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Will stick some photos up soon - just need to re-charge my camera 'cos the room the cabinet is in is dark so I'll need a flash!

Anything involving drilling is pretty much out of the question, again due to the lack of clearance which is only 130mm. Have just been out to B&Q to size up a Dremel. It would certainly fit and give me more than enough cut depth and I could use a jig. However I have been reading that, as...

...may have been a better option in retrospect but I have already had all of the shelves cut to size assuming that I'll slot them. Doh. I'm considering getting a Dremel DSM20 to do it. I think this would make it a breeze as I could make a set of jigs to get the shelves at the right height...

I'm adding some shelves to a pair of existing cabinets and I need to be able to cut some 16mm slots 75mm back into a pair of supporting uprights to take the new shelves (they're CD/video cabinets, in case you were wondering.) My problem is that I have a *lot* of these cuts to make, I want the...

An update on this. Although the arester seems to be doing it's job fine, I can't get the hose to stop dripping where it joins the arester. I'm thinking about fitting one of these at the mains water inlet now...

I fitted it (directly onto the machine inlet) this afternoon, John, and it was immediately obvious from a test wash cycle that things are different. The noise of the internal valve opening and closing is much less audible and not as "harsh" (if that makes sense) and the pipe is hardly moving at...

I've just been to tool station and bought one. Somewhat surprisingly the packaging recommends installing it directly onto the washing machine outlet, not between the hose and the shut off valve. Although this is counter-intuitive I guess it makes sense since the washing machine shutting off...

Thanks again, John - you've convinced me! Do these things have a "maximum operating pressure" and should I check the mains pressure first and consider a pressure reducer/limiter at the mains inlet if necessary? (This probably all sounds paranoid but the leak we've had was pretty bad and...

Cheers, John! :) Do they just go inline between the valve and hose? Do you (or anyone else on the forum) have any good or bad experiences of using them? I must confess that the cynic in me is reluctant to replace one potential point of failure (ie the connection between the shut-off valve...

I've recently put a new washing machine into a new house which has quite high water pressure and despite being done up "hand tight" the inlet has started to leak after a few days. When the washing machine feed comes on and shuts off I can see the pipe and hose jerk quite violently. I have...

One thing I noticed is that the washers that came out were much bigger than the 3/4 washers that went in. Is this just because of compression over time or is it possible that the washers should be bigger? I notice that Toolstation sell 1" washers.

LMAO at the comments on the mastic and kecks btw! Please be assured I was not wearing pinkies at the time, in fact I'm not entirely sure where the pink on the reflection came from. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Thanks, all. Got them both off, replaced washers and now they both drip worse than before! Seems to be quite a lot of crap on the "seat" so I'm guessing this is where re-seating comes in? Haven't done that before so again, any tips much appreciated.

The photo show a pic of a pair of bath taps that I'm trying to replace washers on. The tap top and protective cover have come off of the cold easily but are stuck fast on the hot tap (high limescale area.) Any tips for how to get them off? Any advice on getting to the washers in...

Replacing the worktops wasn't an option for me. I don't have the gear or the skills to do it and getting someone in was too expensive. So I did pretty much what I said in my first post. It wasn't quick and I needed much patience but it worked our really well (and really cheap!) So I...

I'm attempting to repair two holes in a laminated kitchen work surface that the previous occupants in their infinite wisdom cut through it! The holes are a 28mm diameter circle and a 42mm edge square. I have sourced a sample of matching laminate and am intending to first plug the holes...

Thanks for the suggestion - I tried giving it a whack with lump hammer and also tried a cold chisel on it. I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon! It's solidly embedded and I suspect that the concrete step will be the first thing to go if I hit it much more.

I have a late '60s house with an external door that has a metal threshold strip sunk into the concrete door step. A garage has since been retro-fitted so this external door is now an internal door. Whoever did the garage conversion didn't change the door to a firedoor and I want to correct...