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thanks guys, will remove silicone tomorrow to check then replace.

Actually Dragon the side with the silicone did have more movement than the other side so you maybe right. Wizard i did not want to remove the silicone to check just incase it was their for a reason.

I recently had to move a bathroom for a customer and turn it into a shower room. All went ok until i found one leak and one tiny weep on the joints where the pipe behind the stud wall meets the short angled connection to the bar mixer unit. The leak the plumber sorted after 4 days. It has taken...

Hi inaspin, i would but East Devon may be just too far away. All my hens and ducks are rehomed from other people. If you could get them here, get in touch.

hi powertools and rogerp what are you selling ? 100 items a week is a full time job !

Hi MMUK, had my Vivaro now 2 years 07 with 76000 on clock, fitted new track ends, steering rack, wheel bearing which went on the road, had to be rescued by recovery. Panels have fallen off, side door will not open, roof leaked, door leaver keeps falling off, gear box making excess noise. Do i...

Hi, don't get a Vivaro, can't wait to change back to a Transit. Would like to go VW but can't afford, as they hold their price no matter what milage.

Hi all, if interested The Annual Blackdown Hills Woodlands Fair is on this Saturday 21st June near Wellington Somerset.

here's one for you, not really a miss measure. About 5 years ago i made a triple wardrobe for a customer, no problem with that. A year ago they asked me to make another one for another bedroom exactly the same size as the first, so i measured the original wardrobe and made the new one. On the...

Hi Martin, look up Devon Hardwoods, cut and deliver and just up the road from Exmouth.

Hi, have a job coming up making a pair of 6 foot sliding patio doors, has any body here made them and what problems have they encountered ? Has anyone used Vista Slide kits from Ironmongery Direct ? I was trying to convince the customer Aluminium would be better but a 8 week turnaround from the...

Yes green oak timber frame would be lovely but this will be 4 x 2 frame just nailed together, the usual plaster board interior with a Larch clad exterior, something between the jointed frame method and a SIP panel. All made in a factory and craned into place. Just a skeleton which i shall do...

Hi all, got a job coming up , to build a 2 story extension for a customer. The plans have been drawn up as a traditional block construction, now the customer wants to go down the timber stick frame construction route which is no problem, as the timber frame company is designing the structure and...

Hi all, about 26 years ago i was friendly with the chap who ran the local auction house, all the old unsold furniture that was destined for the tip was left outside the back door. He let me collect anything i wanted, for years i collected masses of unsold furniture that i broke up to re use the...

Hi, if your other half has a well paid job and you have no mortgage you may be in with a chance ! I speak from experience, 26 years as a furniture maker. And for me its no to the first one and yes to the second.

yes i agree, avoid. Had mine 1 1/2 years 07 plate 70k on clock, replaced both track rod ends, new steering rack, 1 wheel bearing, now excess noise from gear box going up and down gears which sounds expensive. Trims and door handle falling off. Only 73k on the clock now, time to go back to a...

Hi one and all, many years ago i started to receive parking tickets from an area in London, unusual, as i live in Devon . I disputed each of them saying someone was driving around with my registration and eventually persuaded them that it was not my van. A month later i had a visit from the...

The way i do it is to make and glue up your face frames, then machine up the cock beading as a separate item then mitre and glue / pin to the face frame openings flush with the fronts, use a small block of wood for this. When dry turn over and sand flush with the inside edge. Simple !

baldhead, what worries me most is what were you typing into the ebay search box to find bags on a stick !!!!!!!

in the first 10 minutes before i turned over most had ciggy's , booze , I phones and large flat screens so someones doing ok