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Can't figure this one out. Have put a metal spring deblocker down the pipe but it stops after 2m, I presume it can't get round the bend. I put chemicals down but the sink still blocks. The ptrap on the left is clear. When I pour liquid down the flex pipe on right, if I lift it higher than the...

I have an electric garage door but the wall open/close switch was never installed. On my previous door, you could do this with a telephone wire plugged into the remote section but it seems like that connection doesn't exist on this and looks like it might take a 1.0 or 1.5 core but I can't...

I have a family member who has property in Spain where code requirements are not exactly strict The septic tank smells in the house. There is a section of the plumbing for the main waste pipe that comes from the house and runs a150ft +(slight angle from horizontal) before running down 20ft...

Is this movement of the drum normal and if not, how can I fix it? Washing machine 1: http://youtu.be/uIiGf07toZk Washing machine 2: http://youtu.be/D2mMfGSMgR4

The ejector pump pumps directly to the septic tank. After about 1 minute, I can hear some gurgling and it sounds like water coming back through the pipe. Anything I can do to see what the problem might be? It's in the pipe closest in the video. the bizarre thing is that that pipe closest...

Just pulled up carpet and MDF to find floorboards in good condition underneath. Would like to expose these but at the edge of the skirting, the MDF continues under a dry wall into the next room. How can I cut the MDF clean at the skirting board so that it doesn't show?

I need to remove some cracking paint (sun damaged) from a large outside shed. It's all on wood panels. Is there a disc for a grinder that can do this or will that remove the wood also? I've tried belt sanders in the past but have not had much luck with them. The wood panels have a slight...

I need to remove some cracking paint (sun damaged) from a large outside shed. It's all on wood panels. Is there a disc for a grinder that can do this or will that remove the wood also? I've tried belt sanders in the past but have not had much luck with them. The wood panels have a slight...

There is a style of brick pointing used in the 70s called brick baveuse. How would you go about removing the excess pointing and tidying it up making it look like normal brickwork?

This is actually for Spain. Until the electricity company reconnect our meter (taken away due to building licence expiration even though it has now been extended), we have agreed with a neighbour to temporarily use his electricity supply. Will a 50m cable suffer any voltage drop? We were...

I have an IP camera with a 5V 1.0A step down on it. The black wire in the picture says 80degrees 300V on it. To extend I have just simply connected up some electric cable (white in the picture) of 0.75mm2 It seems to power the camera correctly so it is supplying enough voltage but is this the...

Is it possible to extend the cables that come with most phone chargers, IP cameras, etc.? These are the normally black cables connected to a step down ransformer. They look like they just have 2 wires so could I just cut them and then wire them onto some standard wire with a connector point? I...

I need to add an external extension lead from the electric access (images attached). After turning off the fusebox, can I just plug it in directly to one of the plastic connectors shown here? It doesn;t need much in the way of current, just a simple 5amp fuse in the extension socket to power...

I have a UK step down transformer that came with an IP camera. What I want to do is connect this IP camera up to a euro plug and run it along an extension. Is it possible to take these apart and do that? I know I could just get one of those UK to euro plug converters but this all needs to go...

I am making a kayak cart using the following design: http://palmettokayakfishing.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/diy-bulletproof-kayak-cart-build.html However, I can't find the end caps that I'm supposed to drill a 5/8" hole through and put the treaded rod/axle through that. I've tried instead to...

I looked at wickes and they only sell 92.5 degree tees. I need one like this but 90 degree angles: Also, I had a look online and nowhere is cheap, all charging a few quid for a simple bit of plastic. Any ideas where these can be bought from?

I have an old Charbroil BBQ with 1 venturi going into a burner. I need to get a replacement as the burner is pretty rusty/old and doesn't burn effectively any more (slightly yellow flames, cold and hot spots on the BBQ). However, most replacements seem to be 2 venturis. Is there a way to...

I have an old Charbroil BBQ with 1 venturi going into a burner. I need to get a replacement as the burner is pretty rusty/old and doesn't burn effectively any more (slightly yellow flames, cold and hot spots on the BBQ). However, most replacements seem to be 2 venturis. Is there a way to...

I'm trying to attach some lights to bathroom tiles (connected to electrics) but am worried about cracking the tiles if I drill into them. I already tried some heavy duty tape but it doesn't seem to hold either from humidity or the tiles are not 100% flat. Would no more nails work or silicone...

How do you turn the pump speed down on a boiler to stop the whistling sound in the radiator pipes?