Author: Doozer

  • Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 2

    Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 2

    In part one of this series on making your own homemade scaffolding tower I discussed the research and design aspects of building the tower. In part two I perform a few quick calculations to prove the platform will be strong enough and put together a parts list for the material purchase.

  • Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 1

    Homemade Scaffolding Tower – Part 1

    A few months ago I was faced with the challenge of taking down an old extension before it fell down on it’s own. Although I’ve tackled small building projects before, like fitting a new doorway or building an internal wall, this was the first time I was tackling a project that you could really call…

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 5

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 5

    In the fourth part of this series on repairing a window sill I got to the point where I had mostly finished the replacement part for the outer lining. In this final instalment in the series I tidy up the sill, fit the outer lining repair and tidy things up.

  • Removing Paint from the Carpet

    Removing Paint from the Carpet

    After spending literally years doing up our tumble-down old house we are finally getting to the point where we are laying carpet and putting the last coats of paint on some rooms. Like a complete DIY noob’ though I managed to get a spot of paint on one of our new carpets and here’s how…

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 4

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 4

    In part three of this growing series on repairing a window sill I cut, shaped and fitted the two largest patch pieces. In this part I prepare and fit the other patch pieces for the sill and start to prepare the outer lining patch.

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 3

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 3

    In part two of this series on repairing a window sill I started to fix up the outer lining, made some patch pieces for the repair and applied wood hardener. In this part I’ll continue to make the pieces that will patch up the window sill.

  • Repairing a Window Sill – Part 2

    Repairing a Window Sill – Part 2

    In part one of this short series on repairing a window sill I showed you how to remove the rotten wood from the window. In part two I’ll begin the repair work by adding new wood and shaping a new piece of sill.

  • Repair a Window Sill

    Repair a Window Sill

    In this article I repair a window sill on a sash window that I removed from an extension we were having demolished. The window is modern, probably only a decade old, but the sill is already in a poor condition because it’s been made of softwood and not been looked after very well.

  • Fixing a Freezer Left Open Over Night

    Fixing a Freezer Left Open Over Night

    The other day the wife kindly offered to get us an ice lolly while we were watching a film, unfortunately, the freezer door didn’t close properly due to a fault with the handle and it was left all night about 2cm open. When I got up the in the morning to make the coffee I…

  • Miscellaneous Resources

    Miscellaneous Resources

    It can occasionally be difficult to track down a supplier for certain items so, rather than repeat the work each time I need to order something I’ve listed those suppliers here. Hopefully through the magic of Google you’ll also be able to find the supplier you want. I should point out that I haven’t ordered…

  • Draper Hand Powered Shredder Tear Down

    Draper Hand Powered Shredder Tear Down

    We bought this shredder a few years ago now and although it’s broken it’s done all right considering we only paid a few pounds for it. It seems at least Amazon still sell this item but I don’t remember paying that much for it. As shredders go it’s not really up to much, it’s a…

  • Axminster ED16B2 Pillar Drill Review

    Axminster ED16B2 Pillar Drill Review

    I recently bought an Axminster ED16B2 pillar drill and I thought I would bang out a quick review for anyone else interested in getting one of these drills. It seems since I wrote this article Axminster have stopped selling this exact model but it’s a fair bet that the Axminster Trade pillar drills are identical other…

  • Bosch PMF180 Review

    Bosch PMF180 Review

    As I’ve owned a Bosch PMF 180 E Multifunction Tool for a few years now I thought it was about time to give it a review. I have to admit that the reason it’s getting a review now is because I want to have a rant about one aspect of the tool which is absolute rubbish.…

  • Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 2

    Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 2

    In part one I opened the drill and took the innards out. In this article I’ll open the motor and make the repair.

  • Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 1

    Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 1

    My electric drill decided to start shooting fire and smoke at me the other day so I thought that it was time to take it apart and see what was inside. My experience of taking apart modern tools led me to believe that it was probably going to be a bin job but I was…