Roof guttering sagging and Leaking joints
Roof guttering sagging and Leaking joints Coping with sags If a section of guttering has sagged, making it lower than the top of the downpipe, the water will not drain away properly. And you will be...
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Simple joints in woodwork and joinery It’s often thought that only elaborate joints give good results in woodwork. It isn’t true. There are simple ways to join timber, and one of the simplest is the...
View ArticleDOVETAIL NAILING & THE OVERLAP WOODWORK JOINTS
DOVETAIL NAILING & THE OVERLAP WOODWORK JOINTS DOVETAIL NAILING This is a simple way of strengthening any butt joint. All you do is grip the upright piece in a vice or the jaws of a portable...
View ArticleFitting and Fixing in Carpentry
Fitting and Fixing in Carpentry FIXING INTO CHIPBOARD Because neither nails nor screws hold well in chipboard, how do you hold a butt joint together? The answer is that you do use screws, but to help...
View ArticleWood Joints
Wood Joints in Carpentry JOINTING BLOCKS Made from plastic, these are just sophisticated versions of the wooden blocks you can make yourself, and they’re used in similar situations. Their only real...
View ArticleSKEW NAILING
SKEW NAILING There II be some situations where you cannot get at the end of the wood to use dovetail nailing. Here you must use skew nailing instead. This means glueing the two pieces securely together...
View ArticleJoints , Joinery & Carpentry
Basic Woodworking Joints 1. The butt joint is the simplest of all joints in carpentry. It may be made straight or right angled, and needs nails, glue or screws to hold it together. 2. The dowelled...
View ArticleLifting floorboards
Because of the way floors are made lifting a floorboard is not always as straightforward as it may appear. Older houses usually have square-edged boards. These are not too difficult to lift, although...
View ArticleRealigning sagging & repairing leaking gutters
Gutters are normally fixed on a slight slope, from 5-25mm in 3m, to ensure a good flow of water to the downpipe. If pools of water collect in the gutter then it is sagging and needs to be realigned by...
View ArticleDividing a room with a timber framed partition
WALLS: Extra rooms The first step in building a wall is the same as with other major building jobs – write to the council. The local building inspector must approve your plans, check that they are...
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