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The OP no longer seems to be a member. It might be advisable to start your own thread.

I am west London based (currently Ealing). I am a decorator rather than a plumber but if you want I can PM you the details of a guy who has done lots of work for family members and some of my customers. His name is Devsi. (If you are local I can recommend Paul the plumber for non gas work- he...

I have only used my multitool to remove grout a few times. Low speed was useless- it resulted in a lot of vibration. In each case the tiles were ceramic so I had to watch out for the glazed edges of the tiles. I found that 50-70% speed worked best for me. I tried to stay in the middle of the...

Likewise, I use a quarter inch Makita palm router for letting in door hinges and very minor jobs and a half inch Dewalt for bigger jobs such as Belfast sinks. The Dewalt is far too cumbersome for door hinges (in my opinion- unless you are using a proper routing template).

Back in the days when Nokia were still king (late 90's). I set the alarm on my phone to wake me up just after I had missed my stop (l was drunk). I slept through the alarm anyway and woke up 30 miles from home on the last train. My journey should have been 12 miles. My drunkenness added 60 miles...

Thanks, I didn't think of that. I normally use spit.

I only use about 4 canisters per year. I have the Rough Neck gun with the PTFE needle, not the one with loads of PTFE which costs more. I often leave the canisters attached for months. Worst case scenario, the propellant in the canister has escaped. In such cases, I fit a new canister. I only...

As per other posts, if you are going for battery based tools, you will be locked into their ecosystem because of the cost of the batteries and chargers. Off the top of my head, Dewalt, Makita and Milwaukee will offer the widest range of tools that you might need without requiring you buy...

I do not know the answer, but I suspect that @crank39 will.

I sorely miss the Last Orders app. It used to show me the opening and closing times of all pubs in the area (London). I did speak to one of the developers, he told me that he was hoping that the likes of Heineken would eventually buy the app. I guess that they ran out of money during covid...

I looked at it today. I seem to have managed to damaged the o-ring. It must have been when I was trying to force in a copper pipe at an angle. Mea culpa.

I am not a proper plumber, but... On site this morning, I went to use the outdoor tap and noticed that one of the t junction speedfits had split because of the frost. I mentioned it to the customer and suggested that it would be OK for a day or so until the frost went. It was cold- so I went to...

Or you can use white cement with the grey cement. One of my besties is a pointer. He has been doing it for years. He can look at a job and say "yeah, 1 white cement to 3 parts of grey cement". Additionally he will source the sand as required. His work is stunning, particularly his weather...

If you are repainting emulsion, you don't need to sand it unless you plan to sand away imperfections. Assuming that there are no smokers and the walls are not covered in grease, in most cases you can simply emulsion over them. Like @Wayners , I am a decorator. I tend to sand walls before...

Sorry, when you said it mirrors you phone I thought you were taking about something like screen casting.

As a test, I just went to the WA web site. It is asking me to use my phone to set up the trust relationship (again). The last time that I used WA on a browser was less than a year ago. That said, I seldom use the app. Digital noise (IMO). I do understand why people use it though.

Yeah, you need a phone number to install it on your phone and then you need the same phone to establish a trust relationship with the pc/browser, but other than that, the phone could be in a completely different location. It is not simply screen casting. Sorry mate,you said it is not a stand...

Why would you handwash hot water... /ducksForCover

Not quite true. You need a phone with WA installed (to scan the QR code) but you can install it on a PC and use it even if you don't have your phone with you. From memory, you can run it in a browser on a PC.

Last year I worked on a domestic site. The plumber was using blue paper as loo roll. I had to explain to the "site manager" that blue paper and kitchen paper do not break down when wet and will eventually, potentially, block the soil pipes. One would hope that a plumber would know better...