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No one have any thoughts?? Is it better to drop vertically to a gentle fall to the stack or steeper fall all the way??

Putting in a new loo on the same wall as the ouitside main stack and about 4m from it. between the loo and the stack is a 'between floors' stairwell window I have to avoid. So my question is: Do i drop vertically from the toilet 1.5m then run 2.5' to the main stack and use a 92.5' joint...

Hello all. I'm using CAT5 FTP cable (Foil screened CAT 5) for my heating system control centre/network thermostats and it requires the use of CAT5 FTP with the drain shield wire grounded. This is all fine, BUT is best practice to sleave the drain wires in the wiring centre, or does one just...

I've done some mdf free floating shelves and on my second mdf bathroom cabinet (wel set of cabinets) ..as you say, the biggest issue is the edges or anywhere where you open the face of the panel. I used a wood primer and top coat from movac that's intended for spraying. Its really good...

Don't worry - it's not irreprable...btu possible a bit of work...here's what worked for me... You need to get a couple of coats of paint on there thick enough to sand back. I did this as I had a couple of high spots that needed addressing (never plaster in the dark!) Use 180 grit or...

I built my own out of an MDF top with a 3mm steel plate inlet in flat with the top rthat the router screws into from underneath, and old kitchen chopping block for aback and mdf sides...i use a trend TK11 router and it works very well..only about 50cm, by 30 cm top, but big enough for what i...

Need to make some cabinets from MDF...usually get my MDF from B&Q but the edges seem a little soft. (I know MDF IS soft, but soft for MDF). Is there a general opinion than Wicks MDF is better quality than B&Q. Both seem to have deals for 5 sheets for about 15/16quid each... happy to look...

The cheaper ones don;t slide as nicely when you plunge into a cut and base may not be or stay square to the cutter. Often this does not matter too much, but with my small 1/4" green bosch the base is slightly out of square, this means that if I set a 1/4" roundover cutter so it just (fractions...

Thanks. will take a look.

ANy good? Half the price of BAL flexible/mosaic fix which is great but not if my tiles are then going to fall off! Anyone used it or know a cheap source of BAL adhesive?? Thanks, Virgil..

so we've chosen our tiles for the shower enclosure - a light grey bevelled 100x300 tile. Want to set them 'brick bond', so a vertical joint will be in the centre of the tile below, like you would when laying bricks... The problem then comnes at the edges of the cubicle. It'e exactly 1200...

I feel quite bad now...I've only got an over excersised arm!! On the football thing though, my Brotehr in law was a pro footballer and the level of attention they get when they 'get fixed' is unheard of. When I broke my elbow and later when I had an ACL replacement I got a list of physio...

Mine's just due to me being a pen pushing desk jockey...sorry to hear about your's!! So does that mean you're out of work 'till it's better??

And, no...the wife was in all day yesterday, so it's not THAT... Got to hand it to you boys (and any girls) who do this for a living....did a ceiling and three walls yesterday over 7 hours, and today woke up and my right forearm is in pieces ! I know you probably get used to it after a...

These are obviously very rough figures, but you'll get the idea...and the 210l tank is your baseline heat loss, so we'll reference all the heat loss calcs from that... Vaillant 210 loses 1.9kw/24hrs, costs £760 vaillant 310 loses 2.4kw/24hrs, costs £860 take gas at 10p/kw with 0.5kw extra...

I became a statistic of one sort in 1976, aged 3 whern I touched an exposed live wire in a vasccum cleaner...6 weeks in a burns unit and 6 weeks as a daily outpatient ( in the days when my Mum didn't drive, so Dad was working and acting as taxi driver) and ended up losing the end of my right...

agreed... My Sparc really liked my design of my Electrics layout ;-) The good thing when you do it DIY is that you can often afford better kit or better over all solution and still keep the costs way under the 'get the pro in' approach.

came from the fact my Dad was a very very skilled engineer who had no money in the 70s and 80's so did everything himself and to a very high standard...so I've been brought up with the attitude that if you work out how t do something (or ask) and understand the process, rights, wrongs, pitfalls...

I'm a firm beleiver that ANYTHING can be completed by a complete novice...I was when I rendered mine. Second go was in my current house and walls are perfectly flat. My brother and I built my father's workshop and when we measred the block work it was 5mm out from corner to corner, perfectly...

my 10' by 20' workshop with two layer torch on felt roof and electrics cost me about 3k all in 10 years ago...just materials. recon you'll be lucky to do it for a grand...