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Ahoy there! Yeah it seemed ok. I ended up drilling several small holes to punch through my large hole as the core drill bit I have wouldn't seem to do it - not an expensive one. So i drilled my first small hole at the bottom of the circular hole i needed, fed a line through and pulled a...

Thanks all. I have purchased the above fitting so will assess it and might try the pull-up string option. It's a good idea. But as i imagine it it would be rubbing against the exterior wall the whole way up. Possibly leaving a silicone trail? I might pull it up through a piece of copper pipe...

Cheers John. From the looks of it there are rubber gromits on the pipe and they might help to a point. Then I was imagining smearing/packing mortar in as best I can. It wont look amazingly pretty from the outside but it will be high and not in obvious sight. It probably wont look too...

you can buy replacement nozzles, if thats any use? might be the cheaper option all considered

just found this on the forum actually http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/greenwood-airvac-100mm-fast-1944-17115 so will start there......

Hi all. Wasn't sure where to put this post so hopefully it's in a suitable category. Does anyone know of a product or a clever technique they've come across for fitting a weather cowl on an extractor fan outlet - from the inside? I'll be fitting an extractor to draw moisture from the...

ha that made me laugh :D it is annoying when people don't take 10 seconds more to park properly. i once saw a porsche that had parked in the middle of two spaces, with a car either side about an inch from its arches, thought that was fitting. i would advise not to pay and wait to see if they...

i change insurer almost every year and iv never had a cut in my no claims. if i need to prove it i call them up and ask them to call my old insurer to verify, which they do. but the renewal note is usually enough.

is it your gear pulling and its coming close to a stall? what speed is this at?

at a rough guess the process would be something like > remove light clusters > jack up car and support it on axle stands > remove wheels and remove the splash guards/plastic trim around the wheel arch > now you can access the clips and screws holding the bumper on - remove > you might...

i had a similar problem on plasterboard and did use washing up liquid and a brush. i also scraped out a couple of the worst bits, although nothing very deep. levelled it out with the adhesive. il get shouted at for not using bagged stuff but i used mapei premixed mapegrip d2 and all went...

thanks for your reassurance. i did wonder if i was making a mountain of a molehill - its my first man shed. is there any way to tell if the timber is pressure treated? by looking at ends or colour or something?

Hi all.

For a non-pro view one paint that is brilliant in my opinion is crown kitchen and bathroom with mouldguard. It has a mid-sheen and is steam and impact proof and you literally wipe anything off it. Thinking about it I've only used own brand, dulux, and crown for internal walls/wood and have...

okay i will look into it. just looking up freecycle I have found a lot of negative reviews so will try freegle.

Cheers gents that's belting

Not quite free diy stuff, but does anyone know if such a scheme exists? Basically I've been doing lots of jobs this past year and have excess boxes of tiles, bags of adhesive, litres of nitromors, forests of lumber. Maybe an exaggeration, but does any kind of scheme exist where I can just...

I'm finding differing advice online so just thought I'd double check with people on here. I've got a pro coming to remove an existing fence and erect a new one 1m further forward. It's approx a 10m run with gates. The fence is closeboard with arris rails and wooden posts set in concrete. He's...

cheers for that. i have to agree but the bottom seems the simplest so I thought i was missing a trick. Taaaaa.

Please can the learned few offer their opinions on which of these is the strongest method of screwing cant rails to 4x4 inch posts set in concrete, or are they all pretty much the same? They'll be just less than 3m in length between each post, then featherboard on to these. Thanks for...