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If it is Iroko it will feel slightly waxy, like Teak.

No government has ever grasped the true nature of building work. There is a seasonal element to it in that you are reliant on the weather. There is also a physical side , so you need to be young and active. In all my time on building sites i rarely saw any one in their fifties. Unless , of...

I find that Iroko, Sapele and Keruing all have very distinctive smells, though I am sure one can develop a "smell blindness". A colleague , who used to work across the yard from me had a saddlery business. It was always a pleasure to step inside his workshop, for the smell of the leather alone...

If it was sold for sills around the 1990's then it could possibly be Keruing. All Jewson's sills used this at that time. It often oozes a bit of stickiness from the end grain and has a bit of weight to it. If it feels light then I would guess Meranti. Edit. It also has quite a distinct...

In a sense a dinner plate or mug, is a ceramic stone shaped for eating off, or drinking out of. :giggle: I wonder if a terra cotta flower pot would work as well?

Just because, one doesn't find glazing sprigs on some old windows does not mean that this is the norm. Because, equally, one does find them used. Where they are difficult to use, and possibly best avoided, is on very thin glazing bars, where one is in danger of splitting the thin fillet of wood...

Am I allowed at this point to mention sharpening jigs and gizmos? :ROFLMAO: I do have one myself which I believe was made by Plastiplugs ?? Every now and again I go through my bits and sharpen them . It works well enough , but it is a faff to use. I've always eyed up "The Drill Doctor", but...

Surely a wage should supply enough money for a worker to exist. Any business that cannot survive without paying a reasonable wage to their workers is one that is not economically viable. A business whose staff are predominantly on zero hours contracts and minimum wages. will be having their...

Zero hours contracts, may well be legal, but they are immoral. They were crafted to keep the lowest paid workers in -line. Through a constant state of insecurity, it ensures that the workers are much more amenable to the demands of the employer, however unreasonable they are. Such contracts...

I would agree that it would be fairer but whether it could be deemed to be fair is another matter. Mind you it's not fair that those living in remote areas already pay more for their fuel - coupled with the greater distances that have to be travelled to access amenities. Until recently, my...

Once people have been weaned off cars running on fossil fuels , the government will make their move to bill for road use, to make up for their loss of revenue via fuel duty. Then the cost of recharging however cheap , will only be one of the price components of mileage travelled. So EV owners...

In woodwork, as in many things, you can do whatever you like - as long as it works. If it works, then " Dim Problem.", as they say in these parts. :giggle: As I mentioned earlier I tend to avoid T&G for outside gates, especially in this part of the world, as the joints tend to swell causing...

... or maybe not. :giggle: Have just discovered, whilst undoing some old cartridges, that the back of the larger ceramic disc - where it mates with the spindle - can have a different profile.:unsure:

I think that banning zero hours contracts would be a good thing. There are other forms of contract that offer flexibility in the workplace . All the time I was self employed and working on building sites. I never signed a contract - let alone a zero hours one. It was understood by both parties...

Paint the tongues the final colour of the gate before assembly . I would refrain from gluing them to make a larger panel as this will require a larger gap at the edges to allow for expansion and contraction. It is often expedient not to use T&G for outside gates, but instead to use lap joints...

Prompted by @pe2dave , perhaps the way to go is to buy a ceramic valve kit, and just change the gubbins inside the cartridges. It is certainly a lot cheaper.

I thought that somehow ceramic taps were meant to be an improvement on those with rubber or fibre washers, but I've yet to be convinced of this . The previous time our kitchen tap was dripping I sent off for a couple of replacement cartridges, only to find they were marginally too short, and...

One has to ask the question - does it really matter who is President or indeed whether they are compos mentis? Bearing in mind the powers of the President are restricted and democratic government functions via the Congress and the Senate. Quote " A President cannot ... make laws, declare war...

Does it really matter who owns the housing for rent? As long as they are providing suitable well maintained accommodation at a reasonable price. One could, however, question whether so many people buying property to supply themselves with an income after retirement didn't distort the market...

No offence taken . I'm inclined to agree with Mark Twain / Gladstone, about golf - that it is a good walk spoiled.:giggle: As for the courses I would have to remark that not all golf is played on greens fit for arable crops. Our local one is coastal sandy soil - fit at best for grazing sheep. I...