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Can anybody ID this shower trap? The chrome effect top has snapped off and I’m hoping to replace with like for like as I don’t easily have access to fit a new trap. So far I’ve tried the following: Hudson Reed 90mm Etal from Screwfix Viva from Toolstation And I’m awaiting a Nuie to be...

I do a moderate amount of DIY, have a single Bosch 19v drill and find myself spending a lot of time changing between drill bits and screw driving bits. From other threads on here, I can see that an impact drive is a great tool for screw driving so I'm going to get myself an 18v Bosch impact...

We recently had an energy consultant visit us to get some advice on how to tackle the overheating of our 15 year old three storey house. One of the strategies he talked about was using MEV to help pull cooler air up through the house in the summer while exhausting the warm air on the top floor...

This delay timer is used to control the lights in a communal hall, it’s triggered by various momentary contact rocker switches located along the hall. Can anyone help with the following questions? • How can I increase the delay? Is the component marked 1M a variable potentiometer? • Can anyone...

I've got a Stanley FatMax hand saw that came with a cardboard sleeve to cover / protect the saw blade and teeth. I've used that sleeve to cover the saw for years and of course it has now disintegrated. I'd hoped you could buy some kind of saw cover / guard but I've not managed to find anything...

For safety reasons I need a secure an old chest of drawers to a wall. The drawers have a back panel which I’d prefer not to damage and some solid wood at the top which I can fix to. I can’t work out how to fix something both to to this solid wood on the back of the drawers and the wall while not...

I need to add a lock to a an Ikea Pax wardrobe in a short-term let (i.e. AirBnB etc) and am struggling to find a decent looking lock for the purpose. I'd bought a cabinet lock but it's very flimsy; the wardrobe doesn't need to be secured like fort Knox but I'd like it to withstand a stiff...

I have a pair of 1 gang backboxes in dot & dab plasterboard as per the photo below. The left box is where the telephone line enters the property, entering the box from below. The right box was a fused spur for an electric radiator in the past and the two cables enter from above. The cables are...

I’m replacing a dimming light switch with a regular rocker type switch and the orientation of the back box is causing a challenge. The lugs that secure the back box behind the plaster board are orientated at the top and bottom, apparently due to the plasterboard being undermined at the sides...

Following the removal of some Grippit fixings from some dot & dab plasterboard (party wall) in a 14 year old house, I need to fill some of the result 20mm diameter holes. Is there anything in particular I need to consider when doing so, such as maintaining separation from the masonry behind or...

What is the black piece of ironmongery in this photograph called? I need to source another and the internet isn't helping me! Thanks in anticipation

I’d like to accurately radius the corner of a piece of MDF. I have a Bosch POF 1200 AE plunge router and various edging / trimming cutters. I’ve only used it once before to do some flush trimming which was very successful. I assume I need a template and that I should fix this template to the...

I need to securely fix a substantial shelf to a wall and it's important that the shelf is horizontal. I purchased some sturdy brackets from a local hardware shop, I suspect they were the same that Screwfix sell at...

I'm looking at this shower enclosure and trying to work out if the door opening is too small? This is for my old flat that I intend to use for AirBnB etc. https://victoriaplum.com/product/orchard-6mm-pivot-hinged-rectangular-shower-enclosure-with-stone-tray-800-x-760?options=size|700_x_900 It's...

When drilling through dot and dab into the external or party walls, I find the drill can drift quite dramatically once it hits the masonry meaning the resultant hole is in the wrong place. How can I avoid this happening? I have a battery or mains hammer drill available to me and I'll get a new...

Our front door currently has just a deadlock with bolts that have to be set before locking, by lifting the door handle. Is it possible to add a latch function while retaining the deadlock function? We'd like the reassurance of the latch for in the daytime where we sometimes forget to set the...

In case it helps someone else, I've just successfully fitted some 60cm IKEA Utrusta wire basket drawers (IKEA article #002.046.72 ) in an old discontinued IKEA Faktum kitchen cabinet that's been customised in the past for use as part of a fitted bedroom. I found that using the shims (the plastic...

We have solar PV panels (1.5kw) and I'm curious about fitting an immersion diverter to use any spare solar energy for heating water rather than sending it back to the grid. Before we do that, I'd like to have an idea if we have sufficient spare solar power for this purpose, if not then it's...

We’ve got some nice ceramic kitchen sinks and we’re nervous about cracking them by fixing on the mixer taps. The taps have black plastic seals underneath them (see pic) which would be in contact with the top of the sinks when attached. We wonder whether we need additional washers such as...

I've recently suffered water damage to a wall and ceiling in a bedroom in my 1970s built flat from a leak elsewhere in the building. While waiting to get someone in to fix it, I tidied up the damage, cut the plasterboard off the walls and pulled down the damaged area of ceiling (some had already...