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Using 4mm Spax screws (equivalent to #8?) into red rawlplugs, the real thing, pushed into a 5mm hole. So should all be the right sizes - at least going by what it says on the Rawlplug strip. Andrew

Are Spax screws incompatible with Rawlplugs? All the ones that I have used seem to overturn even in solid brick and I was wondering whether the construction of the screws mean that they are more likely to cut into the Rawlplug than force it out into the hole. The holes are small enough that the...

I can't be certain but I suspect that 'daft attitude' makes it uneconomical for people to steal them and then claim the refund.

Ahh, found it. Now ordered. Thanks. I will let you know how I get on. Andrew

Ian, That looks like just the thing that I am after. I have used the Osmo Poly-X on my floors and love it. I like the idea of being able to easily refinish bits that are looking worn. I guess I am going to have to strip or sand the existing varnish before the first application. JOOI, do you...

Does anyone have any experience of Dulux Naked Wood external wood finish? http://www.icipaints.co.uk/products/inf ... d_wood.jsp I need to refinish a pair of oak garage doors that were originally finished in Translac varnish. This not only hasn't worn particularly well but also make the wood...

Are you sure? I went over to Homebase and measured one of theirs and it was from memory about 700, certainly not 720. Wickes aren't either and they own Focus. Not had an opportunity to measure in B&Q and Howdens is trade only although I am sure there are ways around that. Andrew

Not sure how you differentiate between 'opening' and 'carcase' but basically the doors that we have are 600mm high and the drawers are 120mm high so the carcase needs to be around 720mm from the bottom of the carcase 'floor' to the underside of the worktop. I hope that is clear. I will take a...

Thanks. At least they are local to me. The only problem is the price. It would be cheaper to ditch the doors that we already have and buy IKEA units with the most expensive sold wood doors that they do. And everyone that I know who have used them have been impressed with the IKEA quality so...

I have noticed that the dimensions of kitchen carcasses vary between suppliers. Obviously the width and probably the depth are standard but the height of the opening differs. Does anyone know of a source of kitchen carcasses with a opening of between 720 and 725mm high? I already have the doors...

Try doing it across the pond: 'I'll have the $3 wash please' 'Certainly, that'll be $3.18 including tax' Andrew

Doesn’t work with Opera either. I had to fire up IE for the first time in a long time. But it is the only site which shows the path in question in any detail so is better than nothing. Not quite. An old biddy pootling home with the shopping is likely to be able to cross these paths without...

It does indeed. Is this the cycle lane you are talking about Roger? Looks quite nice. Wide, separated from the carriageway by a verge and marked in both directions. Certainly one of the better examples. BUT note that there are Give Way signs (and possibly cyclists dismount signs too) at the...

You're right I can't see anything on Google. Are you talking about the bit in Hereford or out in the country. And you didn't answer my question as to whether it was a dedicated cycle lane or dual use with pedestrians. Andrew

Is this a dedicated cycle path or a dual-use cycle/pedestrian path. If the latter then I can certainly understand a reasonably fast cyclist avoiding it because pedestrians can be highly unpredicatable when on 'their pavement'. I thought perhaps this was a path that I had used. But looking at...

Sorry, coming a bit late to this one but I can’t resist. The Department of Transport lays down guidelines for the construction of cycle lanes. The lanes they describe are probably quite good and I suspect that many cyclists would use them. However what gets implemented is usually not the same...

No point. there's nothing left in them :D

All mining shares are up on the back of better than expected Chinese manufacturing figures. Nothing to do with Washington. Andrew

I've had no problems using Sikkens Rubbol BL applied with a foam roller onto bare MDF. It's available in Gloss and Matt as well as Eggshell along with a matching primer. It is water based (the only matt water based paint that I could find) so dries quickly and doesn't smell. Only place I could...

For a start, ply always has an odd number of layers os that both exposed faces have grain running the same way. Laminating two together will either give faces with grain running in opposite directions or two consecutive layers going the same way in the middle. Three layes will maintain the odd...