I've just connected a new Hotpoint cooker (HUE 53PS). Everything worked, except for the main oven (no interior light, no fan). After many attempts...
It's not unusual to come across secondhand rebate planes which have been welded together after an accidental drop on a hard floor; probably a...
I solved this in the end, though I'm not proud of the way I did it. Assuming the pump was of no further use, I picked off the outer collars on...
The most recent router I bought was a Bosch palm router (GKF600) with which I've been very pleased. It comes with a number of bases, which makes...
Thank you. I've tried this, but there seems to be no movement of the connector in or out of the fitting, with or without the lugs squeezed in....
I'm changing the fuel pump on a Mk IV Fiesta. I'm struggling to remove the fuel lines from the pump connectors (colour coded red and white)....
This may be even later, but there is information on the ladder exchange scheme here.
The Tools and Trades History Society is an excellent source of all kinds of hand tool knowledge. Useful books are: W L Goodman, British...
Those fixings (are they about 25mm long?) may hold well enough in the plaster for now; the problem is that if as you say the plaster is about one...
Wotan has the correct answer: the movable knob is designed to be repositioned to ease shoe leather pressure on particular points, especially, as...
This would be good news, except for the probability that in its place will come a TV format that's even more depressingly dumbed down.
A rawlplug won't hold in a hole in a steel lintel. You would need to use a hollow fixing. You've been given better advice by Sunray and...
Commercial mass-produced furniture is often finished nowadays in two-pack finishes which are very hard to remove. You could try a chemical...
Your joists need to be deeper than four inches if you're creating a dining room. You will need to take into the account the loading on the floor...
I too fully support energy saving and the recycling (or better still, reuse) of materials. I don't support the mass delusion of man-made global...
I'm enlarging the entrance to the loft and fitting a loft ladder. So far I've cut the ceiling out and fitted new trimmers (it's a bit worrying...
Standard unplated steel bolts and screws look black(ish). Fastfix are a good online supplier. If the finish is important you could get the...
If the timber hasn't already been treated, paint it in flood coats of wood preserver. If you're able to stand it in a bath of preserver so that it...
No, PVA doesn't go soggy of it gets wet after it's cured. No more than concrete would go sloppy in the rain after it's set hard.
It will be significantly cheaper to replace the glazing units rather than the frames plus glazing, not to speak of the making good that would be...
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