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I have to join some fairly tight chains at work (10B2 style). I was discussing with my collegue if a hook to hook turnbuckle would to pull the chains together so I can get the master link in place. He seemed to think it would work but then giving it some further thought i'm not so sure. I think...

Hi all, I recently bought a new car with baked on brake dust on the alloy wheels. Anyone know any handy tips for removing this? Thanks

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a FLIR camera. Can anyone recommend any? I just need it for general residential use not commercial stuff. Cheers

Hi all, I have some grout lines that are cracking in the shower. I have raked them out and added more grout but still I have some water going through the wall. I notice there are sealers available for showers, can anyone recommend a product for this? I'm guessing the installers didn't use an...

Hi all, I've just swapped out a 08 plate honda jazz for a 10 plate honda civic. A couple of features are missing which were on the jazz but seem to be lacking on the civic. I've only had the car a couple of days so may discover these in due course. The two things in question are motorised...

The guy who used to own our house was involved in demolition. He left us behind behind lovely wrecking ball. I can't seem to find much info about them though. Any idea if there worth anything? Cheers

I've got planning for a garage extension but before I get into the project does anyone know at what point building control need to inspect the work carried out? Trench depth? Etc etc. Thanks for any pointers

Hi all, I needed to get a digger in to dig a trench to extend a garage forwards. Is it worth putting a board down for the digger to work off to prevent damage or sinkage to the rest of the drive or will it make no difference? Digger will be .8 tonne so quite light Thanks for your advice

Hi all, We have recently submitted some planning attached to a house we bought last year. The original plans were approved in 2004. We resubmitted them and have recenty had them approved. The plans were for garage to come forward 2.5m, a summer room (posh bi fold door conservatory) that would...

Hi all I want to mix some concrete tomorrow for a shed base but need to use a hose for the mixer. Is this allowed for domestic building or diy work? I'm in Oxfordshire if that helps. Thanks

Hi all, Weve just bought a new house and its come with a few cracks. Seems to have got slightly worse in this dry weather. Our neighbour's with a similar property (bungalow) have had this issue also this summer but lived there many years before with no issues. I was going to have a dig down and...

Hi all, I have a front door that seems to have absorbed some water and swelled around the bottom of the top two panels. Anyone know a way of fixing or at least making it slightly better. I've attached some pics... Thanks for looking

Hi all, I am working on a few interconnecting slabs presently all 2.4m by 2.4m and doing one every other day. I have found it easiest if I just load the mixer dry and then add the water until it overflows from the mixer into the concrete form. I never actually tilt/pour/lift the mixer once. It...

Hi all, I'm thinking of building a small bunker as a man cave maybe 6 x 3m at most. I was going to use butyl liner and tanking slurry to stop the water ingress but im not sure which type of block to go for. A) 4inch concrete blocks laid on their side B) 9 inch hollows filled and rebarred into...

Closest I can see in wickes is 34mm whitewood pse which isn't really ideal. Can anyone advise? Thanks

Hi all, Im considering making a kitchen worktop from a few scaffold boards or possibly gravel boards (although being softwood I think they would shrink). The gravel boards are softwood whereas the scaffold boards appear to be hardwood. Would gravel boards make a better choice? My aim is to make...

Evening all, I'm looking to do build a Floodlight and cctv pole at the entrance to an agricultural smallholding. I was thinking an aluminium scaffold pole concreted in the ground about a metre and 3 metres or so above ground. I would put cables through the inside of the pole and put a slot at...

Hi all, I wondered if theres any phone make/model experts out there? Im looking to upgrade my samsung to a newer model than the s4 mini. I like the fact its samsung and has a smaller screen but wouldnt mind something with a faster chip and better camera. Anything android but preferably samsung...

Hi all, Im wanting to have an electrical connection run into a field from a neighbouring barn. Im looking for something like the BT fibre connection boxes or something similar. Can anyone recommend anything or any places that might be able to help source this? Thanks for your help

Hello all, Im looking to upgrade my CCTV setup. Currently its a cheap DVR box with various different makes of camera all fed via coax cable. What i'm ideally after is something with 5mp cameras which not only saves to the hard drive but alerts me on my phone (possibly alerting more than one...