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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…