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Evening all, I know there's a few pro mechanics on here so hopefully you can answer a quick question I've got re. cleaning gasket surfaces. I was always taught that when cleaning up gasket faces only to use a sharp blade in a scraper or scotch brite pads to clean the metal faces of an engine...

Hi all, I'm internally insulating a North facing wall in my house. I've removed all the existing plaster and now I've measured up I think I'm going to have an issue with the reveals. My original plan was 25mm celotex, 9.5mm plaster board and allowing for 3mm skim that comes to 37.5mm...

Hi all, I've been informed by she that scowls that the washing machine isn't working. I put a half load in it and put it on a daily quick cycle which should be about 28 minutes. The door locks, the machine fills with water then it just sits there with 27 minutes on the timer, after another...

As thread title really, Today I caught the end of a finger in a table saw resulting in a fracture to the end of the finger and the tip being a bit of a mess. 5 months ago I caught another finger in a chop saw but that was just a deep cut so not too bad. Aside from that I've not had a power...

Hi all, I'm fitting a new floor to an upstairs room as the original floor is excessively noisy, I thought it was originally due to a plumber trapping pipes across an rsj and nailing the floorboards around it causing them to crown and not fit together correctly. Now I've the floorboards up...

Hi all, Due to some plumbing bodgery I find myself probably needing to drill some holes in a 178x102x19 UB. The steel is a 4m span, I need to drill 2 x 20mm holes, they'd be on the centre line approximately 300mm and 330mm in from the end of the steel. The steel only supports the upstairs...

Hi all, So who needs DIY bodges when a pro is willing to do the following and take money for it. So for a bit of background, ever since we moved into this house the floor in the front bedroom has been horribly creaky, after taking up the old carpet there was an obvious crown in the floor...

Hi all. I live in a chalet bungalow, downstairs is a standard brick/block with cavity arrangement. Upstairs both bedrooms are single block work with no cavity. The bedrooms face north and south and the north facing room is a good 3 to 4 degrees colder than the south facing room, this...

Evening all, Our 1970 staircase creaks badly and the wife's got the hump over it. I've seen YouTube videos similar to the below, They all show what can be done from above. I've no issue cutting the plasterboard out below the staircase as the whole hallway will be getting redone, so am I...

Hi all, Sometime prior to buying our house someone has butchered in some 22mm rad pipes that have always squeaked and rubbed on the floorboards. I'll be laying new flooring next week so today I'm on sorting out the pipework. The original notches in the joists were just enough to stuff 2...

Hi all, I screwed our new skirting to the studs in the walls and filled the screw holes with one strike ready mixed filler. I'm finding the filler is still visible through the gloss paint even after 3 or 4 coats as seen below. The filler feels flush to touch it just isn't covering, anyone...

Hi all, I had to pull our washing machine out the other day for a different job and while it was out the way I decided to fit an outside tap using it's water feed. That's what I started with. Drilled through the chosen point and fitted a wall plate, Managed to cobble the...

Hi all, I want to put an 18mm mdf 'door' on the opening below, what type of hinges will I need so the door can sit flush with the sides? I was thinking of putting 2 strips of mdf down the sides set back for the door to sit against and then using kitchen cabinet style hinges but wondered if...

So I've been badgering the wife to get her wheel alignment done since replacing her 2 front tyres as they were down to the wire. Yesterday she takes it to one of the local tyre places to have the alignment done (their the pick of the bunch round here but none of them excel) , they had it up on...

Neighbour is currently redoing his shower, with everything removed the plaster at the top near the shower head connection looks slightly damp. What I need to be able to do is remove the shower head connection there and then fit something into the female fitting to cap it off so I can then...

Hi all, As title really, I need to lay 200mm of loft insulation over a room that has led down lights fitted, do these still require covers fitted like the old non led units as they don't seem to produce much heat compared to older incandescent bulbs. If they do still require them can someone...

Hi all, I'm fitting a new radiator in our upstairs bedroom, the new radiator has no markings for inlet or supply so I assume it doesn't matter which side I plumb the feed and return to? Thanks, Chris

Hi all, We've an electric radiator in our new bathroom, the elements rated at 500w. Am I right in thinking that'll pull less than 3a so I can feed an fcu from the nearby light circuit with 1.5mm t+e? The fcu will be mounted outside the bathroom with the cable coming through the wall so if I...

Hi all, I got up in the middle of the night and noticed the downstairs lights weren't working, looked in the consumer unit and found the mcb tripped. Flicked it back on and the lights resumed working. Got up this morning and the mcb had tripped again, put it back on, went round all the...

Hi all, Probably a straightforward question but I've never had a need to do it so don't know the answer. Currently we have a standard stairs lighting arrangement of a light at the top and bottom, a double switch at the bottom that does both lights then a single switch at the top that allows...