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Hi. The pic shows the type of garage door I have. A slam caused by high wind has left one side wonky with the cable off its grooves. I unclipped the cable from the plastic cone but can't figure out how to put it back. Do you start with the door in the closed position? That seems logical to...

Dooly noted...

Interesting, thanks lads. In the past, I've never had to isolate the cooker before resetting the RCD but in all those past cases, the element was totally blown. In this case, where I had to isolate the cooker first, the element is still heating up so I'm guessing that when the element fails...

Hi. Every few years the element of my fan oven will 'blow'. The electric for the whole house cuts off and all I need do is flick the RCD switch back on and fit another element. The current element is just a month old and yesterday dinner-time something odd happened: dinner was just about...

Hi Madrab and thanks for replying. I'm afraid I don't clearly understand "...the fill valve that's passing and knocking the flush valve". Could you elaborate, please? I should also have said that the noise happens anytime, even long after the cistern has filled up.

Hi. This is my cistern: https://www.diynot.com/diy/attachments/img_20190627_102421859-jpg.166704/ and I think the bit with the 2 red caps is this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ideal-Standard-Armitage-Conceala-flush/dp/B00I461ZQ0?tag=diynotcom-21 I'm hearing a faint squelchy/whistly noise from the...

Hi again. I've borrowed my mate's cordless drill (I've never used one before) but he doesn't have the attachment that allows you to drill in a hexhead coach screw. Once I've drilled the pilot holes, will it be simple enough to put the coach screws in with a socket wrench? Many thanks.

Thanks John. I was thinking of plastic/nylon washers, actually. I've been told that if you put stainless and aluminium together, you'll still get corrosion where they touch. Seems odd to a layman like myself but the world is full of weirdness...

Thanks to you all. Change of plan, I'm not going to use the existing holes. I've a new thread here if you're interested: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/which-screw-or-bolt-to-use-aluminium-to-wood-clad-house.553073/

Hi. When my wood-clad house was built, the builder put a block of wood behind a section of it so that a satellite dish could be put up. Said dish has rusted away so I'm starting from scratch and trying to be as corrosion-proof as possible. The bracket I want to put up is in the pic. The...

Hi JohnD, and thanks for the tips. What's the benefit of the lube (and are you talking, say, general purpose oil or something like silicone grease?)? If the screw is stainless and the bracket aluminium where would the corrosion occur? Also, what do you mean by 'the other way round'?

Hah!- now that I have a name (coach screw - thanks Notch7) searching is much easier. Just found this: https://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d02024/stainless-steel-coachscrews-m8x50mm/dp/FN02735# You'd think they'd come with washers, though...

Yes, 50mm it is. Typo... My satellite dish bracket rusted away so I'm fitting a new dish with new bracket, both aluminium. The house is timber clad, there's a square block of wood behind a section of the cladding which I asked the builder to put in specifically to hold the dish. The new...

Hi. This is one of the wood screws that I want to replace with stainless steel versions. Using my old ruler, I think they're M8's. The screw minus the hex-head is 50cm. Everywhere I look, the potential replacements are only partially threaded with a smooth section at the top. Have fully...

Job done, my thanks to you all. John – not enough was protruding to get a grip with pliers so had to knock the screw backwards. Lostinthelight – milk container,great tip.

Hi. The knob on my sister's kitchen units is of the type in the pic (I just pulled this pic off the web). The knob won't screw on although it WILL accept a new screw which suggests the existing screw is damaged in some way. The head of the existing screw isn't flush with the back of the door...

That was it. Many thanks, guys.

Hi. If you go to 4m50s of this youtube video, you'll see how easy it is for him to lock the arms in position. My one isn't the same model but the principle is the same. However, I just can't get the two bits to meet, never mind lock. I'm pushing upwards with a LOT of force but still can't...

Sorted - I can rest easy now. Thanks again.

Thanks, lads. I found a video that talks of 'strain reliefs'. I'll disassemble tomorrow to see if my new part has something similar.