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I may soon need to dig a small rainwater drainage trench across my drive (it'll only be a foot deep at most) but I first want to be sure that there are no utilities running under the drive (water, electric or telephone+fiber - there's no gas in my area so that's one to rule out). Is there any...

Is this metal version also from Hozelock?

I've had one of these for a few years: https://www.amazon.co.uk/HOZELOCK-Multi-Jet-Multi-tasking-Function-2676P0000/dp/B0011NO7JK/ unfortunately it's leaking near the base of the handle, specifically around the thick area where the thinner hozelock connector is integrated into the main body...

Am already planning on contacting the electricity board, was just curious if it sounded like a potential problem. I'll see if I can get a photo but due to the height it's possibly going to be tricky (I don't have a long enough ladder).

There's been an electricity pole at the edge of my garden for decades. There's some nearby trees but the electricity board trims them back from time to time. There's a green cable that runs up the side of the pole (the cable is only covered on the lower ten feet or so by black cable trunking...

I have an old suite (must be 30 years old) and the springs in the two chairs are knackered - on taking a look underneath I see that one chair (the better of the two) has all of the springs apparently intact and unbent but they now have too much give when sitting in the chair. The other chair...

Yeah, I should have been more specific in my criticism of chinese goods - the country is more than capable of making high quality products but, of course, we in the west 'demand' low prices meaning that quality takes a nosedive and we get garbage that lasts no time at all. Electronic goods are...

Thanks for the suggestions. I've bought cheap chinese-made bits in the past which are understandably rubbish, therefore today I thought I'd browse Amazon and some other sites and look at the reviews. Inevitably there are some bad scores which usually cite badly made bits and breaking bits, so I...

In other words a set that has bits that are of a high quality and won't break? Even DeWalt and Bosch sets (for example) are made in china and get their share of bad reviews due to malformed and breaking bits. Are there any good quality sets made in the UK for example?

Useful to know, thanks for the heads up.

Thanks, the TERF screws that I bought were supposedly A2 .......... but I'm not convinced. Are TERF Chinese? Also, as I now plan to go for TIMCO I guess those really are A2 steel? https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KV6YTHS/

Maybe I should originally have bought 'rust resistant' galvanised .......... but now I may go for these stainless steel Timco screws: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KV6YTHS/

Thanks, didn't realise that stainless were a bit softer. Even so, bearing in mind the not-excessively-hard wood that I screw them into I'm very surprised that some broke. Also, they only broke during the final tightening, in other words they were fully in and I only 'snugged them up' at the end...

Thanks a lot, will find somewhere to buy some online. BTW, the ones that broke were TERF screws.

I need some stainless steel screws for an outside job (on some fence posts). I want stainless steel for their anti-rusting (as opposed to coated galvanised screws). Already bought one highly scored set on Amazon only to find that the heads come off when doing the final tightening ........... I...

Thanks for the suggestions, some useful thoughts there.

There are four short posts, only about 3 feet high, but over a period of time were leaned on then broken by some low hanging tree branches (all hidden under a lot of undergrowth which is why I didn't see the damage occurring). Because I don't feel like digging out a load of concrete for four...

Thank you Rob, good point about chemicals possibly damaging pipework, that particularly being a problem if it's hidden.

Thanks. Out of interest, is that even more powerful than Mr Muscle gel?

Thanks for the reply Rob. Yes, same waste pipe for the sink and bath. Getting to the trap to pull it will be difficult due to the way that the bath's main side panel is attached - is there a way to clean out any any soap residue, etc without removing the trap? Mr Muscle gel for example?