Hairstyles for bald men
Ok I admit it I’m bald and I have been loosing my hair ever since I married the wife when I was 21. Now I’m not saying that the two are related but if there was anyone who could make my hair fall out it would be the wife. When I first started loosing my hair it wasn’t to noticeable Read more…
My faulty Rover 75 clutch master cylinder: did I fix it
I think I have a problem with my Rover 75 clutch master cylinder. For quite some time know I have had a problem with my clutch pedal. Sometimes it would not pop up back to where it is supposed to be and I would have to manually pull it up with my foot. Read more…
My new 6 tonne Silverline axle stands make my life so much easier.
I bought a set of four Silverline axle stands
Legoland a great attraction for all the family
Do you have children between the age of 3 to 12 years old and looking for somewhere to take them for a family day out then something that would be perfect for them is Legoland Windsor the UK’s fourth largest attraction. This superb theme park has over 55 interactive rides with great live shows driving schools building workshops and attractions and new for this year is LEGO®: Legends of Chima 4D Cinema Experience and DUPLO® Valley . The park is set in in 150 acres of beautiful parkland. This unique family attraction is perfect for all the family not just the kids were imagination takes over and the fun goes on and on.. Read more…
How to wallpaper a wall: Phils way
Choosing your wallpaper
When choosing wallpaper it down to your own preference. Things to think about is how good your walls are, if they are rough and lumpy putting a thin wallpaper will only let the imperfections show through so think about using a thicker paper that will mask a lot of the roughness. Read more…
How to tile and the tools you need.
One of the very first diy job that I ever tackled was tiling and that was over 30 years ago. Since then I have completed dozens of tiling projects. There is a perception that tilling is very hard and should be left to the professionals but that could not be further from the truth. Read more…
Stylish pink cake pop maker: cakes on a stick
Whilst browsing one of my favourite sites “gadgets.co.uk” I found something I had never seen or heard of before. The product in question is a cake pop maker that makes cakes on a stick. This nifty little machining is the latest phenomenon to reach the uk or so the blurb says and it helps you churn out perfectly rounded cakes just like balls that you can then put on a stick and decorate them with icing and sprinkles of your choice. Read more…
Take a break emergancy food tin for all you snack lovers out there.
This is a quirky item for all you lovers of snacks. What we have here is a tin but not any old tin this is the emergency food tin for the occasions when you have run out of your favourite snack and are in desperate need to keep you going.
This take a break emergency food tin Read more…
Customise your bike with a Meon bike fx kit
When I was a kid all those years ago I used to own a chopper bike. I used to customize it with loads of mirrors and lights and even had a radio fitted. Now there is a great kit called Meon bike fx which is a set of futuristic lights for your bike. There’s a light stripper that fit on the around you bike frame a wheel writer that fits on the spokes of your wheels and a gyro-flasher again fit to the wheels. Read more…
Car Magazine subscriptions can save you money
From as far back as I can remember I have loved cars. When I was a kid I would play all day long with my model cars and pretend to drive as I walked along ( well I was very young). As I grew older I got into custom cars but still not old enough to drive I started buying car magazines to feed my passion, I would know all the dates that each magazine was out and would be down the newsagent that day money in hand then back home and read it from cover to cover. Custom car hot car and street machine were my main ones but anything with cars were on my hit list. Read more…
Customised wall mural from J W Walls
So you want a new look for your drab and boring room and you have a wall that is crying out to be a feature wall. The options used to be limited to painting it a different colour or using off the shelf wallpaper. There is a fantastic alternative to this, how about a mural from JW Walls with their custom wallpapering system. This is a real alternative and one that would make any room stand out from the norm. With thousands of images to choose from that can be printed to the exact size of your room, it could not be simpler to achieve that desired effect or why not upload your own image. Read more…
Spider catcher: for the arachnophobia
My eldest son is not the best lover of spiders they call it arachnophobia, in fact the rest of the family are in the same boat too so I’m the one who has to catch any spider that ventures into our house and disperse them into the garden. Soon my eldest will be moving to his own house so my youngest son thought he would buy him a spider catcher as a bit of a joke for Christmas.
Christmas day came and my son opened up his present and the look of bemusement came over his face as to what it was. Read more…
Mitre saw: A must have tool or a luxury one
I’ve been doing Diy for over thirty years now and have bought a fair amount of tools in that period. Some tools are a must while other tools are a luxury. One tool that I’m not sure which category it belongs in is a mitre saw. As a basic you could use a mitre square and pencil or the angles that are built into your hand saw handle. So over the years what have I bought and used and are they worth it. Read more…
Why you cant be without a carbon monoxide alarm.
Is my wife able to use a kindle eReader
My wife is not that technically minded and she shy’s away from using computer or anything that looks to difficult, so when my son bought her an Amazon Kindle
What useless gift did i recieve this christmas.
Everybody needs a Radio controlled fart machine.
A few years ago we bought one of my sons a Radio Controlled Fart Machine 
Technology: I use it but don’t understand it, do you
Now I’m old enough to remember black and white television from the good old days and find it amazing how the technology has grown since then. In fact technology is advancing at such a pace I find it hard to keep up with it. I’m only talking about tech in the consumer world, in industry it is just as big if not bigger. Read more…
How to plaster a wall Phils way: a diy guide
I’m an avid Diyer and one of my pet hates is plastering. You watch the professionals do it and it makes me sick, they do it fast and they do it perfect. Now I have been trying plastering for years and I have now got to a stage that I can say it’s a very good job but it wasn’t always like this. I’ve always been able to Read more…
Why do i love collecting Turds
Strange man I hear you say. He must be a bit weird collecting Turds. Yes I do collect Turds but not the real ones that would be grouse let alone smelly and messy and I’m not even that mad, although a lot of people would say that I am. The ones I’m talking about is the figurine ones. Never heard of them, no nor had I until I had one Read more…