Recent content by dpo

I'm feeling very foolish, I should have found a handyperson

I have a hammer drill with chuck, and an old Makita cordless percussion drill driver. Sounds like I know about drills, but I really don't. I thought this pink grip turned white, but it still looks like blood smeared on the wall

Thanks, so a cobalt HSS twist drill bit on my SDS drill will go through whatever?

Thanks. I should have come here first. The piece of wood I have is 20 x 70mm. I was going to stick it where wall meets ceiling. When it fell off, I thought, well I will have to put in some screws underneath to hold it till it cures. But right at that point, 70mm down from the ceiling, it seems...

I don't have anything to take a photo of now! I have an SDS drill and Bosch drill bits. Walls are brick. At the very top where wall meets ceiling I was able to drill to required depth, but it was at an angle and I wasn't happy about that so I tried 3 different places lower and couldn't get deep...

I want to attach a roller blind outside of the window recess. I was hoping it would be straightforward but. Drilling into the lintel is a no-go. I was going to drill into the ceiling, but I can't get the drill in close enough against the wall I attempted attaching plank of wood to wall with pink...

It's a farfisa

I live in a block of three flats. We have a pretty old intercom system, ones that I have seen in most older flats. I can't see a name on it. My question is, I had the same one in my last flat, and my ex adapted it so it could be switched on and off. How do I do this? does anyone know?

Can I remove one radiator from the wall and still run the central heating? Or does everything have to stay switched off?