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Hi guys. I have an old corded Bosch PSB 600 RES and i can not open or close its chuck anymore.........it is a sort of stuck. Could anyone please advice me on how to remove its chuck and where i can get a replacement one which is not going to cost me more than a new drill? I do not want to choke...

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Hi guys. I have removed the radiator in the lounge to be able to plaster the walls. Now, one radiator tail is connected up to the valve via a union nut and the other radiator tail via a compression olive. Idially when i hang the rad back to the wall i would apply a couple of turns of ptfe on the...

Clever idea sooey. Thanks m8:)

Hi guys. Is it ok to connect a straight pan connector with a 40mm offset to a 110mm double socket elbow?The reason why i can not use a 90 degree pan connector is because the pan outlet is about 30mm offset to the soil pipe, so i want to connect the pan outlet with a straight pan connector with...

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Hi guys. Does any of you know any tricks of the trade on how to apply cement weld around a 110 mm soil pipe quickly so that it can be pushed all the way into a 110 mm fitting before the glue dries? I have used cement weld to join together 32 and 40 mm pipes with their correspective fittings no...

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Hi all. I want to buy a SDS hammer drill. Screwfix sell a Bosch @ £ 100 with a discount of £ 50. BES sell a Hitachi with more or less the same specs @ 120. If the Hitachi is better than Bosch I do not mind paying the extra £ 20. Can u please advice me on which one should I go for? Btw I will not...

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Hi all. Can you please tell me the best way to drill a hole in plywood with a hole saw? Every time i use a hole saw to try to cut a hole in timber, being it plywood or floor boards, the hole saw jams and springs off my hands, the pilot hole bit breaks and i nearly break my wrist. I am surely...

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Hi guys. I need to run about 3 m of 40 mm washing machine waste pipe and i need to put quite a few bends in. I would like to use large radius 40 mm 90 degree elbows. My question is; are the large radius elbows exactly 90 degree or the waste pipe will come off in an angle? Thank you very much...

That's called a swadger I think

So are those two 90 degree bends too close to each other then? is it too risky?

Hi guys thank you very much for taking the time to answer my post. Delta T2 unfortunately i do not know how to post up a sketch but i think you got the picture. Basically, say that you are facing a wall where you are going to install your new close coupled toilet and on your right hand side...

Thank you very much for your help m8 unfortunately the friend of mine has changed her mind and wants now go for a close coupled however i will bear that in mind for my next job. Thanks again.

Hi guy. I friend wants to redo her bathroom and wants to change her old low level toilet for a close coupled one. At the mo, the soil stack sticks out of the external wall and connects up sideways to the toilet outlet with a 90 degree cast iron collar. I will have to cut the soil stack but since...

Thanks m8 very clear pictures. Would i have to buy the frame to fix it up into the ceiling joist and down into the floor joist separetely or all the wall hung toilets come like that? Also is it possible to connect the pan outlet sideways ( i mean the soil pipe sticks out of the wall...