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Yeah I saw there is a legal limit for normal use but no idea in practice if it matters. I don't (think) I want to go getting a gun license. And I believe you are correct, the police consider all such guns to be firearms. If you walk down the road with an air pistol it is (legally) like a real...

I am considering getting one for vermin control as rats are moving in near our chicken coop, and we have children around. We live rurally in an isolated spot with no direct neighbours. I have not used an airgun since I was a kid when we had a break-barrel rifle and a crappy pistol of some sort...

I don't know why is different in a few areas but:

Do you know if "alkylate fuels" like Aspen include these already then? If I can get non-ethanol fuel from Esso I can probably buy additive online as a lower priority. Thanks.

I want to keep a store of petrol for my tractor mower and other tools - and just for emergencies in case things get totally crazy. I've used Aspen and Stihl products before but apart from being very pricey, I don't have a stockist nearby. I've seen Esso sell a non-ethanol fuel but is it only...

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007XUCG8O We have 3 of these and after being set up initially the auto boosts are getting more and more oversensitive... The one in our kitchen now comes on if you boil the kettle or make toast, the one in the bathroom sometimes just turns on at random... And will...

Thanks. I was reading a bit today and hadn't come across 1st/2nd fix terminology before. And gauges is not a measurement I'm familiar with so I have to keep looking that up :) It seems like the nails themselves are somewhat standardised?

Any general overview of nailgun types and nails in general would be really useful... A totally new area to me!

My current "nail gun" is a Stanley electric thing https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000BPSUTM It's actually quite good but it's really just an electric stapler, it only takes brads up to 14mm I think which is great for craft or very light trim but for even light DIY purposes not so much. Eg...

Our sewerage relies on a septic tank and buried drainage pipes, I think we have a big fiberglass tank 20-30 years old. Someone told me, or maybe it was on the web, that no septic tank meets building regulations these days (no idea how reliable) which made me wonder what we'd do should it ever...

That's interesting but the system is relatively modern and I am fairly sure it (used) to work as it should... if I started the bath running then turned the heating on to heat the bathroom up, the radiator would not get hot until I finished running the bath. I might repeat this test, I need to...

I'll test other taps, the shower is not having issues. My one thought was, how do boilers know to prioritise hot water over heating? I know mine does and assume that's typical but how is it controlled and could there be a fault? I only ask because I noticed the radiator in the bathroom...

Last couple of days I can't get a hot bath even if I run only hot water AND turn the tap a bit shower than normal. The water is pulsing got to warm every 5 or 10 seconds. We have a big Combi boiler and I've checked it is not overheating and cutting out because we had that issue before with a...

That's a good question. I don't have specific plans for it so let's say months

I don't have room in the garage, it's all storage for other stuff, and my workshop.

My garage is actually a Victorian coach-house with a nice pitched roof but it has a ceiling. The roof is rotting so at some point I want to convert it to an open roof or otherwise get all that space for storage but alas, not just yet.

Now that our large log cabin is 99% complete, we are left with quite a large amount of timber. Some of it is treated external 6x2 and so on that I can easily store but a lot of it is in the form of untreated white spruce. Offcuts are going in the fire-wood store but we have loads of stuff from...

Ok thanks guys. I don't have a feel for how much give this material has so it's helpful to hear your experiences.

I want to put a metal rail between two walls, there might be other bits too but basically a bar across the room fixed at either end. I found people selling "tube clamp" products which I think is what I want, e.g: https://www.themetalstore.co.uk/key-clamp-fittings/tube-clamp-uk-suppliers But...

Good timing, we got it in place thinking the small size of the partition would be ok with nice 18mm ply but it's a bit too wobby for our liking. The ceiling is very high so we're going to look for some sort of strut like you see on shower screens to brace against the wall. By the way what is...