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Some useful stuff there, thanks. Bottom tread is a bullnose so it will be coming off in its entirety. I'll get the ceiling down when I have a chance and see what it's like under there.

I'm hoping things won't get too out of shape since the string is built into the wall on one side and forms a partition wall (of the cupboard under the stairs) on the other. I like the idea of doing them one at a time - that's a good shout. I am not super keen on pulling the whole string out...

The stairs in my house are in a pretty poor state. They're currently carpeted but we'd like to change them to wooden treads with white risers. I've pulled the carpet off a few and there is all manner of monkey business hidden - large holes drilled in the risers, at least one of the winder treads...

Most of the skirting in my house is fitted like this. It's pretty rough.

I'm laying some engineered t&g at the moment, it definitely shouldn't crackle. Mine is quiet and feels solid under foot. Can't help on the glue, I'm using lost head flooring screws.

I've had good results with dulux trade acrylic. Not the cheapest, but I got an excellent flat finish when sprayed and a decent finish off a brush.

Acetone is pretty good at dissolving tape with no residue as well.

In the spirit of making do with what's around during the lockdown, I made a side bench for the kitchen. We had intended to get a new kitchen in but who knows when that will happen so I threw this together as a stop gap. Not the finest piece, but serviceable. It's some pine I had lying around and...

I'm no fan of Boris, but I hope he makes it because the other options are worse. Can you imagine Priti Patel as the PM? #-o

Get a speed peeler. You won't go back.

I had one (a Corolla) for a week while my car was in for a recall. The fuel efficency was impressive - I got 65mpg out of it in city traffic which is way better than any ICE I've ever driven. It drove quite nicely as well as the electric motor makes up for the slightly weedy petrol. So I can...

Any good black gloss would do if you just want it painted.

You're meant to get planning for anything over 5 square metres if it's non-permeable. Your neighbours may have just flown under the radar and gotten away with it. Gravel is definitely the safe option.

T_N that poll is 13 years old and have seven signatures, I'm not sure the government are going to be reading to implement it.

South American beans seem the best for a creamy cup. African beans are always quite "bright" which seems to be coffee nerd speak for battery acid.

I have DeWalt tools and I'm very pleased with them. Mainly use the combi drill and impact driver, but in the summer the strimmer and hedge trimmer come out - being able to share batteries with the garden tools is nice as you don't have to worry about storing batteries over the winter. It's...

I have a particular dislike for "rustic" or similar adjectives being used as an excuse for poorly made tat. Usually it's the roughest palette wood, barely finished and bodged together with butt joints and screws.

It's all relative. The Leaf is 0-60 mph is around 7.5 seconds which is a respectable time. But even the slowest Model 3 is 5.3 seconds 0-60 - Tesla really don't have much competition there.

Does anyone know of good ones? Every brand I've seen has a bunch of people saying how crap they are and another saying they're the best thing ever, had one bit that lasted 10 years etc. etc. I have a set of Bosch PZ2 bits at the moment and one shattered after about 100 screws, so not very...

Next you'll be telling me you don't drive an f1 car to the shops.