Recent content by StephenOak

If it is the type that @HERTS P&D linked to maybe but there are a number of different types, it looks like each maker of water meter has just come up with their own design. When my mate's one disappeared I looked at ours, it is a circle with a bit cut off two opposite sides. So a pair of pliers...

A while back a mate had to turn off his water in the road (replacing a kitchen stopcock) and found that the meter did not have a key with it but he knew it had been there before. Looking online it seemed this is a not uncommon occurrence. Someone uses the key then doesn't put it back. When it...

For hard surfaces like this then something containing benzalkonium chloride (BAC) is fine, that includes Patio Magic (which I have used) and a number of other products. No idea what branded products are available in France. BAC is also known as alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride! In the UK...

IANAL but I think that all councils have a duty to let you dispose of reasonable amounts of asbestos. They do not have to do it themselves but they have to make provision for it. When I was getting rid of a significant amount of it, my (London) council referred me to the Corporation of the City...

We have a large garden that had been left to go rather wild, lots of holly, laurel & yew as well as nice trees that needed work. A friend suggested that an Alligator saw might be useful and I bought one. That was well over a decade ago, back then the batteries were not Li-ion, so they did not...

Probably an IBC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_bulk_container The hole (middle of the top) is c. 8" in diameter, so fine for getting the contents in/out, but no where nearly enough space to reach in and secure the inside of a fitting. A neighbour has some at the bottom of his...

I have never done it but I don't think much patience or practise is needed. The cheap ones are often a zinc-alloy and, as @Mottie, says, they are very susceptible to coming apart after being hit. That is far more important. The better ones are relatively thick steel.

Nothing will be totally secure. but this https://www.burtonsafes.co.uk/products/keyguard-digital-xl/ I think will be better than most.

"I did what you suggested. Got long blades for saber saw. Of 5, 4 are toast" Blades are basically disposable, but 4 out of 5 gone is surprising. "Acer is evil in that between the wood was soil and stones that cutting tools suffered from" I did not know that, I've never had to remove one. I have...

Probably a bit late now, but don't cut it off too low. I would leave the trunk at least waist height. That way, when you have dug around the stump you can use the trunk as leverage to rock it side to side. This is the voice of bitter experience. Years ago I removed two conifers and cut them to...

Wood can hold a lot of water. I bought a batch of boards and even though I picked the least wet ones, they were still wet. I spread them out somewhere dry but shaded to dry and they went from 20kg to 10.5kg, however that took 55 days. After a while (15 days maybe) they felt pretty dry on the...

@opps Thanks for the suggestion. I think it is too far off the wall for that to have worked, but I can't be sure as it is fixed now. Once I had gained confidence in drilling tiles I was able to fix a (white gloss painted) board of the right depth to the wall.

@StephenStephen And I am quite impressed at the level of rudeness displayed by some of the commentators. Of course I am not talking about @Wayners and @^woody^ who offered helpful advice which I clearly said (post #6) I had followed. "the OP towards a number of people who have offered sound...

Agreed, there does not seen to be anything special about the PWB 600. I replaced one of the top pieces on my 'workmate' with a pieces of plywood cut to size. I drilled holes to match those in the previous one and then varnished the new piece.

I do as I looked up what a munsen ring is. As I said a support of this sort would have cost more, not matched the pipe of or the existing bracket, and probably not have worked unless it matched the pipe diameter by chance. So a white spacer matching the white walls is good but a white board...