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I searched the forum (and the internet in general) for discussions about this system, but came up with very little. On the face of it it seems like a good option, not only is the hire potentially cheaper with rates very reasonable (£200/week) but it looks like it'll do less damage to my tiles...

I got my replacement sealed unit today, and it's got tape round the edges. I googled if I'm supposed to remove it before fitting and the answer was 'yes', and I started doing that, but it's pulling bits of the spacer bar rubber with it, so it looks like I need to cut it off and it looks like...

Hi everyone, I have a faulty rad valve, seems to be very slowly leaking. It was originally a TRV4, and I just discarded the original themostatic top and put the smart thermostat on top of it, and obviously I could do the same again, just wondering what's the go-to replacement that plumbers...

I bought a couple of taps a few years back: Grohe 32629 001 Concetto Basin Mixer High Spout PUW I wanted to get the same again, but that seems to have been discontinued. I managed to find a similar tap with slightly different model number...

Lots of places sell temporary fencing in 3.5m lengths, with 2m height. I've noticed the clamps leave a gap though, so if you want an enclosure for small pets it's necessary to resort to so-called kennel clamps, but these are expensive. Example, normal clamps with gap, are peanuts and available...

Having had this system for a couple of years now it's OK, but the alkaline batteries for the rad valve units are indicated as in need of replacing when only about half the capacity is gone. So it generates large amounts of half-used batteries and I don't have enough other devices (e.g. torches)...

As a Makita lover I've tried hard to justify dropping £600 on a bare DUP180Z. I can't. So I have a few options: Bosch pruner (using the 12v system). It's a little odd that these are only available from Ebay and Aliexpress making me wonder if they're all actually fake. It's a nice idea...

I started off this week-end with a fairly straightforward project idea. An 80cm x 200cm space on the wall where I want to put a cupboard, with a couple of printers. Except they're heavy. And so I wanted shelves that are a little more sturdy than the usual shelves which just rest on some rods...

I think I'd best describe it as like the image below, except without the zig-zag. I want this to put a bolt on a half-height door along the top edge, if that makes any sense. Oddly I can't find any such thing. It will be for internal use. Thanks!

I'm looking for a chipper or shredder recommendation for a budget of about £1000. It needs to deal with lots of leylandii, and I don't want something that clogs up all the time, also I need to be able to store it in the garage, so I'm looking for more of an upright machine, or one that can be...

All the above systems will stay upright to some extent without bracing (yes, I know you'd be nuts to do this for anything serious). My question is hypothetical: assuming a 6ft cube (4 uprights, 8 horizontals), which of the above systems would result in a more rigid structure assuming no bracing...

My dishwasher is a pretty old model, Bosch SGS43T72GB/16 from around 2009. It's leaking seemingly from the bottom seal (although I can't be sure), so I decided to pull it out and have a look. The old seal is in a pretty bad state, but it seems they do the replacement for about £15 so I thought...

For the admins: It seems this is now just another Q&A forum and the 'no queries' directive is no longer being enforced. I've posted here in the past and I have a few projects that I wanted to add but I think this is no longer the right place, so I'm going to go for the Screwfix 'project photos'...

I've looked on the Timco site and there seems to be nothing saying which screw is appropriate for the valley of a corrugated steel sheet (standard 18mm corrugation height, 76.2 between peaks). I've seen EDPM washers size 14mm, 16mm and 19mm, so are they all OK, or is one type preferable? Seems...

At about £112 it's not bad value, but I don't like the casters, they look like they'll give up early. Looks a very simple build though. I haven't priced the timber yet.

Does anyone know of a cheap supplier for this, in approximately 3m lengths who can deliver nationally? I plan to buy a fair bit so not bothered about shipping costs. Please don't just say something like 'look for someone local' because I already did! I've made some rough calculations about...

I have a shed base (6ft x 8ft), and having taken away the shed I'd like to now build a small block building in the same place. The slab is about 80-90cm type 1 compacted, then about the same concrete on top with mesh in the middle that goes to the edges. I'm wondering if I can get away with...

We have a Bosch dishwasher that we've been using for years without issue, but after about 5 years of use we started getting rust-like spots on our cutlery. This seems to be caused by the rubber film over the basket breaking (I don't really understand how), and then the metal of the basket...

I've seen this adapter from Makita (327687-6 Adaptor D). It adapts a normal drill chuck to their earth Auger. It's a bit on the expensive side for a piece of metal with a hole in it at about £40. Amazon have loads of similar items for SDS, SDS plus and SDS max, but there's no hex-> earth...

Hi everyone, What's the best way to set up a relay to control a socket outlet? I'd want it latching. Was thinking of a DIN rail enclosure, maybe like this: https://www.internet-electrical.co.uk/switchgear/din-rail-modular-enclosures A relay module, something like this...