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Try M.G.A, Chingford Mount Road E4. If they cannot get it try Dominion Tiles Edmonton, they are both in your area (ish)

Good morning, i have been offered a log splitter for a great price but it runs on 3 phase 415 volt. How would i get that voltage from a domestic 240 volt supply? Apologies if its a stupid question! Thankyou in advance.

Just returned from my holiday abroad where my very well maintained 2002 Peugeot Boxer developed a strange sound from the engine with a slight loss of power. Took it to a large garage near me for a look see and they instantly diagnosed a leaking injector. Visible because of leaking diesel and the...

Morning Andy, hear what your saying. I guess we should all take our tools home each day, but you know how it is. Anyways, my van was in for repair that day because some sh#t stole my cat converter and wrecked my exhaust in the process. That cost me £800 yesterday. Tools another £1000 ish. Gutted...

On Wednesday between me leaving the job at 3.30 and clients coming home at 6pm, the house was broken into and cleared out. As well as customers usual stuff being stolen, my power tools were also taken. Left it for a couple of days before i brought up the subject of my tools being replaced...

I found a large plastic water tank on a skip and want to use as a water butt. On the bottom of the tank are 2 holes, around about 25mm, have not measured properly yet. This must be where 2 pipes went through. Tried to cover with impact glue and some strips of thick plastic but failed miserably...

I have posted some silly questions before on this forum but this may be the ultimate! A friend has given my kids his old Compaq Mini which is in perfect working order. The kids want to gon online with it so i have purchased a Linksys Wireless Network USB Adaptor so they can connect to our home...

Hi, a friend has given us his old desktop computer. We are going to put into a spare bedroom where there are not any in coming Virgin Media cables. We already have a wireless network in the house. Which is the easiest way to get the desktop 'online' without using cables? Do we need a card...

Been tiling for 25 years and have never ever made this mistake. Putting a datum line round a bathroom ready for tiling. Needed to put level line across dooorway. Lined up top of spirit level with level line on one side of the doorway, but for some stupid stupid reason marked the underneath of...

Got a floor to tile, kitchen , about 10 metres. I tiled this floor about 18 years ago, octagon and dot, fixed sand and cement styly. It ain't coming up! They have a slight sheen. Just want to know how some of you other fixers would approach this. Normaly i would use Bal Fast Flex as this stuff...

Hi, once a week our boiler shuts down because BAR pressure keeps dropping. Im no heating expert (wall tiler) but took a guess on a leak. Found a rad with a leaking bleed valve, replaced but problem still there. Had boiler makers in yesterdayfor its 2nd year service, nothing wrong with...

Agree with JC. If the whole lot looks yits the grout. If its patchy perhaps joints had adhesive left in them. Did you use clean water when washing off? Clean rag when you polished? No quick remedy im afraid.

Hi, yep, change that plasterboard for Aquapanel, easy job and the right way. No need to tank, just use a decent sticky, can't go wrong with BAL. The right hand wall,make sure the rest of skim is firmly attached to render. If its not remove. You can't beat tiling straight onto render,solid, just...

Great to see someone else knows this method. I have worked with a few young 'tilers' (fresh from there 2 week college courses!) and they laughed at me when i told them this method, 'why not use a power tool grandad' (im only 45). 'and what if you have no power know it all' i reply. Anyways, you...

22 years ago when i done my apprentiship i learnt to cut a hole in a tile with 2 hammers. Kneel down on floor and put handle of club hammer between your knees. Rest your tile on the head of the hammer (glaze facing upwards) With a pointed tapping hammer (we had them made) start tapping away...

I have used Myworkman in the past when worked dropped off and have again used them recently. Total waste of time, money and effort. I looked at 3 jobs on Saturday and whilst its not Myworkmans fault, i can tell within minutes of walking through the persons door wether i will hear back from them...

Thats a great idea, had not thought of that. We recently had a tree cut down so we are going to to exactly that. Thankyou

I have done exactly the same. My old plastic mandolin wore out so i splashed out on a semi professional all metal joby. Stupidly decided to try it out without guard (WHY!) and took end of my finger off. At first did not notice because blade was so sharp but once the spud juice got into the...

Hi Sorry for delay with my reply. The concrete i took up was from underneath sheds, a large patio and a 160' long path which in places was 30" thick with re bar believe it or not! You could have safely landed a 747 in my back garden. We want our garden wild so concrete had to go but we just...

Hello and sorry for delay with my reply. The area will be in full sun and the actual area is dry. I am having 'premium' top soil delivered which is the same as i used in my raised beds and is of great quality. Thankyou