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Couldn't see a better forum to post this other than General but thought it fitted better here. My parents have some old scaffolding which belonged to my grandad. It appears in reasonably good order, it's been stored in a garage for at least the past 20 years and they need to give the garage a...

Hi there. I need to somehow add a small time programmable heater to my mother's tiny downstairs toilet to make it more useable after a recent period of illness. It can't be one of those blower heaters that you turn on when you enter the room, as they still take time to heat the room up. Making...

I'd like to remove some paint specks that have fallen on an old radio. I think the paint must be oil based as it doesn't shift from using alcohol nor hot water. I reckon white spirit might do it but I'm not sure if it will damage the radio's plastic itself? Does anyone know if white spirit...

I've been trying to tracking down the name of this 'bracket' but I'm getting nowhere! :( You see them on things like desks or cabinets with pull down tops. Does anyone know their correct name? I've been using combinations of 'slider' but it turns up nothing. Any help much appreciated!

Hi there! Grrr, something flew off a passing flatbed truck and smacked into my front right foglight. Whatever it was totalled the light but thankfully didn't impact the bodywork. The question now is how to go about repairs, so I thought I'd pop here to get a little advice before ringing garages'...

Hi there. I need to remove some black mould from walls. I have a jsp force 8 half mask respirator with some standard p3 dust filters. Would a new set of these be suitable to filter spores etc or would a higher grade set of filters be needed? I've been looking around t he net and there seems...

This might be a bit of a left field question for the forum but I thought I'd ask here as it's a good source of knowledgable people! :) My mum needs to start looking into selling her house. It's obviously a big decision and one we need to get right. I don't live in the UK currently but I'll be...

Our Focus wouldn't start before Xmas with the breakdown service suggesting it might be the starter. The garage has just rung and said that the dynamo seems to be running at a high voltage so they suspect that possibly in conjunction with the starter? They then also mentioned the battery might...

My parents Laurel hedge has got a bit out of control so it's falling to me to cut it down to size. It's become quite tall and bushy with branches around 5mm thick. The height isn't so important as the bushy'ness for now tho. There seems so many hedge cutters on the market that I'm not sure what...

I've sanded and squared off an old table top which is made up of about 6mm oak parquet bonded to a pine base. So it's a kind of plywood affair. To edge the table I'd like to have it appear to be one solid piece of wood so I've got a roll of thin (non pre glued) oak veneer with which to bond to...

I want to attach a high up shelf along a corridor, approx 2m across, into a brick wall. I'll likely use some 3/4" ply and 3 or 4 wall brackets. Ideally I'd like to have the brackets mounted internally so that they will be hidden when looking up. I'm always a little worried about mounting shelves...

It's not really a DIY question.. but I spy a few other plant related questions so thought a few knowledgable gardeners here might be able to answer? Looking around the net it's pretty unclear how to actually proceed with rose cuttings which have taken. I took some rose cuttings late last year...

I've some large PC fans which I've chained together and plan on attaching some carbon filters to the back of to act as a diy solder fume extractor. Can anyone recommend an online shop/seller who sells the genuine article? There's lots available on eBay etc but I'd like to be sure that I'm...

Tough to decide where to put this but since it concerns mainly wood I thought it best here. I need to attach a shelf over a doorway. I was originally going to attach 2 large brackets to the wall either side of the doorway, however due to a possible electric cable nearby I'd rather not chance...

I need to straighten off the edges of a table top Im making from an old piece of oak parquet veneered pine. The oak veneer is about 5mm thick with the pine around 45mm, so 50mm all told. After I've straightened the edges I'll veneer them, so I need a nice clean edge. I have a Bosch 1200 router...

I've chopped up a few plywood panels to create some art drawing boards. I've been trying to decide on a water proof sealant that will be suitable for such a task. The main requirement would be to give a reasonable flat clear finish and most importantly be tough and water resistant. Could...

My parents have a garden gate and the lock has become stuck. The key turns freely in it but it stops abruptly when engaging (I presume) the bolt. I've tried some liberal application of WD40 inside the key hole, on the key and on the bolt, what little of it I can see, but no joy. Does anyone...

I have an old garden strimmer which works perfectly except for the fact that the head housing has cracked almost in half. It might be a goner but I'd like to see if I can make it useable again as the motor runs fine. Can anyone recommend a specific glue which would bond/weld the plastic...

This seems to be a bit of a holy grail! I thought I’d found a glue which would perform this function in Loctite’s All Plastics glue. However it failed after several attempts. What is it with spectacle plastics? Do they purposely male then out of some non stick plastic?? Can anyone recommend a...

I'd like to repurpose an old kitchen top as a table top. It was made by my girlfriend’s carpenter grandfather so has sentimental value. Unfortunately, it's bowed (convex) a little, which I'd like to have made flat. It seems to be constructed from a pine plank base and bonded with (I suspect) a...