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Hi Symptoms, Please can you help? I've just started to address my window, have sketched out the pattern and have started to attempt cutting out the shapes for the coloured glass design..... Only problem is i keep breaking the glass!!!! Is there a technique i'm missing??? The glass cutter is...

Hi Symptoms, Just started to address my smashed window after tracking down glass and cames etc... Having extreme difficulty cutting the glass and then seperating it without breaking it??? I borrowed a glass cutter off a friend of mine, he said its been worn in for about four years and wouldbe...

Symptoms, Thanks alot for your advice, am going to a place today after work my friend advised me to get lead and glass from. I'm really looking forward to it, i saw a program on TV years ago and remember the method you explain with plyboard etc and had a basic idea of how it works. If this...

I have just recently smashed a reclaimed lead lite window whilst changing the beading, basically i turned round and it fell out and is now pretty unrepairable. I've decided to reconstruct it myself.... Can anyone tell me where i can get the lead from and how to solder the lead together? Is it...

Hi, I just puchased a great little Makita hammer/screwdriver/drill deal from screwfix... 18volt with 3 batteries 1/2 inch chuck £99, can't go wrong for that price half hour charging time for batteries. Was £180 i think but be quick there deals don't last long! rik.

Thanks Bigburner. rik.

Hi Guys, Can you advise??? I'm about to embark on a project of installing a pre assembled loft hatch and ladder kit, the sort that have a larger door with folding steps on the door. I'm relocating the hatch into the landing ceiling from the bathroom. I have a house that was built around...

Well tony, At the end of the day fuel is fuel where it comes from it doesn't matter. During maintenance checks aircraft are often defuelled and replenished with fuel from another aircraft, but i know what you're saying. Its a bit like driving to the cheapest petrol station and filling up...

Well must say 5 minute job, i finally had the time to get round to doing it and i say more like a 3 minute job to change the valve itself, 10 minutes to drain and refill as well. I found that when refilling the system with my new valve, oh yes it started to leak "ha ha ha" form the low pressure...

Hi Tony, Well i ordered the part from the link ebay, and have just heard back that they can't find it, luckily i have enough pressure at the moment.... Must order again from someone else! Don't worry i'll get round to it enventually.

Hi Scatmanjohn, Ill bear that in mind.... Just after i've fixed it yeah the leaks will begin!! ha ha, i'll let you know!

Tony, Yes we do use silicone grease. Cheers. rik

Thanks guys, Much appreciated. You've been a great help!!! I'd like to add a lot of people on here have said bad things about my boiler but i've had no problem with it until now, and the plumber I had comission it said it was a good unit! Rik.

Hi there the masses, My boiler has been gradually losing water pressure in the heating system over the past year which i believe is quite normal. And have topped it up in the past via the filling valve ie the blue Knob, i'm a aircraft engineer and consider myself very competent with dealing...