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any shed building experts?

I'm ready to start to build shed number 3. ( As fast as I build them they fill up. Murphy's law or sod's law) This one...
4 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tpmccann
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by tpmccann

Is ALDI losing out to LIDL?

I used to enjoy trawling around in our local ALDI (Kingsbury, NW London) for DIY purchases, but have noticed less of th...
26 comments posted 4yrs
posted by email
26 comments posted 4yrs posted by email

Hollowing out a big chunk of wood

I wanted to make a bird nesting box, so I cut about 8 inches from a birch log I found in the woods. I cut about 1 inch...
9 comments posted 4yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
9 comments posted 4yrs posted by NOTsomeone

1/4" hex to square adapter

You know those adapters like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124444516987 that convert hex to square. Has anyone seen on...
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by not
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by not

Pest control supplies - cypermethrin

I need to buy some carpet/clothes moth spray and some other items (carpet powder, moth traps etc). Last time round I bo...
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by daniele-at-vurt-dot-org
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by daniele-at-vurt-dot-org

Wainscot

Hello, I’m looking wainscot a few walls upstairs. Walls are uneven from shoddy plastering and need advice on essentiall...
0 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Kurt
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by Kurt

Fuel cost: How to save petrol and diesel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61745697 Plenty of journo bollocks in this one. 1) When have we ever driven at 56MP...
82 comments posted 4yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
82 comments posted 4yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Edgong strip alternative

I plan to build a storage unit in my lounge. It will contain several compartments, some with hinged doors, some each ho...
29 comments posted 4yrs
posted by pinnerite
29 comments posted 4yrs posted by pinnerite

OT How to get an apprentice to eat silicone

This really is a true story. First of all you need a useless clueless waste of space. So we are fitting some outside li...
38 comments posted 4yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
38 comments posted 4yrs posted by adamwadsworth

TIMEOUTS

what had happened to cadbury timeout bars...has the factory burnt down or what ? ....
11 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
11 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Old electric drills weigh a tonne

I'm sorting through dad's old tools, most of which are junk, rusty, or simply duplicate what I already possess. What to...
17 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
17 comments posted 4yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Porous stone coping

Porous stone coping In Weston-super-Mare, house built in 1894, solid stone walls about 15" thick with Bath stone around...
11 comments posted 4yrs
posted by kitjackson
11 comments posted 4yrs posted by kitjackson