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I like both ideas. I'll dig out my school-days soldering iron. Is there any way to determine what plastic the draw cover/flap is made from? I guess the glue I need to add plastic strengthening over the soldered sections will depend on the plastic. I've searched for the info and found...

I've tried Superglue Precision and All Plastics but the flex of the acrylic (?) flap keeps breaking it at the glued sections, even though I removed the cover and glued it at room temp. What can I use that will be stable inside a domestic freezer.. oh and not fumigate all the food and me...

What do I need to apply to crumbly exterior brick mortar, before re-pointing? I have repointed here and there in the past, as I'd like to think I'm a keen and competent DIYer, but I haven't done it where the existing mortar is so crumbly and sand-like. It is only one course of mortar that...

Yes, it was for security reasons. I just want to lock all the doors, for when I am out of the house, really. The magnetic catches are pretty strong and keep in place the door I don't want to open. Call me lazy, but I had set my sights on a single lock for the double doors and came up with...

No, the space behind the double doors is completely free of any partition or frame that any lock arm could lock onto. I didn't want to complicate things by indicating there is a partition, but it is too recessed from the front for any kind of lock to lock onto. I hope these pics make it...

The wardrobe is fitted and has conventional double doors, that open to the left and right to reveal the whole storage space, and a single door to the left. There are also smaller, identical doors above. I wanted to fit the same locks for both double and single doors (+ the above ones) and...

I've always pre-mixed cement or concrete when I've done small diy jobs - make a ramp up to a garage, fill in gaps in paving, fix posts in a garden - and never poured dry cement into a hole and added water afterwards. I haven't had any problems, so does it really matter? I was looking at...

Thanks. What fixings? I don't want to go wrong with this.

Cheers. I sort of talked myself out of using foam, because of the mess, and was going to try to pack the gap with wood and fill the remaining space with Siroflex Building Silicone (white) http://www.idealsealants.com/siroflex-building-silicone-sealant-oak-caramel-310ml_c115p120.php If you...

How about going back to the original idea of brackets? Would that solve the problem of the top supporting too much weight? I thought the two large 12" x 10" brackets would be best + one or two of the 10" x 8" ones. Maybe I could glue front-to-back battens to the underside and support the...

Which is best for a gap between a garage door wood frame & brick wall - silicone sealant or expanding foam? The gap on one side is pretty much 5mm, top to bottom and pretty similar on the other side. Don't know if the photos do it justice: The garage has doors at either end, so the...

I've tapped all the sides all over and they seem solid, but can't see how it's been assembled. I've marked in the picture below where I think the joins must be: The sides are 17mm/²/₃in thick. I think thin ply has been added to all the surfaces to conceal the joins and screws/nails...