Home DIY

E.T.'s phone is well broken.

Cracked on with the first part of the steps.

Unfortunately I forgot to check the left/right angle on the circular saw. Which meant that I lost the straight edge. Need to make some sort of reusable guide.

Anyway, the edge is screwed and glued. It's going to get filed and painted so the current rough look is fine.

Is there a carpentry equivalent of the phrase, "filler and paint makes me the welder I ain't"?

The only challenge now is that there's not tonnes of space inside the boarders, and definitely not enough for the uprights on the inside. So will have to think about how I do the rest.

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Really stupid question: will grout hold to the smooth face of a tile? I suspect I know the answer, but it would be really handy if it did...

Edit: never mind. We've decided it's too fucked to fix so we're just gonna get the professionals in

Maybe stupid answer but would keying it (heavily) work?

Thanks! We've all but decided to have a new shower done. The previous owners had done such a shit job that we could only ever temporarily fix it...

Now that the reclaimed beech floor that I laid has been in for a few weeks, I’d quite like to fill some of the small gaps that have appeared. All < 1mm. The floor is finished with osmo Polyx, and before I applied the finish I filled any gaps with osmo acrylic filler that comes in a caulk tube. My question is, how do I go about getting the neatest finish now the wood is already oiled?
Frog tape, then a tiny bead of filler over the gap, then wipe clean/level with a wet cloth? I did that method before I applied the oil, but also gave the areas a very light sand - something that I’d like to avoid now the floor is otherwise finished.

The main issue is a couple of spots around the toilet where I’m worried about water stain from water getting into the end grain in these wee gaps.

I get that I should probably just try a spot and see how I get on, but this thread never ceases to amaze me with the level of knowledge available, and thus I might be missing some key tekkers.

Pictured is the biggest gap.

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Getting there.

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What's the plan here, again?

Ouch. If it starts to hurt 4 realz you can relieve the pressure using a red hot paperclip/other suitable metal thread to make a hole in the nail. Surprisingly effective. #protip

That works. I would suggest that it is more ‘when’ than ‘if’ it starts to hurt.

I'm going to suggest using a drill bit, rather than a hot paperclip - much less risk of hitting the nail bed with a spiky point, and much easier to make a hole.

Pro-tip: Do it by hand, not a drill.

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^ I hit the same finger in the same place with the same hammer the very next day.

fuckin hell lads be careful

All that money on new windows, and you didn't even get mock lead diamond patterns?

I’ll admit, last time I did this I clamped my finger and used the pillar drill with a 1mm bit, did the job perfectly...

Fucking hell!

i have a few rugby injuries, including a broken arm, but the most painful I can remember is when some prop stood right on my thumbnail and blackened it like that. took months to die off and grow back and for a while I had the dead nail at the tip of my finger and the new one growing at the base.

I've been using a bottom of the range workmate for the past few years but I'd like to update it to something a bit less rickety and a bit more compact. There seem to be a lot of plastic ones like this about now
https://www.diy.com/departments/keter-foldable-folding-workbench-h-755mm/654202_BQ.prd

Has anyone any recommendations for something decent. Most review sites seem to be American and it's not clear if what's on sale over here is the same thing.

Something like the P425 from Black & Decker is the best type I've used. Having the lower metal step means you can keep it steady and still have 2 hands free.

I was going to say there are a few with steps that look like a vast improvement from my Aldi special.

The Bosch PWB 600 has a floor level rung to stand on instead of a step, and looks to fold away the best of the work-mate type deals I've been looking at so I would probably go for that. But I have a soft spot for the Bosch green tools since my Dad bought me the drill for my 30th. I have too many Bosch Green 18v tools now. Not all of them are dog shit. The circular saw though, that was not a good buy.

This guy looks happy

spots around the toilet where I’m worried about water stain from water getting into the end grain in these wee gaps

While I understand the Scots meaning of the word, I had to smile at the idea of a wee gap around the toilet. Definitely something that needs sealing.

Reminds me a bit about the Graeme O'Bree autobiography where he talks about building his first hour record bike out of left over tubing that had been stored alongside the bog in the workshop out house. He referred to it as "pish-rust tubing".

The PWB600 looks great, very flat folding is a big plus. Wolfcraft Master 700 looks quite interesting. Adjustable height and you can sit at it. Obviously things have moved on in the foldable workbench market.

Lolol, would rep.