Home DIY

It's baltic birch ply. Damn, that fucks my plans up a bit.

I've got a fair bit of old laminate/rubbish from decorating my front room.
Has anyone used a rubbish collection service? which one?

A picture of the blade might help explain it. There are lots of different types of router cutter blade design.

In Hammersmith & Fulham you can contact the council and they'll pick it up at the cheapest rate, might be the same with your council. If it's bagged up and you can get it on the street then the normal rubbish collection service will sometimes take it if you ask nicely/offer money.

@Chalfie If you live on my street just dump it on the corner opposite my house like every other fucker. It seems to get picked up eventually.

In Lewisham innit.

Hippo bags are effective, I've used them a lot.

I paid Croydon for a bulky recycling collection once. Up to 7 "pieces" was a tenner so I got 7 of the biggest moving boxes and filled them with other recycling crap. Was nice and easy.

Had some other boxes recently but don't want to keep paying a tenner each time and don't fancy fly tipping. Thought I would try to chance my arm and left one of the big boxes full of cardboard out with the usual small blue card/paper recycling box. They took it no bother.

I think so long as you don't take the piss (leave it out on the correct night and in a respectable place) and don't make their job any harder chances are they'll take it away.

you can definitely do it. you need a much smaller bit tho. 25mm!
I used a 10mm bit on a plunge router to do all of the cuts on a play kitchen I made for my daughter out of some leftover 18mm ply. for that I found it best to do a couple of passes for each cut lest the bit get too hot. never had any problems with blowout or delam tho.

Sanding wood filler made from sawdust and PVA is a nightmare. The damn stuff just seems to melt and squidge around. Taking longer to do than the rest of the floor put together.

Yep, there are better products out there that behave more like wood once they set up.

Well, too late for that now!

The reason for the giant bit is that I'm using it to make box joints. I guess I might be able to use an e.g. 10mm bit and just have a lot more joints in there though.

^^ Try to use rougher sandpaper in those areas and regularly switch out to new pieces. Look for low load sandpaper too, your local can help.

What kind of place should I be asking to make me up some new skirting board to match my existing? Timber merchants? Joiners? I'll be fitting it myself

shit photo. I did think about the reclaim yards, I might check a couple out at the weekend. I do need about 10m though, so it would be lucky if I did manage to find enough.

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You can buy that new.

https://skirtingboardsdirect.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=skirtingGeneric5&gclid=CJb9obj6zMkCFQGR2wodEkQMMw

Anyone got a short piece of skirting board? Just plain bullnosed stuff sub 1m needed.

9"

@lynx I'll check that site out tomorrow, cheers. I have a couple of leads in Bristol too, one place reckons they have it as standard. Worse case is £85 for custom.

Have the tiles been sealed with something?

Part of me would do the faracle (rougher Tcut) or fine wet and dry to clean the surface and remove all the scratches then a coat of sealant. So that will protect the tiles and can be renewed to keep the finish perfect

Doesn't need sealing weekly.

So are you lifting the tiles outside?

If you want a hand kangoing then relaying the concrete.

How much space ave you got?

Oh my lord I'm jealous of your tiles. Such loveliness.
Is it even vaguely possible to get good repro tiles on the cheap? I'd love to re-do my shit tiles in my hallway and front bit.

Those are the tiles that are cleaned and undamaged. Imagine cleaning the underside of the tiles and not breaking them.

I have recently moved into a new house with the intention of launching into some renovation work immediately (loft conversion and two storey side return extension). I've begun discussions with an architect and he has advised that I can expect the following costs. That puts me at a cool £11.2k before I've have even started a discussion with a builder. Is this bonkers or is he right?

• Measured survey: £1,800 (£1,500 +vat)
  
• Architect 3d model/sketch: £1,500
  
• Council Pre app: £100
  
• Architect planning prep: £250
  
• Council planning app: £172
  
• Architect detailed drawings: £2000
  
• Structural Engineer: £1,800 (£1,500 +vat)
  
• Party Wall Surveyor £720 (£600 +VAT)
  
• Ecologist survey £480 (£400 +VAT)
  
• Emergence survey £2,400 (£2,000 +VAT)
  

Does it depend on what is being measured and how much of it there is to measure?

Note that you also pay for the insurance that goes with it if they go wrong.