Recent content by jameshere

Thanks chaps, hope some of those links help you out a bit Skavenger, and as far as the Youtube stuff is concerned, it's amazing how many expert, how to do it type vids there are on Youtube, about all sorts of topics, it's always worth a vid search. BTW, if you want to download any vids for...

hello alanfrank, I have posted details of a product for removing hardened PU foam from PVC on your forum message query post. Regards, jameshere

hello alanfrank, I have posted details of a product for removing hardened PU foam from PVC on your forum message query post. Regards, jameshere

Here is a product specifically intended for removing hardened expanding foam, and it's safe for use on PVC. The supplier is a firm in Andover, Hampshire, and is called, AB Sealants Ltd., and they supply the product via mail order. It's called, Soudal PU Remover, £8.06 100 ml plus £2.35 p...

There is a full list of function key combinations, plus a lot of other useful information on the Advent 5401 laptop on the following link. http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/5401.htm That site also has information on a number of other makes of computers...

Rendering internal walls ?, I was always under the impression that external walls were rendered, and internal walls were plastered, but perhaps i was mistaken. Anyway, if you do mean plaster, these links might provide some useful information...

Yes, there are tools available now for getting a good finish with sealant. http://www.nextag.co.uk/Home-Garden--zzsealant+toolz10107400zukzB7z5---html http://reviews.qvcuk.com/1690/558425/reviews.htm

I suggest that you try this, dust the area of the table around the fruit bowl with flour, that should show up the tracks of the culprit and give you a clue as to what might be causing the problem.

Oh I feel for you, I really do. Listen, I don't know anything about those lead loc thingys, the people who mentioned those are doubtless correct, but I was browsing in the local DIY store recently, Homebase I believe, anyway, I noticed that in their plumbing section they had a few kinds of...

Sorry chaps, I don't know where these things get sent to, and it was the heating engineer who told me about this procedure. What happened was, he took out the old unit, went to wherever it is that heating engineers go to buy their spares, and came back an hour later with a new, or presumably...

Yes, as fp said, you are supposed to seal the cut edges of worktops in order to prevent water absorbtion, beause if you don't the wood particals of which the board is made will eventually swell up and rot. What you usually seal them with is PVA woodworking adhesive, it's that white, water...

Well glasgowgas,......I said, " Because you have a combi boiler, you don't have a hot water tank, your cold water comes directly from the mains and it is at mains pressure and it feeds your cold taps directly and it also goes directly to your boiler, your boiler then heats the hot supply and...

Here is a bunch of links about water hammer, perhaps they might provide you with some clues. http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/noisypipes.htm http://www.ehow.com/how_18170_eliminate-water-hammer.html http://factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair/PipeNoises.htm...

OOPS, sorry, what a pilloch, I forgot to post the links, so here they are. The acrylic/fibreglass bath manufacturers. http://www.kellysearch.co.uk/gb-product-7071.html The London based fibreglass fabricators, but the couple that I looked at seemed pretty large scale, that Widnes link...

Building your own bath !, phew, who would have thought of it, you're my new hero, but if you go with the heavyweight solutions, I just hope that you have a strong floor, remember what happened to les Battersby in Coronation Street. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGqkRuphJ1k Here is a...