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I recently tried to make a kitchen base unit, and as similar to a flatpack one as possible (don't ask...). This meant using metal dowels and cam locks (the things you get in flat pack furniture). So, there would be protruding dowels along the bottom edge of one panel. Then, I would drill holes...

Hi all, I have been cleaning up a cooker hood, similar to the restoration of the motor in this video. At 06:45 he seems to put some sort of lubricant on the spindle of the motor. What do you think that is, and do you know any suitable products? (Also, am I right that the tool used at 8:40 is...

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Ah yes! there was a white washer stuck in there. Thanks, hopefully just pulling that back into position should stop leak. Regarding the appliance waste hoses, is the point you're making that the pipe on the left of this image is correct and the one on the right incorrect?

Hi all, Amateur here. The horizontal pipe labelled in image, part of kitchen sink waste, is leaking. The connection is poor between the pipe itself and the bit which goes under the strainer (and frankly, the connection at the other end of the pipe leaks too). Does an appropriate washer need to...

Hi all, I’ve been taking a cooker hood apart to clean it. For various reaons, I ended up having to cut a grey flex that leads into a fused connection unit on the wall of the kitchen (power was all off anyhow..). It was a 2-core flex with a grey jacket (shown in image). On it, a marking says...

Thanks everyone for the responses, so many so fast! As for the dodgy old board, yes it's quite old and looks like it was done quickly and cheaply. I'll admit some of those tools I wan't aware of so will look at them. As an amateur DIYer, it's often just not knowing things that are out there. I...

Hi all, I'm trying to replace a panel from the base unit under the kitchen sink. Some parts were rotten, so I'm just replacing a board like-for-like. It's melamine-faced chipboard, and I've managed to get 'furniture board' from B&Q to match it. But does anyone have any creative ideas on where...

that's a great help, cheers guys

Thanks very much! Quick question, if you don't mind.. I do only have a sink with one plughole, yes. Instead of having the trap right under the waste bowl, do you think I could keep the grey horizontal pipe? So, keep the trap where it is. And then, because the grey corner bit which water flows...

Hi, Any help on this appreciated. Nothing is too obvious - I know nothing about plumbing. Under the kitchen sink. When a lot of water goes down the plughole (e.g. sink full of water and then released), there is a pipe underneath which overflows. Look at 19 seconds in on this video I made...