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Yeah, I should have been more specific in my criticism of chinese goods - the country is more than capable of making high quality products but, of course, we in the west 'demand' low prices meaning that quality takes a nosedive and we get garbage that lasts no time at all. Electronic goods are...

Thanks for the suggestions. I've bought cheap chinese-made bits in the past which are understandably rubbish, therefore today I thought I'd browse Amazon and some other sites and look at the reviews. Inevitably there are some bad scores which usually cite badly made bits and breaking bits, so I...

In other words a set that has bits that are of a high quality and won't break? Even DeWalt and Bosch sets (for example) are made in china and get their share of bad reviews due to malformed and breaking bits. Are there any good quality sets made in the UK for example?

Useful to know, thanks for the heads up.

Thanks, the TERF screws that I bought were supposedly A2 .......... but I'm not convinced. Are TERF Chinese? Also, as I now plan to go for TIMCO I guess those really are A2 steel? https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KV6YTHS/

Maybe I should originally have bought 'rust resistant' galvanised .......... but now I may go for these stainless steel Timco screws: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KV6YTHS/

Thanks, didn't realise that stainless were a bit softer. Even so, bearing in mind the not-excessively-hard wood that I screw them into I'm very surprised that some broke. Also, they only broke during the final tightening, in other words they were fully in and I only 'snugged them up' at the end...

Thanks a lot, will find somewhere to buy some online. BTW, the ones that broke were TERF screws.

I need some stainless steel screws for an outside job (on some fence posts). I want stainless steel for their anti-rusting (as opposed to coated galvanised screws). Already bought one highly scored set on Amazon only to find that the heads come off when doing the final tightening ........... I...

Thanks for the suggestions, some useful thoughts there.

There are four short posts, only about 3 feet high, but over a period of time were leaned on then broken by some low hanging tree branches (all hidden under a lot of undergrowth which is why I didn't see the damage occurring). Because I don't feel like digging out a load of concrete for four...

Thank you Rob, good point about chemicals possibly damaging pipework, that particularly being a problem if it's hidden.

Thanks. Out of interest, is that even more powerful than Mr Muscle gel?

Thanks for the reply Rob. Yes, same waste pipe for the sink and bath. Getting to the trap to pull it will be difficult due to the way that the bath's main side panel is attached - is there a way to clean out any any soap residue, etc without removing the trap? Mr Muscle gel for example?

Usual bathroom arrangement - sink, bath and toilet. When using the sink I sometimes hear glugging/gurgling from the plughole in the bath, this is normal. Today I filled the sink with water to wash something (I very rarely fill the sink (maybe once every few months, if that)), usually I only...

Thanks. There are fields near me, I suspect that there are hundreds of rats (been like this for many years but they rarely cause me a problem).

Nice idea, thanks. Who was the Ebay seller, or was this some time ago?

Thanks. Electronic rat trap has already been set.

A door sill in an old outbuilding/shed has been seriously scrabbled at by a rat leaving an approx 1 inch deep groove (tapering off to about half an inch over a length of about 12 inches, about 4 inches wide). It also made a nice hole in the bottom of the door which I've now patched up, however...

Thanks.