Recent content by justigator

If there's room, you could attach a strip of 12.5mm ply or similar to the brickwork - a few screws and plugs or maybe even just some blobs of adhesive would do - and then nail the cable clips into that.

Gillette Mach 3 Turbo (3 blades) but like others I have never found out what the turbo bit is. Actually maybe I have: it refers to the time taken between anointing face with shaving gel/foam and bristles becoming soft enough to shave easily. Otherwise known as turbo lag.

And to respond to Mottie's suggestion: yes Barcelona is wonderful but is now one of those places like Venice that is touristed to death.

Was going to suggest Malta but wobs has beaten me to it. Yes there are lots of mass-market seafront hotels but there is also plenty of culture and Valletta is nicely historical. Had an enjoyable family trip there some years ago.

Awful work. What would the actual difference be between rectifying the current work and getting it all re-done properly? I don't see how you could rectify without a full re-work.

I had someone replace some fencing in 2019 at my North London house (too much like hard work for me). Fencing and gates are all he does, and he told me that he used to have his timber delivered to site but the quality had become so inconsistent that now (then) he chooses and collects from Wickes...

Not very clear...do you have access as per your final photo, or is that a different radiator? If you do have such access, then it looks like you have plenty of room to cut the vertical pipe and solder on a short new part with a new elbow and a longer horizontal bit - and indeed move it left or...

You can avoid having to do it again to clean the seal by tucking a towel or rag into the bottom of the seal after each use and leaving it in place for at least an hour until the area is fully dry. Have done this on my machine since new five years ago and it still looks new. I also leave the door...

Thanks will look.

As title. There don't seem to be any recent threads on this. I want to replace grotty carpets in three first-floor rooms, total area about 30 square metres. Suspended timber floors; all skirtings to be replaced and flooring taken to 10mm (or whatever) of walls; no underfloor heating. Underlay...

Very nice if I may say so, though more squarish than rounded in profile. Now just get out your jigsaw/coping saw/router etc and cut some pieces of dado rail to continue across and beyond the new pipe covering, then cover the part below the dado with some more embossed wallpaper to match, then...

Most of time, I find that ensuring the pipe is squeaky clean and the olive is copper, then applying a smear of silicone grease around the olive gives me a seal. I only use LS-X if there's a weep I can't stop.

I tend to use my Bosch blue multitool on the lowest speed setting, which I find helps somewhat with blade wear.

I don't do much soldering but when I do, I tend to solder up the pipework in manageable units that can fit into the back of my car (SUV). There, I cap off all but one end with demountable pushfits and use a 12v tyre inflator and pressure gauge to pump up to 3-4 bar, then check for leaks (NB if...

I recently installed one of those sockets - exact same BG model - and the USB-C port didn't work at all at the start, then on a second try worked for a second or two then went dead again (nothing connected to the other USB port on any occasion). Returned it as faulty and the replacement worked...