Pre planning the dining room floor

Seems easy enough and gives you the basic idea for fitting the laminate to the floor I'll find out when I get that far

I took the plunge!

Ok looking in all the rooms I have to replace all the skirting boards in I have decided to get a mini circular saw.

I decided on a mini one as I have no need to cut huge bits of wood currently I need to cut a lot of 13mm thick pine wood at various angles to place on walls.

1st one I purchased was from Toolstation by draper it was 600w and cut to 27mm depth.

It looked to be what I needed, it didn't say if it did angled cuts bit it said max depth at 90 degrees so I purchased it.

On opening the box I found this plunge saw to just cut straight cuts  and allowed various depths so it was no good for what I intend to use it for.

I looked on Amazon and found the worx Wa429 it cuts deeper 46mm, can plunge and will cut to a 45 degree angle, video on the link. My only concern is it is 400watt and less rpm than the draper so it could stall when cutting.

It arrived Saturday in a sturdy looking hinged plastic box. 

Out the box it looks nice and felt quite light 

This is the back side where you can set the blade depth you require 

This is the front where you can set your blade angle 

These are the steel blade and the ceramic blade 

I had a quick go at cutting up some old wood at 45 degree angles and here it is not yo bad for a quick go 

The damp issue

Ok now rising damp I don't know much about it but it ruins the walls and the plaster on them.

Time to research the damp issue, I found this video about rising damp and how to treat it.


This is where I purchased the damp cream the cheapest at the time.

A new beginning for me and my family

Ok in September this year we sold our shared ownership house because it was too small for our family.

In the time it was up for sale we looked for another house and found a lot of houses we liked an put in many offers and all got refused.

On the moveing out day we found a house in the next village on that had just been put on the market and ticked all the boxes, off we went to view it the wife loved it.

Off road parking for two cars, three good sized bedrooms, a nice size kitchen, a big back garden, on a peaceful street, very close to a small park, it needs some work as it was owned by an old person that passed away.

We put an offer in below price hopeing they might drop the price and it was refused as it had only just gone on the market so we offered full asking price.

We waited 10weeks for the probate to clear and we now have our new home where my part time job was to begin!