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I've a timber coal bunker in the back garden - now used for storage - which is about 60 years old. It was originally coated inside and out with traditional light creosote so is in good nick apat from the lid which has the felt coming off. I've had a cutting of flooring vinyl from the carpet shop...

Hmm, I'll give that a go. Hella waste of materials through. What specific materials do I need? It's still like to know how to join S/S regardless if I use the warranty

Some might say more for continued stream of battery pack sales in mind. I didn't look when I was in there at modding the DC18RA Fast Charger (blue) to deliver a more conservative charge curren as it's more hassle than just buying a DC18SD at £30 delivered. Just because they release a charger...

They are John Lewis Classic. https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-classic-cookware/p63867 I can't recall the handles getting hot.

I've a set of stainless pans on which spot welds have failed. I'm not sure exactly what type of stainless it is austenitic / martensitic or what have you but it would be a shame to throw out a couple of hundred pounds worth for a repair. What type of flux and solder would I need? I've got a...

Open it up (PZ2), clean the mesh over the fan with compressed air (poundland tin) and the blade with cotton swabs (pack of compostable paper-stemmed swabs less than £1 at supermarket). While it's open dust off the whole board and connections with a soft brush. The fan is adaptive to battery...

I've quite a few things to coat and I'm not sure what's best to coat them for durable, easy-maintained protection (mostly from fluids) while giving a nice finish. Knife handles eg Nest , Opinel Chopping board (is pure Tung oil OK? Long handled gardening tools: spades, rakes, forks etc (possibly...

The sample is tested with a mineralogists spectroscope which will display a signature pattern of light for different species of asbestos. Don't guess when trying to rule it out. Assume it is asbestos until it has been proved otherwise by testing. I wouldn't take a vendor's or anyone else's...

Many thanks. After two trips on the bus to B&Q yesterday I've now got plastering sand, portland, hardwall, waterproof PVA, GP mortar, Cementone Freeflo for this and other jobs around the house, so I've no excuses not to get on with it There isn't any moisture ingress from outside. There...

Good FAQ, which covers things in general. In this instance do i use Plasticiser, Waterproofer or both? I have Feb plasticiser (red container) in the chem store which as far as I know isn't a waterproofer but I didn't get plasticiser this morning because I was already carrying 75kg home on...

The sink bowl is on LHS the drainer on RHS for reference. Spills and spllashes from the sink are hiting the gypsum side while behind the drier draining board side the plaster is cementitious. I will be replacing the pipework as some is 70s plastic, some in copper. Below sink where waste...

Thanks. Will try and borrow a digital camera and upload image. Is that soft or sharp sand?

Due to a poor tiling and poor seal behind the kitchen sink unit and a waste pipe fracture the plaster behind the kitchen sink is shot. The unit is on an external brick cavity wall with cavity wall insulation and is under the kitchen window. ~The kitchen installers situated the sink further to...

Haha, not being able to find yarn/oakum/hemp rope in plumbers merchants and drain centres was half the gist of the thread. Cool, lead wool looks far easier to install than messing about with lead bar. I hadn't heard of that. Thanks.

I'm not pouring lead into the socket with the caulking bush. I'm using yarn (when I can find some) and mortar. The lead is for the other end of the cast iron bend, where it goes into the 112 degree cast iron branch. The socket end of the bend is mortared into the wall, the male end goes into a...

The cast iron socket the caulk-bushed fitting goes into is mortared into the wall. It's not a temporary job I'm doing.

Due to a plastic waste pipe fracture and solvent weld failure by central heating installer I have to replace the internal waste stack from the kitchen sink and all connections to downpipe branch. So much for a ten minute job! I've knocked out the cast iron bend mortared into the wall., the...

I have a several masonry repairs to do around the garden, the two I'll start with are the retaining walls and greenhouse footing. Neither were built on particularly good foundations but as I've found out when I was trying to repair the garden party wall it's a long way down to the hard...

A couple of my uPVC DG units are allowing the passage of air, noise and possibly insects. I'll start a different thread about building up the interior. as I'm waiting for application notes from the tape vendors, still vacuuming out insect detritus and waiting for ACDs from an architect friend...

I remembered this thread because I had a half-used tin of Kiwi Shoe Polish, two half used tins of Kiwi Parade Gloss Premium, two half used tins of Kiwi Parade Gloss Prestige, a half-used tin of Kiwi Select smooth leather renovating polish and a quarter used tin of Kiwi Wet Pruf Sport which had...