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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...

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...

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...

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...