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Which is better of the two to connect water supply to the bottom fill inlet valve (plastic) 1. Brass tap fitting connector? or 2. Copper pipe, olive and nut fitting along with fernox leak sealing paste? Many thanks

I have a DeWalt drill/driver DW907 style 2. Two of the 3 chuck claws that hold the bits won't retract so I now cannot get to the chuck retaining screw. I have tried the hex key but it keeps slipping of the screw head because of the angle. Failure for an easy way I'll have to grind it off...

Cannot see anywhere else to put it! Clean comments! Windows XP Desktop PC(er in doors told me to take it off the table, its now on the floor). I am a relative beginner in art and save websites of interest to favourites folder I created called ‘ART’ so when I want to save a website no problem...

Header/expansion tank that serves boiler When the boiler is off the header tank overflow is ok and water inlet ball valve stops water level to around 35mm below the overflow,so ruled out the valve washer. However, when the boiler switches on and the pump is running it causes overflow...

Further to the previous question of Double pole switch. I'm back! And Yes the Quantekshop swiitch company has told me the key switch is suitable for my garage door. The motor of my rollaway garage door is according to garage door fitter iis of mains voltage, but have decided to check if...

I have a roll shutter garage door and to replace remote system £300+ which can't afford. So want to test the motor is ok by wiring to two double pole switch. MOTOR WIRE. BROWN, BLUE, BLACK [assumed reverse action wire] EARTH. Propose: Mains in Brown Blue Earth.. Load side to roll shutter...

When I use my power saw or router on the garage ring circuit (13amp of course) the lights fluctuate or dim slightly on initial start up is this normal? Power run from 15amp wired house fuse, in what looks like armoured cable, to double pole switch in garage then on to a MCB C,U. lights are...

Although my garage doesn't need re-wiring and existing has be tested ok I want to make some changes, no additions. Work will entail replacing some of the cable (as existing will be too short) to be able to move sockets and lights to new positions and to conduit most of the cable. As its...

Is there a jig I can use on my home made table router to cut closed mortise joints ? Cutting open end ones is fine but want to cut some 3 inches in from the ends and tried drilling and chiseling and ended up screwed. [ No not me the joint! ] router cut ones would be better. Many thanks Bob

I have four bits for a drill. One I've discovered is classed as a 'Saw bit' but cannot find a tool comapany that shows the other bits, each of which has a cutting area about 12-15mm holes they cut 8 6 & 4 mm but what makes them different from ordinary bits is the fact I have to set the drill in...

To FIX or not to FIX that is the question. My router with its home made thick laminate, approx 2.5mm, base plate [original removed] fits a treat into the table top recess of my home made table [plywood 18mm]. Should I fix each corner of the base plate with screws or is it safe to leave...

I dare say some will regard this as a stupid question but one reads of walls collapsing in inclament weather. Extending the height of a 2 ft high x 9inch x 10yd wall with no piers in at present. I want to extend the height to 5 ft is there any rule against carrying on raising the existing...

I have loads of saw dust and thought of re-cycling and making sawdust pellets to use on our open fire rather than chucking it on the local tip. With low finances we have to make savings where we can and fuel prices are abysmally high as we all know. And can MDF /chipboard saw dust be used or is...

Cutting circles on a table saw! Do you think it possible?

emails a friend has received two emails that we know are scams 419 and the Fraud squad has been informed. The question is can one identify the country of origin with ones ending in for example .ie .jp and . fr the last I've been told [.fr] is either France or Birkina Faso west Africa as it...

I want to route a channel in the centre of one long edge of my new door. Does one route from left to right or right to left or doesn't it matter with this type of cut? In anticipation of reply/s Many thanks .

HELP MICE IN THE bungalow. Do the audible contraptions on the market work? I've got two humane traps and have caught six of the buggers. Call me a big Jessie but I won't use poison, also I have a dog and am worried he'd eat some as he's a scrounger. If the infestation is high I've been...

My offspring' lives in Devon I live in Sussex and she and her family have moved into a new house six mths ago and want to add a rad to a bedroom that never had one. Haven't seen the system but he wants help adding the rad using compression joints in the flow pipes as he's been told not to use...

Has anyone got any staircase construction plans? If so can you please email copy to [email protected] Thanks greengrass.

Replacing old nail holed spindles after removing boarding last owner put on stair case. I like the new type barley twist I've seen on my cousins house but have been told that fitting the last two or three can be tricky as there's a knack to it. Anyone know what the knack is or is he pulling my...