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I am considering using a water butt to supply my Karcher K3 pressure washer. This is with a view to using some of the copious amounts of water we get from the sky in Cumbria rather than from the tap. I always find that rain water cleans the car better as well. Apparently the K3 supports drawing...

I have a couple of lengths of 6mm chrome plated steel bar that I want to bend. The bend is not tight, only about 30 degrees at most. Will cold bending damage the plating at all. If so, would hot bending be better or would this also damage the plating?

That makes perfect sense. Thanks very much.

My wife made a remark the other day about how her dad always told her not to drink cold water from the bathroom tap. My first thought was that this was a throwback to the days of lead pipework. However, I had a look at diagrams for domestic water systems and saw some where the downstairs cold...

We have the same thermostat but with the numbers as shown. To be honest, we just use ours to switch the heating on or of and set it to around midway. Ours is in our hallway which tends to be colder than the other rooms, so by the time the hallway gets up to around 15 degrees, the other rooms are...

Yes, mine specifically says only to silicone the outside to allow drainage. This is also stressed in a couple of videos I have watched. Glad to hear that there is a tool shaped for such instances. Which silicone tool kit did you use?

I am going to redo the silicone between the bottom of my aluminium shower cubicle and the white shower tray. I just have a couple of questions: The sealant is currently clear but I have seen instances where white has been used. What do people generally prefer? I want to use one of the plastic...

785 it is then. Thanks all.

I have only become aware of the differences between silicone sealants so want to make sure I use the correct ones when I redo a lot of the sealant in my bathroom. My main issue is what to use to seal around the shower cubicle which is anodized aluminium. Should I use a neutral, non acidic type...

With regard to the attached pictures, is it an easy job to remove this glass shower panel? Is it a case of removing the top and bottom clamps and then easing it from the seal along the right hand edge. The shower was installed around three years ago and I have just read in the fitting...

The gap is about the thickness of a £2 coin, perhaps a little more. (See photos). However, this gap tapers off to nothing at the ends of the frame. I am considering using white sealant on the outside as I think this will look better. The area of mould seems to match up with a badly applied...

I had a new shower cubicle installed (not very well with hindsight) a couple of years ago. I recently noticed there was mould behind the clear sealant between the shower tray and the bottom frame. This is on part of the curved area and at a point where there is a small gap between the frame and...

It's on the top edge, external to one of the glass panels so dry side. Yes, I was gravitating towards paint. Had a look at car touch ups in Halfords and there are a couple of candidates for a good match. It will be easier to do with the glass out so a good chance to clean around the glass seals...

I have some small areas of corrosion on an anodised aluminium shower surround frame. I think these have been caused by soap/bathroom cleaner getting trapped under a section of sealing strip. I have cleaned them out and they are similar to stone chips on a car. I want to fill these will something...

Four years ago we started hanging some 16" half round baskets along a fence. For the first two years we had a really good display with plenty of flowers. However, the last two years have been disappointing with sparse growth and a lot less flowers. The plants are always bought from the same...

Apart from the new phone requiring an update to the installed Samsung Switch app before it would import any data, all went well thanks.

OK thanks. I will give it a go.

So I would do the transfer before moving and cards over? The new phone is SIM free.

Just bought the other half a new Samsung Galaxy phone to replace her old Galaxy. The SIM and SD card are the same size so we will just swap them to the new phone. Will this transfer everything across? We will make sure that any pictures in internal storage are saved to the SD card but is there...

Thanks. Can't see any Alexa skills that I would ever want though. Only use it to listen to Internet radio or Amazon music and as a dynamic photo viewer. However, I think I have managed to disable the notifications locally but if that hasn't worked then I will have to get the app.