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I'm trying to identify a suitable drain cover to replace the half-broken piece of concrete that's doing a bad job of holding the drain pipe in place - see photo. From the measurements I've taken it looks like the inner diameter of the outer ring is approx 160mm. The drain pipe is only...

The resistor and chip are relatively cheap and readily available so if indeed faulty I would replace both too. Based on my experience i would also get yourself some lead based solder to de-solder / solder with - not the lead free stuff which was a bugger to work with and resulted in my...

An update on what happened with repairing my controller - Got all the parts and was ready to go. 1st cheap (Chinese) soldering iron failed to work so back it went and off to TLC i went to get a better one. Found even with that one that i struggled to unsolder the components from the board...

Just got my parts delivered thanks to RS. waiting now for the soldering iron & bits to arrive. looking forward to not washing the dishes tonight...

Thanks both. I'll order my bits and when they arrive give it a go. I'll be back with an update once its done - which may take some time given the current state of affairs

Hi Phil, My slimline dishwasher has just failed seemingly with the same fault - the resistor has gone open circuit and it looks like the power IC has small hole in it, though a slightly different place to where yours failed. Is your fix still holding? like you i can't quite make out...

48 - 72 hrs. wow. ok. this is going to take some time. I have dug out some of the floor previously for other works and from memory what i assume to be the DPM (Clear plastic sheet) looked surprisingly thin. Looks like surface DPM is what is going to be needed - but i'll see what my...

Having acquired a floor hygrometer (foam box with temp / humdity sensor in it & butyl tape) i've started checking the humidity of a ~ 50 year old ground floor slab. Construction i think is 50mm screed above DPC. not sure what's below the DPC, but i guess another 100mm of concrete. I have...

Continuing on from my previous post about repairing cracks, I will now be re-skimming a couple of the worst walls in my partners loft conversion and have a couple of questions: 1) Preparation As i read somewhere else - failing to prepare is preparing to fail. So, i'm planning is to knock...

Thanks SFK. something along those lines was my fall back option. Not ideal, but anything has to be better than nothing. In a perfect world i'd take it down and re-board but this was supposed to be a quick decorate and on to the next room. Once again, i'm learning that simple tasks never are.

Unfortunately not Ken. The room is a loft conversion so no access above.

I'm having a go at patching cracks in the plasterboard walls / ceilings of my partners flat. Having done some research, the plan was to dig out and expand the crack, cover with scrim tape then skim over and feather in. So far, so good. As i go stuck into opening up the cracks (which are all...

I'm curious - I thought crimps were one of the acceptable ways producing maintenance free joints (the other being to solder. why do you say they're unsuitable ?

I'm not sure i have anywhere in mind per se - this is more of 'trying to understand' question (prompted by EFLImpudence's comment on my post about insulating tape). Are you inferring that there is no use for S-A tape in a domestic setting ? If i were to think of a use in domestic electrics...

On the matter of self-amalgamating tape, are all tapes made equal? Screwfix sell an unbranded one that is described as "Suitable for jointing, splicing and repairing cables, hoses, plastic and metallic tube" but with little information beyond that. Then there's the likes of 3M scotch 130C...

Seems i picked a good question to ask. thanks for all the replies. Not that i used i much anyway, but will defo refrain from its use. apart from as temporary plasters. hadn't considered that.

Having spent some time viewing via professional electrician the many horrors that can be hidden by electrical insulating tape and having got the sense from reading various posts on various forums that the use of electrical insulating tape is frowned on; I got to wondering - are there any...

two reasons - 1) I'm battoning out the wall to install insulation / sound proofing and the existing 2.5mm singles in conduit are not long enough to reach the new sockets 2) I'm taking to opportunity to add additional sockets on the ring - thus 'splitting the ring'. with hindsight i missed...

if it's got to be that way i might as well get some 2.5mm singles. or junctions. there's something in me though that just doesn't like the idea of putting a number of hidden junctions in - even if done properly the regs do allow it, and i've got the kit to test it before and after at every...

The top surface of the screed floor is well above the ground level outside and about 3" above the visible DPM in the outer skin of brickwork. Having looked at the price of Ardex it looks like i could apply 1 layer DPM1c for the same price as buying a hygrometer so was starting to think that it...