Recent content by lemonstar

Success! I had a 6' piece of 4"x2" and cut that down to give me a gap of about 8" to insert the car jack and positioned it less than a foot down from the top of the two posts (I had to get my daughter to help hold the 4"x2" while I stuck the jack in the gap). I had already used a mattock to dig...

I'll be out in a min trying to dig round the base of the post and try the car jack to see if I can move it - I'll probably have to do the samething with the next 3 posts in line. I just don't have the tools to cut it down accurately - a basic saw and I'm not sure I could shape it to fit. Thanks...

I'm trying to slot in some new fence panels but having taken one panel out - it was very tight and was bowed because it was so tight I now find I can not get the new panel in - the panel seems close to being a whole cm too wide to go in the gap between the fence posts and as it is a newer and of...

Unfortunately that size is discontinued but Sphinx do still produce a 248x331 which I could cut in half but they are 8mm thick - maybe, if there's an appropriate tile and can use a chisel to remove 2+mm from the surface of the finishing plaster underneath the tile and use an 8mm thick tile. I...

I have removed a few tiles from the bathroom wall that had raw plugs in them (previously had various fixings in there). Johnson's Tiles (Stoke-on-Trent) don't have anything in that size - they suggested cutting a mosaic tile down to size - a 12x12 grid of 23 mm tiles 4mm thick with a 2mm spacing...

Really - I need to pay £99 for a good blade?

I don't know what is cheap or expensive, good or bad - I bought these:- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Spot-Piece-Diamond-Cutting/dp/B000LPDN62/ref=pd_sim_diy_5 What is a good disc - what sort of price and make? cheers Neil

I don't know if these bricks are unusually hard but I can barely cut through more than about 5-8mm before the rim of the disc is glowing white hot and I'm certainly reluctant to apply much pressure - not having used a tool like this before I don't want a slotted disc shattering. How much...

I don't know what you would call a lot - less than 100 cuts I think - that's why I didn't fancy spending the money but I've realised there is another job it will help me with. I've ordered a pair of diamond discs "Blue Spot 2 Piece 9 inch Diamond Cutting Disc Set" £15.38 from Amazon. I'm...

OK - finally accepted I needed to buy something to get the job done - a lot for me as I don't earn anything atm. Ordered the Silverline Silverstorm 124445 230mm Angle Grinder from Amazon for £46.50.

Do these discs always have radial slots in them? My grinder is only a small one - 4.5" so still worth a go with discs like these perhaps? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Spot-Piece-Diamond-Cutting/dp/B001I5R6M6/ref=sr_1_9?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1336144361&sr=1-9 Just buying some dics would save me...

Stoke-on-Trent/Crewe area - where can I get some decent pressure treated fence panels from - I need 20. I am not looking for the cheapest deal - just reasonable quality for a fair price. Ones I bought from somewhere near Hanford roundabout/Trent Vale area 3-4 years ago were not good quality...

Is it possible with the right type of disc to cut hard bricks - the simple sprung loaded hammer tap thing I bought is useless - brick cracks at any old angle if I can get it to crack. Standard dics don't make mark on them - I really don't have the money to hire a big cutting wheel on a flatbed -...

I'd agree it hasn't broken like safety glass although I understood that it was toughened glass so, I remember talking about heat resistance when we ordered it but not having any info about it any more, I don't know what it actually is. Thanks for the suggestions - I don't want to leave it like...

It's behind a kitchen hob and under an extractor hood and it's about 50cm high by 115cm wide. The kitchen fitter used clear silicone sealant (a fair amount from what I remember) to fix the sheet to the plastered wall. I reckon it is bound to pull loads of plaster off and if it doesn't come...