Recent content by LanCat

An outlet needs to be 300mm from the edge of the sink or draining board. To the right or left, not upward :) And if they are metal based then the taps, pipes and sink need to be connected to earth too. I'm not a qualified sparky but I did rewire the house about 10 years ago and some of the...

Ah, GFI is a sort of RCD (residual current device - checks for imbalance between live and neutral and cuts power). Very smart things to have in the workspace, I for one have damaged power tool cables in the past. RCD's are built into almost all new fuse boxes these days. Our rules still don't...

Nice job. Are you really allowed a power socket right by the taps? It wouldn't pass muster on this side of the pond.

Sir, posting on here is always an invite for comment and almost without exception the comments from the community are sensible, based on experience and worth careful consideration. Several folks have passed the opinion that sharing workshop space with home living has some risks. I think many...

Re: The "M" House - Razed and Rebuilt Detached Carriage House/Barn - Start to Finish Does she know you are posting her indiscretions here? You may be out in that fabulous garage more than you planned!!!

Nicely done Jan. That will be a much better place to work.

They really won't ever get to be flat but the approach I took on my brick walls was to first use a 5:1 PVA/water mix to "seal" the walls before painting. I then used a watered down coat of cheap white emulsion. Finally the last coat was a flexible ceiling paint. As this is supposed to fill small...

That looks really great. The hard work was well worth it.

That is an outstanding collection. Really like the matching prints on the doors too. Well done sir.

That space has "useful" written all over it.

That's not lost time, that's an investment in the future. :beer:

That looks like a great place to hang out. Nice job.

Popular tools are from the likes of Britool, Draper, Teng. Snap-On are around too but mainly focus on trade rather than the enthusiast. Metric tools really only became common here about 10 years ago, so there are still many imperial tools available. AF, BSF, BSW are the common types and terms...

That'll be a gas boiler for the heating in the house. Nice job!

Oh my goodness!