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The bath will have adjustable feet so can be raised and leveled if needed though you may have to remove then redo silicone, there will be enough slack in the plumbing to allow for small movements. I would remove the panel, lay boards to run under and then see if there's a problem refitting , you...

My 260 is a metabo one,so not the best ,I would like a hammer or itech one and may well get a 310 wide one when I upgrade My work is a mixture of doors ,windows ,doors and drawers for built-ins, bookcases, etc. It's generally only the panels for frame and panel stuff and tops that are too wide...

I find a 260 machine is wide enough for most work I do and wider planks can obviously be cut and jointed, a bit more work but not a problem. I think the main issues are quality and table length. Bigger machines tend to be better quality and more solid though there's plenty of better and more...

The extra 20 mm will be useful when you come to the corners and doorways and windows if you plan it right, but you might have to trim a few sheets. To avoid trimming the length just build your shed 40mm taller.

You can usually do full plans or inspection for building regulations, the cost is the same here. Full plans should have all the details including calcs and theoretically the plan is passed, you build to plan and it's ok, though they'll usually inspect as well. If you go the inspection route...

Rugby hydraulic lime 3.5 NHL cost me £9.50 a 25kg bag last month. I think you need to shop around. Though looking at the invoice it's shown as hydrated lime so maybe I got a deal.

That time of year again

I doubt licensing cyclists would be practical or effective. I remember dog licenses at I think five bob a year, these were stopped because they were a complete waste of time ,though dogs still kill a few per year.

I've seen 10 mm threaded bar used as dowels, stronger than wood and dead easy if you drill right through and drive in from the outside.

Gap filler not needed and it would look awful.

Any local glass merchant can cut mirror to size and sand the edges which will save you a bit of postage,maybe drill as well. Some adhesive can degrade the mirror coating over time so best to use a specific mirror adhesive . You can get glue for the handles which might be worth checking out, most...

That's a lot of kit for a limited budget. My advice would be buy quality, possibly second hand rather than cheaper tools and decide what you actually need. A track saw can do most of the cuts a small table saw and mitre saw can do, maybe slower and with more setup but possible. If you don't...

You can use a contact adhesive for Formica and you need to on verticals but on the flat a resin , either epoxy, resorcinol or urea formaldehyde makes it a much simpler job and you get time to do it right. Standard sheet is 1.5x3.0m ,there are cheaper imitations and I'm sure a search will find...

Oil such as osmo is easily patched which is only good if you do it in time. I have found acid catalysed resin such as Rustin's plastic wood is long lasting on floors and I think better than most varnishes . I've only done a bit of wood block, any errors get exaggerated as you go along so a block...

Ash and hickory are typically used for axe and hammer handles as they're straight grained and a bit springy so don't jar your wrist too much. I'm sure bubinga will be ok so long as the grain doesn't run out the side of the shaft, it'll certainly look good.

Screw and glue, a 'metal dowel 'is stronger than a wooden one and easier to screw in.

Looks like a roofers axe to me. It's used to chop the battens and nail them in , the slot is for pulling nails.

Flat roofs used to have very low slopes 1 in 80 etc as this allowed protective gravel to be laid over felted roofs,( and dirt, moss etc to accumulate). The fashion nowadays is to have a steeper slope to drain faster and wash off debris like 1 in 40 ( 25 mm per metre). The dead load is the...

You should be able to get redwoods or larch in 8" width quite easily which would machine to give you 4 or 5 planks per door depending on the door width. Choose your wood carefully to get planks which are close to quarter sawn and acclimatize to reduce cupping risk

As pointed out by sporky it's in the statistics that you showed . There's 5 killed or seriously injured by cyclists and 559 by cars. When expressed as a ratio of per miles travelled it is made to look a lot better for cars, I think it was 1 per million miles for bikes and 1.4 for cars. Cars do...