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Nah, pilot hole is about 75mm deep tops - I'm using regular length HSS drills. My primary concern was to stop splitting a I'm going across the longer section of the timber, for this the hole has been successful, and I typically only hit real real resistance when I get the screw into the older...

drilling at 5mm pilot, but my drill bit is only long enough to get 2/3 the way through the top timber. Will supply photos when I get home, I don't bring my tools to work as I work in an office :)

I've got a project where I'm needing to drive some 6x150mm woodscrews into timber joists (a pair of 4x2" for simplicity sake). The screws I got are goldscrew PZ double countersunk, which are by and large fine. The problem I'm having is the PZ3 driver bit is struggling at maximum torque to stay...

Hiya Following on from an earlier thread. I have a glow-worm Ultimate2 35c combi gas boiler, and have recently (black friday woo!) got a Tado 'smart' thermostat. I have currently installed this in a like-for-like situation using the wiring the old mechanical thermostat was on (some 1.5mm t&e)...

Thanks, but i was looking for the installation manual, not the operating manual.

Hi all, Just to say I've found the installation manual through other sources (a contact at Vaillant) so if anyone needs it please get in touch via these forums (file is too big to upload).

There's still plenty of useful information in the installation manual, and better than nothing which I have at the moment.

That is what I'm posting for, the house vendors and conveyancing solicitor have been a bit useless on this.

yep. definitely.

Hi all Recently moved house, new place has a recently fitted (last year) Glow Worm Ultimate2 35c boiler. it's lovely. I'm trying to find the installation manual for this, however according to glow worms website, it doesn't seem to exist. Anyone got any ideas? I've emailed glow-worm...

Thanks all. Windows are totally shot. They're old, 80's/90's double glazing. Most, if not all, glazed units blown, one on the rear has a pond in it. Frames have seen much better times as well, hardware is iffy at best. Front door is timber and has warped, you can see daylight around it when...

Hi all, Had a visit from 3 seperate local double glazing firms, to quote for front windows and doors, each have suggested a different solution to the problem, which is road noise, in a nutshell.. Firm 1: Duraflex frames with 'Acoustic glass' Firm 2: Rehau frames with laminate glass Firm 3...

Interesting reading - many thanks!

I have a large, mature box (with a bit of privet mixed in) hedge in my front garden (about 4-5ft heigh). It's size is such that it is affecting visibility for any vehicles on my drive. I'd like to cut it back substantially, to remedy the visibility issue, and to reclaim some lawn space. Is...

As others have said, spiders are useful critters to have around, they'll keep pests and flies at bay, and are (mostly) harmless. It can be a nuisance walking into a spidersweb now and again, but that's the price we pay of sharing our world with other critters. If you're desperate to reduce the...

Some bright spark in years past (70's I reckon, given what other detritus I've dug up) had decided to lay some tarmac type stuff in my back garden, in a strip adjoining the lawn. My desired outcome is to extend the lawn over this area (about 1x7m). It's a fairly undefined patch of tarmac...

Ducksback went on 2 weeks ago. Prior to that it was originally blue stained (from factory), and then about 5 years ago previous owner hosed it (badly) with some horrible shade of brown, slightly waxy paint of some sort. None of the knot holes are loose, some have split slightly, but you can...

I've just re-assembled a largish shed at the top of my garden. The shed itself is probably over 10 years old, yet is still sound. I want to start filling it with bits of car (long term project) however after some recent driven rain I noticed that despite having 3 coats of Cuprinol Ducksback...

they just about fit over a belle mini-mix. Or a stack of tyres.

Like a masseuse? :D