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I had Txxxx fibre installed last year 300/100Mbps which although it was error free in the most part didn't seem on my 10yr old PC to give much advantage over the old fttc at 30Mbps I had for years before that. My contract ended and a black Friday deal gave me 900/300Mbps for the same price as...

After putting up with alloy framed almost double glazed patio doors since 1970's I bit the bullet this year against raised heating costs to replace them with upvc. They were the biggest size they could go with standard thickness glass at around 2.6m x 2.4m high. Fitting was a disaster with the...

I bought a pair of these Howden doors oak veneer doors. I intened to do the most minimal I could to treat the wood like maybe wax them. 1 door has been fittted for a while with no treatment and I notice oils starting to mark the door where my wife uses the wood rather than handle to open/close...

I am trying to set up an air conditioning split system at home ready for a local engineer to come pipe it and commission. The external fan and compressor unit is being mounted in unistrut on the back wall of the house above a single story extension. The house is 1963 build & rendered. When...

My daughter bought some metal framed garden furniture with removable fabric seat covers, the wood near edges of the fabric soon got showered on and started to get water stains. She wrongly assumed it was pre treated to repel water. She would like to treat the wood before it goes outside again...

Its been a very long time since I posted here :oops: I have some discs that were given to me with various size holes in, some round some oval with indexing position holes all round them and I am ashamed to say I dont know what they are for, I feel I should know but cant quite remember...

Hi, a long time since I was here! I bought a 2 panel (top one glazed) hardwood ext door some 3yrs ago and stored it in one of my sheds flat with 8x4 sheets on it so no twist. Fitted it recently and teak oiled as I really wanted to keep the wood rather than paint it. when it rains water is...

I have a new Bosch PST 700 PE jigsaw which I tried to use on my glossy kitchen worktop yesterday and even with masking tape under it I managed to scratch the surface somehow. I am now frightened to use it again to cut the hob and sink cutouts until I solve the reason for the scratches. The...

Many have made good use of this offer already before it expired (the £1 a roll offer is limited to the first 10,000 customers) Available delivered to your home for this price in 100mm or 170mm flavours. Price works out at 18p and 30p per square metre delivered. The offer is due to start again...

I have a builder starting work tomorrow on a small extension to the rear of my house, we have wanted the extension for years but with young kids we could never quite afford it. Kids are teens now and since being made redundant a couple of yrs ago I have been semi retired. Costs for just a bare...

If you need a stand for a mitre saw or anything else for that matter, its hardly worth contemplating making your own when this one is so cheap at the moment. Top frame 510 x 460 mm top frame with pre drilled mounting holes Adjustable legs allow the height to be set between 725 and 840 mm...

I have to cut around 10mm off the side of a 4.8mtr 150x32mm deck board, I have never attempted to rip such a long board before and would like some advise on safety and of course not damaging my timber. I intend to have the wife and one other support the length as its floating off the ends of...

I have been looking at 2 and could do with some advice on which would be the better buy. I realise I am bottom end of the market yet again but my use will be occasional so trying to keep the costs down. Rexon SM2150AE 216mm Sliding Compound Mitre Saw £116 screwfix...

I have to remove some decking boards that have those green coated pozi headed screws, some of the heads are a bit chewed and I doubt they will come out normal fashion. Anyone tried the JML kit from the likes of Homebase? The problem I see is although the heads are chewed they are hardened and...

Advice please, I have a half glazed new hardwood exterior door that I need to take around 20mm off both stiles, the door is pretty heavy at 20+kilo I have a table saw with a 40T blade & a couple of circular saws. The ts is I guess what most would rip it down with then use the hand plane to...

As title, I have a couple extra of these that I dont need, brand new, never used. 3.0Ah gives a pretty long run time between charges, I was finding my old battery didnt hold charge very long and the drill seemed underpowered until I forked out for a new battery. It like a new drill now. Anyway...

The 2 dont usually go together but RS have a promo code giving a big discount. I will link to this deal site as its explained there how to get the deal. http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/410168/b ... ordless-d/

I fancy rather than need a table saw (cant cut square!) and so really dont want to spend lots to have it maybe sit doing nothing most of the time, though once I have one I will no doubt find lots of things to use it for :wink: I found the Ryobi ETS 1526AL at tooled-up for £123 with coupon but...

Hope this isnt considered spam but I noticed Toolstation have in the clearance section just one cheap 350watt jigsaw @ £65 delivered and 15 off SIP 6x4 Planer Thicknesser 240Volt 1500watt @ £155 delivered. Maybe they are not top spec bits of kit but I'm sure they would do for some of us with...

Im typing this in wordpad, this is my first post to the forums and having just spent a couple of hrs typing and adding pics to a "my first workshed" build thread I clicked submit only to get the "sign in" page, somehow I had been logged out, (is there a timer?) while I was producing my mamoth...