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I do hope the poor dog was not hurt by the broken glass. Dogs can be easily traumatised by loud noises - he probably needs lots of attention, consolation, and perhaps a treat or two to take his mind of his terrible experience...... :lol:

Why use a weed killer? Strim/brushcut, then rotavate, then put the weed control membrane over and cover with woodchip. If you are lucky the people who do the brush clearance for the council will have a couple of tons of the stuff to get rid of. It wont look as nice as bark chip, but who...

Tree trunks are only alive on the outside. The centre is compact dead tissue used for strength. If rot sets in there is no repair in the centre, but the outside can grow an heal?

Anyone want some sanding belts? We have three packs the wrong size for our sander.... they are all Silverline One pack 100 x 610 40grit One pack 100 x 610 80grit One pack 400 x 60 80grit

Yes, very clever. May be such lateral thinking comes from weaker 'categories' for tools. A spade is not a 'garden tool' but a 'long tool with a flat blade'. Weaker categories make it easier to to 'repurpose' tools. My wife recently suggested that she could do a job with a 'hammer and...

Thanks folks I get the impression here that the arguments for coping the external corners are trumped by the ease of mitering when the join is not 90 degrees. I can see the sense in that - the bay sides are relatively short. I figured that the not 90 corner would need some 'jiggery-pokery'...

Finally getting round to the skirting now. Plenty of good advice memorised from thie forum: Start opposite the door (which is the longest bit as well). Work my way round. Use coping for the internal corners (pointing away from the centre), and miter the external ones (pointing into the...

zoom h2 or h4 might do. Off to work soon, but if you want more details thn message me. (I am not an expert, just a user) Phill

Were these fake ones the ones created my 'monetary easing'? If not than it seems to me the crooks were on the same mission as the government. Or was that tautology?

Yeah, I am tempted by the gripfill solution. I may be old-fashioned but I still think of these as being part of the 'no more proper jobs' range. But for skirting and architraves they look just too tempting. I can even paint up the boards first - at least the mat coats - and save the risk of...

And on this project they can come out of the joint account........ :D I did not know that I would need to drill for lost head nails - I thought they were just banged in - shows what I know :oops: . I had imagined drilling holes in wall and screwing through the board (yep, even I know that...

Wow, lots to think of there, thanks. Now here is a thought: if I fix a batten to the wall level with the top of the skirting with screws, can I then attach the skirting with lost head nails? How thick would the pieces need to be for this to work, I wonder? We have chosen a simple profile as...

Thanks for the pointers - very helpful. Wealden do do a 12mm in a 1/4" shank, which is almost enough. I am measuring max depth of 45 degree slope, not counting any vertical cutting face. However, they also do a 15mm in an 8mm shank, and I think this is as big as I should need. When I...

OK, lets resurrect my old thread rather than create a new one..... I think I would like to use my router to give a small amount of profile to plain boards to make skirtings and architraves. There are some original windows in the room, ad the timber has simple 45 degree bevel as only...

Very kind thoughts there, I thank you. The box was a labour of love, produced over a period of about a year for my partner. Since I had no dedicated workshop I had to work on it when she was out or when the weather was good enough to work outside. I guess it took several hundred hours, but I...

Good ideas Rodders, but the blocks are down now (and I do not own an electric plane). I hope that the colour variations will be minimised when the floor ages - we do not mind some 'history' showing through, and are certainly not aiming for magazine-like perfection. We do plan to sand the...

Thanks for all the replies - some food for thought there. The reply that pulled me up short was: Remarkably good idea - define the problem! I have a longish (1.8m) level, and thought about working my way round the room. But it occurred to me that level is not the problem, but difference...

But not both at once......? Useful info, though. Thanks I will probably try to copy the other rooms if they are consistent though.

We are starting to paint our lounge. The ceiling will be white, the walls magnolia. I plan to paint the ceiling, coving and down the wall past the picture rail line first. then mark a line round for the picture rail and paint magnolia up to it. How should I measure the picture rail line...

We are not too fussed with a difference between the timbers (or not yet) - we are not aiming for perfection (we do not have enough years left to achieve that here!), and quite like the way that a house shows it's history. We are planning to sand the floor - but research seems to indicate that a...