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Thanks Guys, Out of interest, where would I find that info on item specs? Screwfix do not seem to state if the saw is belt driven or not?

Hi All, Have searched the forums but have not been able to find the answer, so creating a new thread.. I currently have a cheap JCB mitre saw I use in my DIY workshop. The saw itself is fine in terms of cuts, but when powered up it is horrifically loud. It has got to the point now where I am...

That is really helpful, thank you!

Ok thanks. I did think I may well have to rope in a mate as I plan on loosening the op section of pipe off without cutting and disposing hole.. I have no idea how heavy these sections of pipe will be, but I suspect relatively so!

Possibly, but I am going to remove the internal connection to the WC first and then remove the top section of pipe leaving just the last section of pipe that is buried in the ground remaining. So any escape of fibers are not going very far.

Hello, thank you for the reply. Yes indeed, asbestos cement pipe. Unfortunately the pipe is buried in the ground and I have absolutely no idea how deep the joint to the clay pipe will be. My local tip takes asbestos as long as it is double wrapped, which it certainly will be.

Hi Guys, After some advice if possible... We have a 1960's house with a confirmed Asbestos external soil pipe. Said soil pipe is now leaking in a couple of spots and needs to be replaced. I had quotes to remove and replace and they were eye watering. As a competent plumber / multi myself I am...

Hi All, Wondered if anyone might be able to give me a little advice if possible re a very small 'extension' I am looking at building myself. Quite hard to explain, but essentially what we have is a 1960's linked detached house where our garage is essentially attached to both my house and my...

Hi, Single colour (warm white) strips with just the two connections. Have my eye on some dotless tape lights by LAP (Screwfix).

Sorry, linear meters. Ye, just too fiddly for my sausage fingers! Not a discipline I have ever had to do.

Hi, hoping for some help with LED lighting for a bookcase I have made. I have made two bespoke bookcases to go either side of a chimney breast. Each bookcase is approx. 2M x 2M and both have 4 runs of 2LM that need to have lights installed. That equates to 16LM of LED lighting required. As...

HI Guys, Looking for some advice if possible with regards to a 1960's original fireplace hearth... We are having a new logburnner fitted in the chimney recess and I am not sure what to do with the existing battered and bruised hearth that extends into the room and meets the floorboards. We...

Thank you for the response, that is really helpful! A builder friend of mine suggested PVA as a good water proofer.. Is that not sufficient in your opinion?

HI All, Just after some advice on what people think is the best thing to use on plasterboard joints in a shower enclosure / area? I have used water resistant boards anyway, but as I have some joints where I needed to allow for a shower niche to be cut in I am unsure what do with these joints...

Thank you, that is exactly the plan I think I am going to go with. Seems silly to excavate if not needed.

Ah ok, I see what you mean! Thank you

Than you guys. So we are saying that rather than cut it into small sections as I had planned (say approx 50cm long chunks) I am better to simply pull the existing joints apart carefully (still in full PPE of course) and then bag them up in their entirety? My only real concern in doing it...

Wow! What a brilliant idea! Assume the dye is to then further highlight any particles that may have escaped during cutting? Thank you ever so much for the advice.

Hi, thank you for the response. Very helpful. Yes, the magnet did indeed not stick so I had pretty much resigned myself to it being asbestos.. I have checked and my local tip will take asbestos as long as it is double wrapped, so I have purchased some asbestos disposal bags, ALL appropriate...

Hi There, I have a suspected asbestos soil pipe to my 1960's built property in Bristol. I have two questions.. 1) Is there a sure fire way of telling if the pipe is made of asbestos without going through the cost of having it tested? When tapped the pipe makes more of a hollow ringing noise...