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16g sanding belts would laugh in the face of bowed floorboards

just put a bike hanger on the garage wall using plugs and screws. concrete wall was only 20mm thin (assumed it would be more like 50) so blew through it with my drill and just banged the plugs in anyway. they're poking out the outside wall like little birds. #pray4fizzy

Same! Just been watching videos on what order to do everything in...
I'll be able to rip out an old kitchen, cap off the plumbing, remove floor to ceiling tiles and dispose of it all at the tip 20mins away in a weekend, right?

Had some Quickstep Livyn luxury vinyl click tiles put down in the new extension, very nice!

Go outside and trim them off?
Or tie some fishing line around them. Drill through the wall in new holes.
Pass fishing line through.
Secure line to biek

I'm ripping off all my skirting boards tonight but and getting a vat of polyfiller

Act now, think later

hi bae

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:') find something that needs 4 screws to hang up on the outside. Another bike hanger. Then build an extension around it.

They are structural wall plugs now.

local man DESTROYS DIY "experts" with this one weird trick

The outside of the back wall of my shed looks like an Indiana Jones booby trap such are the numbers screws protruding thanks to the thin wall and me mounting shelves. Taking it as a deterrent to stop people sneaking down the 1ft gap between the shed and the fence.

Ha!

Anyone have any experience with Bluetooth Earphones that would also double up as ear defenders?

Yes, isotunes they are fuken brilliant.

I have the pro model, battery lasts ~ 2 working days of continuous playback. I can still hear audiobooks / music even over my planer thicknesser which is an achievement as they are not the loudest headphones (I'm guessing this is intentional as what is the point of wearing hearing protection if you deafen yourself by cranking up the tunes too much). Oh and sound quality is good for mid-range in ears.

Only drawback with the ones I have is that they don't have a mic in them so cannot be used to take calls. If you want that you need the pro extra.

Meh.

Get a DAB. Radio 4 in the morning until 2. 15pm (to get The Archers).

Then R6M when then Yummy Mummy has finally fucked off for early gin.

I can do that with the BBC sounds app on my phone. When I'm working in a client's house I prefer headphones anyway as it means I can guarantee I won't piss them off when something like sepaltura pops up on a play list.

Looks like lichen.

Ta! My primary need is hearing protection that works with my full face respirator so these isotunes look ideal. Tbh my bog standard anker earbuds seem to do a good job of blocking workshop noise but they're not rated and I worry I might be damaging my ears.

currently have a cupboard built around my gas/electric meter fusebox etc in cupboard under the stairs. it's about twice as deep as it actually needs to be and I'd like to utilise the space a bit better. is there any reason I couldn't/shouldn't a) knock it out and b) build some shelving around the gubbins so that they are still accessible but can also store stuff in front of/around them? the cupboard is so illogical that I'm second guessing that there may be a reason it is so oversized..

look up gas regulations in the uk. Over here the technicians need about 1 meter of free space to work on it / replace it when needed. If you make your shelves easily removable I don't think there would be a problem.

I need to hang up a large mirror before Mini-Hammer runs into it (currently just leaning against a wall).
It’s originally from over a fireplace and we were warned by the seller that it must be supported along the bottom edge, or it’s likely to fall apart!
I have a nice bit of wood to make a shelf for it to sit on but I’m currently stuck as to how to fix it to the wall. Internet suggests a cleat of some sort but I can’t work out how to line the cleat and shelf up so both are supporting the weight.
I’m also a bit worried about screws/etc coming through the back as it’s not very thick.
Any ideas?

Looking for a new kitchen floor: we are in an upper flat and the floorboards are super bowed from ~120 years of structural movement so I don't think fancy flooring like Forbo etc which needs a level surface is a realistic option. Can anyone recommend a good looking matte/colour block product that would work on a wonky floor?

@Spxtz we undertook a similar job in our last flat in Glasgow (100-ish year old tenement), we got the floor pretty level by ply lining and then had some oak herringbone stuff fitted.

There was only one section that was slightly raised and you wouldn't have noticed it at all.

If you ply line before you should be able to achieve a good result.

Mine is also an old tenement in Glasgow... that looks great. Will try and work out how far off level my floor is...