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[Not sure if this is the right subforum but it seems the closest] I am considering installing MVHR in my semi. Hopefully relevant information: - Built in mid-1960s, 130m^2 - Brick cavity walls, not insulated - Gas central heating - Unit to be installed in loft - Not really sure how air-tight...

Price of hot composters....starting at about £150 for what looks like an expanded polysytrene box? I have a snap-together cold one from Lidl that cost me £20. I would like to insulate it and make it into a hot composter. My first thought is to get a sheet of foam insulation, affix it to it and...

This is one of those "the Mrs saw it on the internet, so can I make it happen?" posts. I am not sure what country this is but they seem to have made a full-width plinth drawer: Do we think the cabinets are hung off the wall? The worktop looks a bit shallow.

How can I secure this flag? It's come loose and is currently just "resting" where it is: The metal post will stop it from falling so it's not immediately dangerous, but I would like to secure it somehow. I think it's basically just rubble/topsoil behind.

They start around £45 from the usual places, eg: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154594385266 My intended use is for shredding fallen leaves and prunings, eg bits of ivy, to speed up composting/use for mulching. I am going to assume they're not great at that kind of price, but just how not great...

Diplomat APP2440. Probably about 16-17 years old. Light doesn't work. Fan works fine. If you hammer away at the light switch, the light will flicker. If you wiggle the fan/light cable, the light will flicker. So something in that control box is loose or worn out. I have removed the two screws...

Back wall of my house is always cold and tends to get mouldy at the bottom. It's built in to a slope somewhat, the ground level outside is about 5-600mm higher than inside. Pile on the left has come out of the cavity. The DPM is right at the level of the flags, one of which I have taken up...

I've been working on this for months, finally got it finished: As you can see, it's a desk that moves up and down along some Unistrut fixed the wall, with the help of a winch pulling a steel cable. Unfortunately the pulley mechanism is not up to the task and has failed in use, so I am looking...

It's like a timber connector but with teeth only on one side, and the centre is threaded for accepting a bolt. You tighten the bolt and the teeth bite in to the timber. I cannot for the life of me come up with some search terms that match the name of what I'm talking about. Just to be clear...

My mother has solar PV + hot water tank with PV diverter. She is looking for a new washer and it's going to be in the same room as the tank. This seems like it would be suited to a hot-fill washer [assuming these are still available...]. Is my thinking right here?

Bought a rosemary from Sainsbury's [you know, that place that mainly sells food] and on getting it home I am bit puzzled to see that it is "Harmful if eaten": The RHS, who IMO are pretty much the authority on plants in the UK, says nothing about this. I am confident that a significant...

Got a pair of Parkside squeeze clamps from Lidl. Work well, total bargain [£3!]. But what are these loose red bits? They can slide up and down the bar, or fit snugly at one end or the other.

At least I think they're oak, they weigh a ton. They're currently finished with some kind of matt varnish, but not caked in it becase you can still see the pores. They are solid, ie not veneered. The side table in the foreground has water damage on the top. I have started to sand it down, hence...

Got an electric blanket to sit on whilst I WFH, to avoid turning on the heating. Amongst all the warnings in the manual was this: "If you no longer wish to use the appliance, make sure it is unusable by cutting the power lead when disconnected and dispose of in the correct manner" Seems a bit...

I have a 1.5" diameter ash pole that I am using to make a hanging pull-up bar with. It was sold as a tool handle and has one flat and one hemispherical end. I would like to round off the flat end so that it looks consistent [yeah, chopping the round end off will make it consistent, too, but that...

Is "engineered" veneer made of ayous/abachi/obeche likely to be any good? eg this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284090425147 Leaving aside the listing being pretty sneaky about what it's really made of [it's not oak], how durable a finish can one get with this stuff? I am intending to cover an MDF...

Got a few patches of bubbles in the SLC of daughter's new bedroom: I am intending to lay LVT on here [something budget like Polyflor Camaro Loc + their underlay]. Are these holes likely to be problematic? They are anywhere up to 8mm across. It's not just holes, there's a little rim around the...

My 20yo trussed roof doesn't have any straps on the end-of-terrace end. Is it worth fitting them? The obvious answer is that if it's still standing after 20 years then probably not but I wonder what the not-obvious answers are. From a bit of googling it looks like they're supposed to installed...

Fink/"W" trusses on ~500mm centres. Old ply flat roof about 350mm below. The bottom chords are 34x95mm section and about 8m long: How much load can the bottom chords take as-is? The intention is to board it out and use it for storage. If the answer is "they won't even support the weight of...