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Yep, as i read your post i felt your pain. The potential dust and covering everything nearby etc is a headache, plus the customers actually being around watching adds to the hassle factor. I too hate revisiting compketed work. My worst was a coadding job. The customer and i set up some test...

Or quietly install carpet and see if they notice 😆

Hi niall, The doors will be standard height and uncut, so it'd be custom sized doors if they were to be made taller. Unfortunately a 20mm threshold is a trip hazard, so that one's out too 😔 Luckily, doug said the customer is paying, so i guess it's a balance between the ease of work and cost...

To me, it sounds like unfixing the linings and dropping them down will ultimately be the same work time wise as building the heads down and resetting the architrave etc, then redec. I'd drop the linings. 2" architrave will still cover the 20mm gap created by dropping the lining. Is there an...

2 good suggestions above If youve got enough skirting, Id probably make up the sides as per dougs suggestion and put them in place to see how it looks. If it looks too heavy, niall's solution would work well. I think, personally, a corner block is out, it'd need to start down at the flooring...

Here you go @Jacob , See the screenshot below. I think the fundamental difference here is that carcass construction isnt the same as say a welsh dresser. A carcass is a unit, designed to be used singularly or fixed to others, with a worktop over it ( modular construction ) whereas a...

As others said, its to space the cabinet correctly and have a good fixing point for the worktop. Kitchen carcasses generally have a rail about 100mm deep at the front and a rail mounted on the back to strengthen the unit and locate the top of the infil panel. I'm sure the o.p simply made his...

Hold my beer while i sharpen my cabinet sides 🤪 Carcass construction is usually top and bottom panels mounted between the sides. Once the worktop goes over them, they arent going anywhere.

Yes, im sure they even vary per batch made. The disposable tips are 25mm makita cheap / standard...

You can make up some squares from ply or mdf offcuts. I have lots at the workshop from 200mm sq to 600mm sq. Plus of course a number of metal squares, which are tested fairly regularly Edit to add: you cut out the centre of your squares, which can be square shaped or triangular, and use them to...

And argumentative 😆🤣😁

In theory that's correct, but not in reality..... my makita destroys weak bits and ive gone through all sorts of 'impact rated' bits, milwakee, irwin, dewalt etc, yet a box of 50 , which i considered to be disposable, is lasting AGES, and they were cheap! In fact about the same price as the 5...

If your builder was using the correct fixings, it shouldnt happen..... the screw in the attached screenshot has a section of shank near the head that is smooth. This is to allow the board to be pulled down tight because the threaded section has passed through the board and the head closes the...

I would imagine you'd have to set the grooves based on the width of the board used, which would allow you to avoid the t and g joint. Thinking out loud, is there a way to create a honeycombe centre ( just like internal pressed mdf doors? ) That'd reduce weight and might be a way to increase...

Im a carpenter/ general builder, it really isnt difficult. Make sure they know you are the boss, its a slippery slope.

If painted, i agree with rob ☝️ Make sure to buy 'mr mdf' ( moisture resistant ) and again, here comes the levels..... you can get caberwood trade mr mdf which is green, but fluffy edges when cut. For some things that wont matter ( like the panels within your doors ) but then you step up to the...

I did c and g day release in the 90's and to tick the roofing box, we just had to cut about 6 standard rafters in a small mockup of a building. I didnt actually learn much about roofing until much later 🤷‍♂️

I recently got a new 12" adjustable roofing square ( by tracer ) as my 2nd stanley got pinched ( same as the first ) years ago and they were no longer available. As an interesting side story, i looked at producing them myself a few years ago as the patent was about to expire. A customer with a...

Yes, they are more fun 😄 To the o.p: Often windows in new builds are installed across the cavity, ( using cavity closers these days ) and then rendered upto them on the outside skin and plastered in on the inside skin, so subsequent replacements are often measured tight to the plaster opening...

Thats not a bad shout.... how about a 4 or 5mm one and carefully flatten it so its got a wider nozzle? Edit to add: i watched a youtube vid on this a few years back but cant remember his steam setup. Im pretty sure @profchris is a luthier?