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hi everyone I am redecorating my attic bedroom, where I have pine skirting boards/facings, velux windows and some doors (wardrobe, storage space etc). I stripped the old varnish off, since it became old and nasty-looking and was going to re-varnish everything. now a friend tells me that...

my thinking was that I would use a short core and just grind, not drill, putting very little pressure and making sure it doesn't get stuck by increasing the diameter slightly. a 40mm core is not that massive, so shouldn't have much kinetic energy. I don't think the motor is powerful enough to...

you are absolutely right ntp, I completely forgot about rotation speed! thanks!

hi everyone I have a stupid question. I need to make some circular (35mm) depressions in concrete, only half a centimetre deep. buying a diamond core with an arbor and a pilot seems like overkill and quite expensive so I was wondering if I could just buy the core and screw it onto my 115mm...

that was most useful, thanks SandyLyon. any opinion on the pipe diameter for the washing machine?

I would be very thankful for any information on using compression fittings with plastic pipe. googling only shows non-UK products. still can't find brass inserts anywhere. is this something not widely used?

thanks Charnwood. what would the correct inserts be? I assume they have to be copper or brass, but searching on diy.com and screfix only returns plastic.

guys, I have previously used solder ring and compression fittings on 15mm/22mm copper pipes. that worked really well and still serves me without trouble. now I need to get cold main water supply into attic, and the only way to do it is via a hollow wall (metal studs and plasterboard). so I...