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My front garden slopes gently away from the road toward my house. It's 28 feet / ~8m long and the drop is around 1 foot. It's currently gravel onto bare earth (no sub-base) so I've never had any issues with flooding. I'd like to put in a new driveway. I do have some constraints though - due to...

WHatever you do, make sure there is something jammed between the doors keeping them open as well. A sudden gust of wind once slammed my (unrestrained) door shut whilst the cat was sat nearby with his tail dangling over the threshold... Poor chap ended up with a broken tail requiring surgery.

Hi all, I'm looking to add a couple of rads to my heating system (pressurised system powered by a 38kW Worcester-Bosch combi). Where I'm puzzled is what I do about cleaning out the swarf and flux when I'm finished. When I've plumbed anything before it's a simple case of blasting water through...

Hi, My house was built 100 years ago, so the original WC was a through-floor soil connection into clay. The previous owner had this adapted to 4" plastic, and used a 90-degree pan connector to fit a close-coupled toilet that sat an inch from the wall (looked a bit gash). I've ripped it all...

Thanks all, that gives me quite a bit to consider. That's one of the things I love about DIYnot, you ask how to achieve Plan A but then the hive-mind reveals there's also a Plan B and a Plan C that might work better or be easier!

As my cars have barely turned a wheel since the lockdown, I've been using a battery maintenance charger to top the batteries off, but probably not as often as I should. I'd like to fit the charger in a weatherproof enclosure near the cars so I do it more often, and because I need to select...

A gentle heat source can help... As mentioned by others above the issue is that water condenses out of moist warm air when it reaches a cold surface, and by definition bedrooms contain at least one source of warm moist air during the coldest part of the day! I built a sliding-door wardrobe into...

Well I think it's brilliant! I echo that a bigger toothpaste tube might be handy, but I like that you've made it fully-reusable instead of just having a compartment to put a non-recyclable one. One benefit of your design that I'd highlight is that you can fully remove the toothbrush head part to...

Thanks - any recommendations on a good brand that is easy to clean? I've tried evostic impact (in a tin with a plastic spreader) and made a real mess lol

I've fitted laminate worktops in my kitchen, and did some investigation into methods to stick the edging strip before I did it. As the worktops are gloss (yes, they will scratch!) the PVA and iron method wasn't recommended as the heat can ruin the finish. With several linear metres to be done, I...

Well, I gave it two goes and I don't think I'm destined to have a career as a professional bender... But if anyone else finds this here is what I tried and what I think went wrong (apart from my lack of skill!). I cut a couple of 2-3 foot lengths of 40mm in black (to hide the scorchmarks!)...

Right, it looks like I might be sniffing some plastic fumes at the weekend then! Thanks all. I'll report back.

I'm about to plumb in the sink in my new kitchen project. Due to bit of a rubbish design to the sink waste, I've had to use a straight McAlpine trap (the sort with the diaphragm, intended for kitchen use). The result of this is that the angle the pipe comes out is not ideal and I can't simply...

Thanks, glad I'm not pursuing something too mad!

My kitchen cabinets are curved to ease access into my kitchen. So, for worktops I need a square edge so I can route a 200mm radius curve between the front and return. Problem is that we can't find any square edge worktops in a pattern we like... There is a worktop with a 3mm radiused edge that...

Thanks guys, I hadn't thought of a tarp, that may well be the way to go.

I've become complacent with having had so many sunny weekends recently... This afternoon I wanted to do some jobs involving cutting various sorts of man-made wood with powertools. Both big no-nos in the rain! I don't want to do it inside due to the dust. As next weekend is forecast to be much...

Various bodges / shoddy work in my house. Firstly the electrics... The previous owners told me it had a full rewire a few years before, but when I moved in I realised there were very few sockets despite the "full rewire". When the time came to add a few sockets I saw my first ever VIR cable...

That's brilliant! I have an eight element colinear that I built for ADS-B and I can get aircraft out over the North Sea, beyond Gt Yarmouth (I'm near the Beds/Cambs border), but back toward the SW get very little due to man-made obstacles. You're getting a similar range with a much smaller...

You got it - fortunately for TV I've got line of sight to Sandy Heath so am on the verge of needing attenuators! This is for stuff like ADS-B transmissions - from my current antenna position I get great signal in one direction but am in the shadow of houses in the other hence wanting to put...