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I need to drill an 86mm dia hole through a 4 inch thick timber frame. Hole saws seem to max out at 50mm deep. How can I produce a clean hole? I could get to the other side (double brickwork) but I would need an SDS+ arbour about 8 inches long to get to the other side of the wood. Does anyone...

I have a wall that has had tiles stuck on it and the hard adhesive is still on them. What is the best sander disc and power tool to use to remove this. Any ideas?

I have a Aidelle Loovent 01, probably the same as yours. It's been up for about twenty years and like yours, is on it's last legs. I tried to get a new motor but they don't supply them anymore, just the whole thing at £60 'ish. Mine has a 4 wire two-part terminal box under the cover and above...

Well, yes I did consider the cleaner but roughening up all surfaces with glass paper degreases as well. If I were to do a lot of these I would probably buy the cleaner. The joint is sound so all is well.

Thanks for the input folks. The solution is that the pipe is in fact 3/8 inch Durapipe and I found a supplier who stocked Durapipe adaptors. They are solvent fit and go from 17mm female to female 1/2 inch bsp. From there it's kid's play of course and I'm back in the real world.The solvent is in...

I've talked to one of the other owners in the block of flats and it turns out that it is Durapipe. What's more, Durapipe still make what they call Class E 3/8 inch pipe which is 17.1mm O.D. It's solvent fit and there is a special solvent that takes 24 hours to go off, which in my mind makes it...

Thanks for that info - Poly York it is then. I'll now start the hunt for adaptors. Does anyone know if the adaptors were solvent fit and whether normal solvent will do the job?

I am renovating a kitchen and bathroom and have come acoss grey plastic solvent weld pipe that is 17mm OD. I measured it with vernier calipers. The building was built in 1974. Does anyone know what this was (3/8"?) and how I can convert it to 15mm copper?