Some very useful tips there. Thank you. :occasion5: I am still thinking of building a large insulated box inside the lock up. Would I want to keep a through flow of air or seal it up? Kris

That's pretty much what I figured. I am wondering whether there is any future in trying to insulate the lock up. There is no electric so heating is not really an option.

Hmmm. Thanks for the replies. I like the idea of treating my tools like swords! :twisted: Basically if it is likely to require fairly extreme measures to stop my tools deterioraHmting I don't think I wl put em in there in the first place. :| some of those ideas could be very practical for...

Hi Guys, I have to move out of the workshop that I have been using for 33 yrs. :-({|= I hope eventually to have another workshop but in the meantime have a lot of stuff that I need to store. I am lucky enough to have the rental of a lock up garage but have only ever used it for storing stuff...

Hi Andy. No the building is not listed. That would be worse than rot! I wondered about Oak but I do not have enough knowledge to know which hardwood is going to last longest if the paint system is neglected. I also suspect that a lot of hardwood these days is not much better than softwood from...