How to drill for the hinge holes on kitchen cupboard doors
Three easy steps to drilling the holes for the hinges in your kitchen doors Step 1 Get a door from the manufacturer of your carcass as the template for where to drill the holes Step 2 Use a Kreg hinge jig to determine the size and location of the hinge hole Step 3...
Do laminated birch plywood suppliers sustainability claims hold water ?
Typically you get a statement like “our suppliers have FSC certification.” The implication is you are going to get FSC certified timber. However, it may well be that the supplier has FSC certification for a different timber entirely such Oak. It sounds great, but is...
Review of the risks in using Plywood Worktops
The teeth sucking from your builder when you say you were thinking of a plywood worktop is legion. Most experienced builders will have encountered delaminated plywood/chipboard in their time and the idea of that edge exposed by the sink, strikes them as risky or...
Blood-stained birch
An undercover investigation by Earthsight has revealed widespread laundering of illegal Russian and Belarusian plywood into the EU.