Recent content by A.Steve

Thanks for the replies... The cross-section of that Hozelok hose makes it look similarly cumbersome to the (joined) hose I have right now. Are all the 'fabric' hoses as useless as the cheap one(s) I bought from ebay?

About garden hoses. I've an outdoor tap - and my pressure washer requires a hose to connect it to the tap. I've got some (old - perhaps 20+ years old) hose... with joins... This hosepipe is robust (except for at the joins) but is also heavy and difficult to coil/store. I can get my pressure...

I am definitely inexperienced with respect to standard (modern) electrical installation techniques. I'm amateur not professional. I don't agree, however, that I have novel preconceptions about what is (and is not) safe. My amateur approach likely does result in me being overly cautious at times...

You haven't seen the technology projects I experimentally cobbled together from reclaimed scrap when I was a teenager. If you had, it is inconceivable that you could ever have considered my mains electricity devices 'perfectly safe'. I'm not saying that you can't use the traditional connector...

Perhaps I may be mistaken about what can be achieved with the traditional connectors. As a teenager, I did some very dodgy things with such connectors in my experimental projects. I didn't kill anyone and I only blew a few fuses. As a grown up, I'm aiming for something that'd be safe in the...

It is. I've not yet found 8-way Wago for sale... but I have found 8-way Aiqeer PCT-218 - which are 8 way and look suspiciously similar to Wago. Yes - the 1.0mm² is marginally cheaper than the 1.5mm² - but, when I bought the cable, only the 1.5mm² was available from my local Toolstation. I'm...

Thanks for the replies. I'm glad I was apprehensive about buying wire nuts. I anticipated buying them... then finding I'm not confident to use them after experimenting. An apology. Evidently, I can't count. Today, my head said 8-way, but, in reality, it is only 6-way. I only need to join 7...

I hope this is a very simple question... I've installed 8 low-power mains LED strip lights in my garage - and have run cable from them to where I want to put the switch. There's currently a single old florescent set-up which was switched on by a single mains light switch - I'm replacing it...

If I were to try and do this using an angle grinder, this is how I would go about it. A completely different idea: Can a track saw (intended for carpentry) be used to cut porcelain tiles... if fitted with a blade suited to porcelain? I own this track saw and I found this "Yellow turbo"...

With all due respect, I disagree. Scenario 1: This is not hypothetical for my job. The back of my shower measures very close (but under) 900mm... for every tile - from shower tray to ceiling. I specifically chose 900mm tiles because I want this back of my shower to have no vertical grout...

Hmmm... What I described as 'slivers' I anticipate needing to cut (shave) off a tile would all be thinner than 5mm - perhaps down to 1-2 mm. The video first demonstrates cutting off a strip I visually estimate to be about 20mm wide. Then, this strip is split to provide two strips -each about...

I've found this video - and an RRP of £514.99 for the cheapest Sigma that can tackle a 90cm cut. If I were intending to install tiles as a job - a tile snapper like this looks like essential equipment. For me, for my job (I expect to need one L-shaped cut) it won't be sufficient as the only...

Hi Johnny, The tiles are porcelain. I'm intending to hide as many edges as possible - but, to do that, I still need to be accurate. Ironically, if accuracy required rocket-science, I'd probably have the skill for that. I can imagine being able to accurately snap smaller tiles... but I don't...

I can imagine a pro being able to get good results with a snapper (on 900mm porcelain tiles) but I don't think I could. I think I'd get jagged edges and corners snapping in the wrong places.

Around me the prices seem higher... but, even at £123 a day or £175 for a week... this'd still mean £700 hire fees for a month... or £615 for 5 Sundays. If DIY could be top of my priority list, £175 for a week is the cost-effective bargain. Having to fit DIY around other priorities mean...