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you need to breakdown whatever organic material is rotting inside your drain. search online for vinegar or carbon (charcoal etc) based treatments. carbon can absorb bad odors and vinegar can neutralize the rotting stuff. i've tried pouring down some vinegar and baking soda into a drain and it...

or you can spray it with vinegar from time to time.

Go for Windows (7?) but don't buy that Acer model.

thanks a lot! it's got lots of content... really going to help me.

Can you recommend me some woodworking magazines or books primarily focusing on making furniture with plywood? I've been reading magazines such as 'Wood', 'Popular Woodworking', 'ShopNotes', 'Woodworker's Journal' etc., and they all talk about working with solid wood. I want to start my DIY...

as PrenticeBoyofDerry suggested, check for screws that hold down such kind of taps on basin tops.

I've been using this for quite some time and I found it to be comfortable and easy to use. Sometimes, I feel like using the T-handle version for extra torque and repetitive work.

Thanks all for your suggestions! Today, I bought a 10 mm drill which will suit my small woodworking needs. I had to settle with a DeWalt as India is not DIY friendly and it's very hard to find good quality semi-professional tools. BTW, only DeWalt gives 12-month warranty in India... all other...

I think the inside of such pipes/connectors are designed to fit in a "hex key" or a fat Allen key. Turning from inside keeps the brass threads intact. Is it round from inside?

Hi all, I am planning to buy a small corded drill for precision drilling in primarily wood and occasionally steel. I am a DIYer and want to start off with woodworking by making some small scale and less complex stuff, like drawers and cabinets. I know about various drills' capabilities but...

try rubbing a tiny bit of lather shaving cream or shaving foam on the inside and then wipe it clean with a cotton cloth.

I did this once but with a tile/marble cutter.

Nice! I didn't know about UPVC pipes with rectangular cross-section. I'll definitely look around for it, as I need to run it for 3 meters on top of the cabinets. Here we get round aluminum ones which are so flexible that a 1 meter piece can be extended to cover 3 meters. And needless to say...

and about that two dark walls option... this looks nice in a bedroom. Wall with the headrest and the one opposite to it with a TV, having darker shades. The other two walls (incomplete rectangles) with windows, balcony, wardrobe etc, in a lighter shade.

This is my opinion, not sure about the industry wide practice. 1) The wall exactly opposite to the room entrance should be the feature/dark wall. 2) If this wall is not a full rectangle, then select the one which is a complete wall and make it a dark feature wall. 3) In case you can't...