Recent content by jwhepper

Hi all. Got a damaged brick post, the top 4 bricks including the cap at the top have sheared away from the rest of the post entirely (you can pick it up as a single block). See picture for fault line. I know nothing about mortar and redoing it that way. Am I mad to try something like a heavy...

I think it possibly wasn’t clean/dry enough and I hadn’t cut enough of the silicone tip off (hence the resistance). Tried again and it seems to be neat and bonded well - time will tell. Thanks all

Used dowsil 785 I think it’s called. New tube and nozzle yes, although I don’t think I cut a big enough aperture in hindsight. Old stuff was cut away pretty well and used a scraper to get anything visible off. Didn’t use any chemicals or anything though, apart from the alcohol to clean

There is a 1-2mm gap in places (it’s not completely consistent). I guess if there isn’t enough silicone and it’s partially squeezing away through the gap, it might result in the ‘cracks’?

Hi all! First time using silicone… Scraped it out, cleaned with isopropyl alcohol and used dowsil with spray bottle and a finger to smooth. However, not sure if I’ve put enough silicone on. The silicone required huge force to get it out the end of the nozzle and just wasn’t moving out...

IGNORE THIS - PROBLEM SOLVED Hi all, Weird question - I've got an ABS sensor fault in my Honda Civic (Mk9, 2013, 1.8 hatchback). Coincidentally, I bought a sensor a couple of years ago, which was uneeded, but has the part number written on the side of the box: 57470-TV0-E01 Annoyingly, I...

Thanks - wasn’t sure if that was massive overkill or not but I had a feeling that’d be the case… appreciate the reply! J

Hi All, Discovered two of my radiator valves were leaking and have damaged the wooden floor underneath, unfortunately. After living with cups underneath them for about three months, I finally figured I should sort them out. One of them I tightened up with a wrench (stabilising the valve with...

Missing a few knobs that’ve fallen off and also can’t work out if it’s a multi-fuel stove or just wood burning. Has an internal grate lifted off the bottom though so might be okay with smokeless coal. Thanks all

I wondered if that was why there were no details anywhere…. Thank you!

For the life of me I cannot find the ID plate or brand for this stove anywhere (including inside). Anyone seen one like it before/have any clue where else to search? Just moved into the house and have no receipts or anything that I know of. A couple of knobs etc. are missing and would be...

Just to close this off and for anyone else looking - I wired it up and it worked perfectly first time (thank goodness). Thanks for the help people!

Definitely no transit bolts or packaging left attached now - seems to be the machine itself.

Hi all. Just moved to our first home and fitted a new Beko B300 dishwasher. It wouldn’t slide in as there were broken/half stuck on tiles, so the previous owner had put down a piece of thin MDF board for their washer to sit on. Maybe we were spoilt with an above-averagely-quiet dishwasher in...

So there will be three brown wires in the L terminal (two in and one short link from L to the 1) - is that correct?! Thanks for the remarkably speedy reply, been thinking about it all day