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Yesterday a pipe in the local village/new build/neighbourhood burst. Unfortunately had some things running during this time when the water pressure dropped entirely (ie hardly any water coming out bathroom tap when turned on) due to the burst pipe in the village. After the water company fixed...

I had the end of my tumble dryer cable get melted on an extension lead and figured I would just order a brand new cable to replace it. Want to keep the length so don't want to cut it and replace just the end. Want a whole new one. How important is it to get the replacement power cable for the...

Hi all, I used some super glue (bloc brand) to glue a small plastic trophy that had broken (about the size of a hand). Just a small tube (size of pinky finger) or so, and left the tube and the plastic trophy in the shed to dry (trophy for a day, the half/mostly-used tube still there for...

I am wondering if there is any danger to having pressure-treated wood indoors in my home. I built a floating shelf with three different types of wood (see pics): - the skeleton frame to hold the shelf that gets mounted on the wall was from C16/24 pressure-treated 2x4s - the top and bottom of...

So I recently built a couple of raised sleeper beds with a pathway in between for our garden. They are 2.4m in length and 1.2m in width and 3 sleepers high, meaning 60cm high. I used 50cm 4" x 4" (100mm x 100mm) posts on each inside corner to fix it all together (with 16 150mm screws in each)...

I recently made a floating shelf, roughly 2m long. It is a hollow box mounted on a timber bracket with 5 crossbars and attached to 4 studs via 10 x 100mm coach screws with washers. This means that 50mm of the coach screw goes through the 2x4 bracket and then 50mm goes back into the wall. I have...

I was able to pick up a Makita LS1018LN for 40 quid the other day since it has a couple problems, but I thought I would try my hand at fixing it to see if I could make it usable again. There are two main problems: 1) When you rotate the table, it does not lock in place in the indents. And it...

If I want to make a floating bookshelf around 7-8 feet long (i.e., has to carry a real heavy load), what would be the best method between these two ... 1) 2x4 skeleton and put plywood or plank box over: 2) Buy iron rod brackets...

I am new to this forum and just wanted to get advice regarding the best way to install a bookshelf. I haven't purchased any materials yet, so I am completely open to various methods and different materials. I have a roughly 300cm wall in my home office/guest room. Instead of putting a bookshelf...