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I have this 19mm outer diameter pipe and I don't know whether it would be conduit for electrical cable, a water pipe or a gas pipe. The property was built in the late 50s (UK) and it's magnetic. It's a mystery what it is and I need to know. The mains stopcock in the street goes the opposite...

I have seen this product recommended for the task. I read in the specification it can take 24+ hours to fully cure. Without using drywall screws, how long would it take before it would not need to be supported? It's going into a Victorian house with 20+ feet high ceilings so spending a long time...

Hey everyone, our old rabbit hutch rotted as the frame was in contact with soil all the time. We have bought a new hutch and I am nearly finished treating it with Cuprinol Duckback. I don't want to have the same problem again. What's the best way of creating a vapour barrier if adding legs to...

We need poles approximately 18 foot long for a sun shade and a lot of the options available look very flimsy and expensive. What have people found best for the task? I'm thinking scaffold poles but not sure on dimensions required or is there is another option available.

Hey everyone. I am waiting for a swing set to arrive. When it does, I want to treat the bottom of the wooden posts that will be partially buried to protect them. I've heard a lot of people use Black Jack Bitumen paint. Is it necessary to use the Black Jack Bitumen Primer first?

Within the threaded basket, there is a piece of plastic with a hole in the middle. Is that known as the inlet valve? I have disassembled my gun as it wasn't working and can see at some point I stuck something into the piece of plastic after not taking proper care of it after use. I need to know...

Hey everyone. I'm using a Rothenberger Super-Fire 2 Soldering & Brazing Torch with Map-X and no matter what I do, I end up with a flamethrower rather than a very fine blue tipped flame. It's really frustrating. Has anyone else had this problem and been able to sort it out? Currently what...

Hello there, I have bought some feather edge fence panels and need to make them smaller. The nails used are round heads 38mm x 2.1 galvanised. Looking online, those are used in a nail gun and I don't have one. Can someone please tell me the closest match I can get to this? I only need about...

I was tilling the soil to get it ready to lay slabs when bits of clay pipe started to appear. I was concerned about what it was for so I started putting water down different drains. Based on testing, it appears to be the pipe that takes the rainwater from the gutter of our garage. Why does it...

Hello there, we are getting our garden ready for turf and being realistic, we aren't going to get a chance to water the lawn twice a day to keep the new turf healthy. Has anyone had any luck with any sprinkler systems, is there one that you can recommend? We want something that can work...

Hello everyone, I am levelling out an area of the garden and read that the optimum amount of topsoil to use before laying turf is 5cm deep. The overall depth I need to raise the level by is 16cm. So in my mind, I need more substantial earth/mud beneath to build up the level more before putting...

I've had to replace bricks in several parts of the house over the years and never managed to get a good match on the original mortar colour. Originally I thought it was yellow sand and the result was nothing like the original (too light grey). Red sand resulted in dark grey finish. I realise...

I bought this to make a tidy hole in brickwork. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09JKJNJXC?th=1 I have an SDS bit with a thread on it that fits. The problem is, it's impossible to keep the bit in the same place when cutting and it goes all over the place. Any time I have used a holesaw...

Hello everyone, I've removed loads of earth to get a flat area for slabbing. I unexpectedly came across this. It looks like a pipe, it's very tough when tapped and the holes appear to contain fibres, what is this and what's it for? At first I thought it might have been a pipe to protect some...

Hello there, I am after about 500ml of self levelling liquid epoxy to fill some voids uncovered in some plywood after using a plunge router. Can someone please recommend a specific brand/product that will harden well and evenly and can be sanded well and isn't stupidly expensive? If it isn't...

Hello everyone. The connector is very loose on the two hose ends. Should I be cutting the rubber off the hose?

Hello there, I've just replaced a 6kg Beko washing machine with an LG 10.5kg washing machine and the new machine is much deeper. Can anyone please tell me what I can do to gain a bit more space and get the machine further back under the worktop/inside the space? It's sticking out about 6.5cm...

Hello there, I thought it would be really easy to find an inlet hose that had two 90 degree elbows. It seems I was wrong. Do they exist?

Hello there, I want to replace the original switch with a dimmer/switch instead. The set up is ceiling light, which can be operated from a pull switch as well as the wall switch and a wall light that also has its own pull switch as well as the wall switch. I've taken photos as I went along but...