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Hi all, just wondering if you tradesmen charge for lunch breaks. Had a customer the other day moan when i gave her the bill that she had been charged whilst i had my dinner breaks. I said the clock starts ticking when i leave my house and stops when i leave the customers house any anything in...

Hi gwr, Thompsons water seal i have used it on brick work. Get the spirit one not the waterbased one brush on several coats. Or render the finished wall with SBR added to the mix used it on walls below ground to keep out damp. Hope this helps

A farmer friends reply when i commented on the price of land " trouble is they ain't making any more of it and whats left they keep building on " maybe relevant.

Heres mine, fitting a howdens kitchen today corner wall unit the left door with the corner pillar attached drilled out and fitted a handle, mistake, the right side door hits it. Luckily working 3 miles from howdens so gets another one and a 600 wall unit door missed from order. Went back to job...

Thanks for the replies, looks like i've started a debate with this, i can't see why anybody would go for black tops and tiles, i would recommend to a customer to go for a light colour tile, even with a dark upstand. I like upstands they finish off the worktop to wall area neatly, and yes they...

Hi all, fitting another howdens kitchen this week would like to know how others do the upstands. I always tile then gripfill the upstand to the tiles then silicone upstand to worktop edge and upstand to tile edge. Is this the correct way or do you fix upstand to wall then tile to upstand ?

Sorry charlie, didn't see you wanted moisture resistant, Bradfords and Blamphayne will be no good for this. yes when i said Taunton panel centre i meant somerset panel centre.

Hi charlie, having trouble sourcing MDF surely not , i buy from Bradfords building supplies branches everywhere , Blamphane sawmills and have brought oak vaneered MDF from Taunton panel centre . Surprised they don't keep it in your are.

Hi guys, thanks for all the ideas, in 25 years as a furniture maker this is the first time i have needed to do this and probably the last so i will not be looking into purchasing any kit to do the job. I had not thought about carving but maybe this would cost to much. I have had a couple of...

Hi all. Just got the go ahead to make a new parish notice board, but they require the header board to be engraved with the name of the parish council. Does anybody on here carry out engraving on wood or know where i can get it done ? Thanks.

Hi Wallace, moved my thicknesser into another part of the workshop, and then it would not start, power to switch tested with voltmeter, after that i was lost so called out sparky friend, sawdust packed tight in the switch so stopped the button making contact, cleaned it out, works fine now. May...

Hi Jim, 100mm soil pipe is ok, all my extraction is through soil pipe suspended from beams then down to machines via flexi from axminster with blast gates. Use the appropriate soil pipe joiners, 90 degree bends and y joiners where needed, don't forget to lubricate the inner edge of the female...

Hi all, I do this allot when making antiqued furniture and have various tools to make the job easier. Its best to use as many different tools to give a varied distressed effect. No good if all the marks are the same. Firstly 10 inches of cord with 6 old keys tied one with small keys and one with...

Hi all, just got an order for a parish notice board with 3 glass doors to be made from Iroko. Have used in the past an exterior spirit based varnish but with all these oils around these days was wondering if they would be suitable for such a project. What i have used in the past all ways breaks...

Hi flanajb, an old friend said to me that finishing is a controlled disaster. The making is the easy bit , the finishing is where the air turns blue. I have only sprayed lacquers and over the years i have only experienced peel on a hand full of times. If i use water or spirit based products i...

hi flanajb. i can do that for you tomorrow, in fact the exterior joinery guide looks interesting as well.

Hi skipdiver, Have you looked at Double Extension Ball Race Runners, I use 450mm on all my bespoke kitchens they cost £7 from Ironmongery Direct. I make a dovetailed draw box then screw a draw front to this. As for your doors have you looked at buying in vaneered mdf panels, you can get matt...