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On a recent job I saw some dense grey foam tape/sheet being used in the cavities around door openings. Thing is it'd be really useful for tool trays and bags. Can anyone tell me what its called? Also out of curiosity whats it for? I don't know if it was being used correctly where I saw it...

My mum continually deadlocks the door and leaves the key in the lock which has resulted in neighbours having to break in. Sadly telling her not to hasn't changed things! (parents eh? Can't tell em, can't cart em off! : ) ) Can you get coded deadlocks for doors so it can be opened from outside...

Can anybody point me in the direction of a similar but bigger panel to Ikea‘s Fastbo panels? We're kind of stuck with that system but Ikea don't do a panel big enough for one area of the kitchen. The panels are a very thin steel/ali coating on what looks like melamine. about 2-3 mm in all...

Hope this is the right place for this. There's a building going up next door which will be using piling. Are there any things I can do now to put myself in a stronger position should the vibrations cause any damage? We have a pretty old house with shallow foundations. An excavator was doing...

Dual flush came from bathstore with the cistern. Way out of guarantee. May try and fix the dual flush but its basically a bit ****, it keeps sticking so toilet keeps flushing. Mechanism uses a sort of float which is supposed to drop with the cistern water as it flushes but instead it sticks...

See previous: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=838328#838328 Have purchased ratchet crimpers and yellow crimps and have been practising like a mutha. cable is 6 mm. Using red crims for connecting earth wires. Question: the crimps are very solid under strain from pulling...

First off I am very aware of how idiotic I have been and close I have come to meeting the my maker. Thank god for fuse boxes. Trying to drill a joist hole for some wire and went through the cooker cable. I don't want to compound idiocy on top of stupidity so I need to know. Can the two...

Am trying to repair a set of kitchen spots and need heat shielded wire and bulb connectors, any one know of an online source? B&Q do a spare but its £6 for a really short one and that seems way expensive to me. Thanks Marko

Does anyone have pointers on why a security light would stay permanently on? Its operated by a motion sensor, confused as I didn't think anything can go wrong with them, thought they just sat there and did their thing. Cheers Marko[/i]

Advice needed before I take this thing apart. Is the fitting for tails standard or is it common for new valve tails not to be able to fit into a radiator? My new TRVs come with 15 mm tails and the existing ones are I think 3/4". Whatever they are they're bigger than 15mm. Also the existing...

Been trying to find the ring cable, I took off the face plate of a socket and it was a spur running up from the floor behind the skirting, no worries there but then the other two sockets in the room were wired like spurs as well. Haven't looked at the rest of the flat yet but I need to ask...

I think I know the answer to this one (no you can't) but am hoping I'm wrong

Just got a tile vent to route an extractor pipe through. The instructions are for fitting as part of the roof building, any clues on how to fit into an existing roof? Is there enough flexiblilty in the surrounding tiles to lift a tile out, or conversely insert a new tile? Thanks Marko

Are firedoors always of the hollow-airpocket variety? Is it possible to make a firedoor using a traditional mortice and tenon arrangement? I suspect I know the answer to this one but I had to ask!

Anyone got any handy hints on using shield anchors? Had a lot of trouble getting them to tighten. Used the right bit for the size of anchor but still found them spinning in their hole. Very frustrating. Cheers in advance.