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I have 2 old sliding cupbaord doors - they are the hollow type. They are coming off the cupbaord to be replaced by newer, better fitted sliding doors. I have another cupboard in a box room that needs doors putting on. It used to have doors, but were removed before we moved in! - they were...

lots of solutions! I ended up going the big cork screw method ( I had some metal ones not the nylon type) - i did not realise that these were strong enough to hold something of weight. They did make a mess of my new plastered wall though! I put in the thread first, then put in a large screw...

well I can sort this one out, but as I say, there will be other walls witout studs to fix to in the future I guess I just need to buy some washers, or use one of the methods above. I would have though there might be some kind of screw+fitting for this kind of problem. It must be a common...

I don't know whether i'm making any sense, maybe that's the problem i'll try again I don't need the hollow wall fixings, I need something to screw into - if you look at these pictures; http://www.diydata.com/materials/wallfix/hollow_wall_fix.htm you'll see that in each one, they are...

not really :) I know for a fact there aren't any studs where I want to hang it (as I made this particular wall myself) - it's only about 80cm wide, and it was used to fill in a stupid internal window that looked horrible. I see what you're saying about fixing straight into the wood of the...

This is a silly question - I need to hang some pictures (some quite heavy) to plasterboard. Now I know that you have to use hollow wall plugs, which I have. The problem is, if you fix something to a wall, the screw then grabs the plug, and you get the fix. However when you drive a screw into a...

so I could fit one of these onto the end of the cable coming from this old looking box? Or do you mean do away with this old thing and put a NTE5 in it's place? why do BT insist BT do it? - it's 2 wires going into 2 screws. How hard can that be?

sorted out electrics in bedroom, now onto the next job want to sort out telephone sockets in the house, at the moment there is one in the lounge, and one in the bedroom. The bedroom is fed from an extension plug from the lounge. Thought it would be easy to add another line up to the computer...

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so they are different to your usual 'hammer' drill? I could do with getting one of those ALDI jobies, the GF will be much more happy than the £300 plus for the bosch ones :lol:

The kitchen will be next! Not sure if it's the same downstairs as well as up. Probably is though. It's very rigid, but like you say it wobbles more than a Neighbours TV set. Will take on board everything. Thanks for the replies. As regards to wires etc. I won't be running any new cable up the...

as it says on the instructions - Electric cables should be installed as system is erected !! :? I think i'll try that method on the rest of the rooms when I come to them - these one's i'll have to try and fix in some other way as the holes i've made are a little large :wink:

for the quick reply 1) Have already bought a job lot of double sockets for the whole house, so don't particulary want to have to buy new ones - it's a thought though. 2) no void, it's just strips of interconnected cardboard. I found a mention of it in my readers digest DIY bible, but I've...

Have sorted out some very bad wiring in the bedroom - a spur on a spur, using bell wire, among other things...anyway, I've added these onto the ring now. Trouble is, I'm replacing singles to doubles. I have 2 issues. 1 - Two of the sockets are on a party wall, and seem to be not made of brick...

was just about to reply to ask if screwfix were any good, as i've just ordered a rad from there....no need - thanks for your help! :)

Been looking at relatively :roll: cheap towel heaters - best prices are online. Has anyone had any problems with online retailers. And what about the dreaded e-bay? There seem to be a lot of e-bay shops selling plumbing supplies, and look legit. Just wanted peoples feedback. I know the...

First time question for the plasterers out there. Is there any special treatment to do before or after plastering in a bathroom - most of the walls will be tiled (not by me) but only half way up. It just needs skimming. Will waterproof PVA be better than the normal PVA before I skim? Or is it...