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Hi all. I'm attempting to replace a belt in my Indesit IDV65 tumble dryer (and also the bearing - possibly related to the belt snapping as I replaced the original bearing a year or so ago). I've taken it apart to double check it was the belt (it was - snapped) but also for a trial run so when I...

I recently laid an engineered oak floor in the downstairs rooms (hall and dining/living rooms). I have a couple of sections where I need to place oak beading down (over expansion gaps). These are areas where skirting (which I'll later add in other parts of the room) such as under french doors...

Not yet big-all. A few more projects taken precedence over this at the moment. Just found out relatives are making a trip up this weekend, so could bring the wood up with them. If I purchase it now, I could season it (if it hasn't been already) for a year...these benches can wait I guess...

^^ Cheers Big-all, I'll drop my email add via PM. Be interesting to see them. Aside from these benches, I'd like to build an outdoor bench in the future so I might take a similar approach to the way you've described above. Just a quick one - although I still prefer to use oak for these benches...

Using the circular saw as a kind of router (altering the height of the blade so it notches in)? Take me all day mind (having to clamp a saw guide to the wood for every notch)...or maybe it's time to pick up a router. Not a bad idea though - that sheet you've posted is a little too short, but...

Hi all. I'm currently in the process of building another wardrobe (I've recently built a cloak cupboard downstairs and managed to somehow pull off a decent job of it)! This time it's my daughter's bedroom wardrobe which will sit atop a boxed section (where the stairs below are). I've framed out...

Bolt through (with resin fill) is fine with me then :) I saw rivnuts as being hammered into a pre drilled hole in wood, then a bolt entering through the steel then into the rivnuts (embedded in the seat). I'll go with bolt through. As I mentioned above, the worry now is using oak with the...

Ahh - tanalised. If you get round to posting some pics Big-All, I'd love to see em! Presuming you joined the two 6x2's together to make the table and benches? I only need two benches, hence could probably just about manage to use Oak. This all depends on cost however as I'm utterly in the...

What type of wood did you Big All (and any pics?! :) ) £120 for oak (if is oak) that size isn't bad. Interesting point re the Oak and rusting. Even those powder coated, heated steels no good for oak? Is there anything that could be added in between the steel and oak. I'm only asking as I'm...

Hi Burnerman. The pic of the bench on the top of the page is pretty much exactly the bench I'd like to build. I've had a look at a few and hadn't seen any with bolts all the way through to the seat (hidden), hence thinking rivets (large - M10 or more) with bolts through the steel then into the...

Ahhh - rivnuts. Them's the ones! Would they be the best option - bolts through the legs (say 4 per leg) then appropriately sized nuts and bolts (and matching rivets)? M10 a good starter? I know you can buy those ready made, tube legs...but to me they look like the legs on Argos TV stands...

Thanks foxhole - I'll look into them. I haven't got a price for the wood yet (presume I'm best with Oak), but if it gets too daft I'll put it on the back burner for a while. Cheers!

Hi all. I want to build a couple of wooden dining benches for our table. Space wise, benches will look a lot neater and fit a few more bums on seats (kids at least!). I was thinking of either using old scaffold boards (cleaned and sanded), or (more likely) bringing in some oak planks (cut to...

Hi all. I built this stud fireplace last year with a combination of stud work (various sizes of wood - it's absolutely solid - and plasterboard), and then had it plastered before painting it up. Had the choice of either keeping it as it is, wallpapering it or adding stone tiles to it. The last...

Cheers. Just hope I didn't turn the battery on last year when I installed it (and thus discharging the battery?). Unlikely and the bellbox has never sounded/flashed. I'll keep it at SAB then, but will note it's current position (when I get up there). Many thanks secureiam.

I only have one 'Live' bellbox (the one at the rear is dummy). So, is there actually three options? SAB/SCB and LC...the manual (at least the way I read it) wasn't entirely clear. Given I've only one 'bellbox' would the SAB be advisable, or even LC if it only loses 2db? It's not like we're in...

Hi - I was referring to the Texecom Odyssey 3 manual. However, the Wintex manual is included as a PDF on the Wintex CD. Possible this could be obtained online also. Cheers.

Preumse these are the two sections of wintex which point you towards turning off the aforementioned options : Global Systems (monitor bell tamper unticked): Area options (bell & strobe output - areas A and B blanked): I guess I'll leave this off until the bellbox is connected up...

Thanks secureiam. I placed the bellbox (wired up) on the exterior wall last year...honestly can't remember if I left the battery jumper off...possibly it's never flashed or sounded during any stages of testing, but then again I took out the bell and 12V from the panel (originally looped in, but...

Update: Speaking with secureiam, I took the door contact back to 'basics' (no resistors). Connected up A and T wire to both silver reed switch screws (right terminology?) - received 000k on closed and >65k on open. Next connected up the 4k7 resistor to one of the silver screws. Received...