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Thanks, I will keep that in mind but I am hoping to find a glue so it looks reasonably neat.

I am trying to make an emergency trailer cover out some DPM I have lying around. I just need to fold the corners in and adhere the DPM back onto itself and the job is done but I cannot find anything that will stick the plastic together. Tried superglue, UHU all purpose stuff even No More...

Just taken delivery of what I must admit is a fairly cheap ‘walnut’ kitchen worktop. Seemed worth a punt and generally looks okay. What I have noticed is something that looks like a single woodworm hole into one end of the worktop. Actually this end piece can be cut away when fitted but...

I cut out a section of board and it is about 35mm thick onto timber frame with plywood behind it. Not sure what I screwed into upstairs but it is above a different section of wall. Are there regs about electrics in this kind of wall?

Not really sure yet, I just assumed it was masonry somewhere behind the board but is there a chance it isn't? What threw me off is in a room above I have drilled and screwed the same wall into solid masonry but that room is closer to the centre of the house. Is there possibly partial...

Thanks for the reply. I ended up replacing the tap with a piece of pipe. I was wary of doing this initially because the incoming black plastic pipe looked like it might be difficult to rejoin. Took a few goes and some PTFE but so far so good :)

The wall I share with my neighbour in my kitchen is hollow and currently all the electrics are surface mounted. I am about to fit a new kitchen and would like to sink the boxes into the wall. I also need to put some timber supports in to hold the new wall cabinets so need to cut a section of...

I have an old mains stop tap fed from a very short length of plastic pipe coming out of the ground. The tap leaks around the spindle when open, but is no longer needed as it will be inaccessible in the new kitchen I am about to fit. I have already installed a new stop tap in a more accessible...

I am about to order a new kitchen and before getting Mr Spark in I want to do some preparation. Currently all the kitchen electrics are surface mounted. As the appliances are moving slightly I want to start chiselling some holes for new flush mount boxes. I know exactly where the appliances...

Hoping someone can give me some troubleshooting pointers as the main oven in my Cannon cooking has stopped heating this evening, everything else works. The oven light comes on and it makes a fan sound but the fan at the rear of the oven does not spin. The element doesn't heat up, I've taken...

Thanks to all for the help and suggestions. After a bit more Googling and trying to think of the right search phase I tried "countdown timer" and I found this which looks like it would do the job...

Wow, that was quick. Thanks! :) Do they come in a plug adaptor form?

Is there such a thing as a timer socket which switches off after a period of time? I have converted my garage into a room and have a little electric heater. The problem is it is very easy to forget it is on and sometimes I don’t go into the room for several days at a time. At best I could end...

The FTP link in my post above should still work. Just download and run setup.exe again.

Exchanged the beading for some metal tape and after a few goes the corners are looking ok! Do pros just use flat jointing knives or the corner trowels as it seems quite hard to do corners with the flat knife! I haven't yet tackled where the wall meets the ceiling but I've got a plasterer...

Another vote for Firefox, especially as you can try this out without overwriting IE. Install it and then take a look at the add-ons available which is where it really comes into its own. Cooliris is a good one (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5579). If you do stick with IE...

Depends on your budget but I've been very happy with my system. Bought direct from the manufacturer in China via ebay and found their after sales support very good plus a lot cheaper than anything else I've seen. Regarding the network I have also hardwired mine despite having a wifi network...

You need to open HemPlayer or AVI converter from your programs menu (under Hyper Electronics Mappers) then choose the file to play. WMP can't play them unless you convert them to AVI first.

The vids are in a propriatary format but you can download a player and converter to view them in Windows Meida Player etc. Use an FTP client to access ftp://www.deeplet.com.tw/Utilities/ (clicking the link in Internet Explorer should work). Login with the username 'ftp' and password...

Thanks for the replies. The metal paper tape looks like just the job! Can it hide reasonable sized gaps? (and a bit of first-timer cutting on an external corner :oops: ) I did ask someone in Wickes and they seemed confident that was the beading to get for taping and filling but after getting...