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I need to cut precise 15mm thick slots upwards from the end of a load of posts, rip cuts with the grain across the diameter - to insert steel plates for footings These are large posts, 300mm in diameter and 5 to 7 metres long. There are around 40 slots needed and they all need to be square...

I keep getting conflicting info on whether the Ariston margharita a1635 washing machine has a welded drum or not. I have half a mind to trash the thing and buy a new bosch, but first I would like to know whether it is feasible to attempt a bearing replacement. As there are no ariston manuals...

In 2004 I replied to a forum post here on DIYnot asking for someone who could write about DIY projects - //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=45286#45286. As a result of this contact I have written several books for the publisher, some of which have gone on to being very successful ~...

I have just got around to fixing a bristan 1901 handbasin tap (hot) that has been getting increasingly hard to turn off. The old washer was brittle and half worn through, the seat looked OK, but i polished it with a seating tool just to make sure, no apparent erosion. When it came to...

I have just put in a butler sink and moved two separate kitchen taps from standard upright fittings (that were fixed through the worktop) to wall mounted ones. I have two brass wall mounted elbows (that will be behind some t&g panelling), each has a 4" chrome extension pipe that gives enough...

I just wish I was as quick witted as this bloke when it comes to nuisance sales calls. http://stage6.divx.com/user/tifrap/video/1783565/Telesales-Prank-Sound-only if you cant play divx files another version is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_PjRXV5l8

Ive noticed that the insulation posts get mixed responses so I thought I'd throw this one in... I am building a large shed/workshop with a pitched roof that i want to be as dry as possible inside. I have also inherited :wink: a load of building materials that I want to use, particularly...

I have just bought a whole load of 240v to 110v transformers to power an art installation that has come from the states. when they arrived It occured to me that they look just like the transformers inside those yellow boxes that everone uses on site to power 110v equipment. does anyone know if...

I work in a large industrial unit that 15 people share the rent and rates on - each of us gets a workshop space and no-one makes a profit out of us. Anyway, the other day we had an 'unexpected' visit from the local fire officer who couldn't quite get his head around the varied nature of...

ok new question for any engineers out there. I need to cut a load of 32mm o/d stainless steel tube, and i need to cut it all square. (wall thickness is 1.6mm). Now I know there are loads of ways of going about this - all seem to have serious drawbacks. ie. tube cutters dont do s/steel that...

I need to support a series of steel frames to the ceiling of a multi-storey car park and have been told that the reinforced concrete that the slabs are cast from are quite a lot harder than usual, and that most existing fixings have needed diamond core drills. As all the work will be...

I've been doing some research recently into the sustainability of building materials and have hit a sort of impass. I wonder if anyone here has any ideas. let me explain. looking at the damage that cement does to the environment (see note below) I have been looking at alternatives and find...

Have tried to search this but no luck so im going to ask in the hope of some kind soul giving time. small two storey house three rads downstairs two rads upstairs potterton puma 80 combi heater without any external controls/thermo's combi is quite old rads are cheap and nasty - one...

Just been looking back through all the old posts to find out whats wrong with my potty puma 80 - and got thoroughly overloaded with info. but i still have one simple question. what exactly is lockout? is it a designed state of the boiler workings, say to guard against some lethal...

I'm trying to understand my very unpredictable (old) potterton Puma combi and could do with having a very basic question answered. 3 upstairs rads 3 downstairs. the one in the bathroom is small and has a short pipe underneath that bypasses it, with an inline valve that was set only partially...

I need to change the front wheel bearings on my vaux carlton and have noticed that the torque amounts for tightening these nuts are 360 Nm - i thought it was a typo but no. apparently its correct - try as hard as i might i cant find a torque wrench that goes up that high to buy or hire - so my...

I did a job a few years ago in a theatre that was having its (listed) organ renovated. It was a glorious machine that rose from the floor and allegedly sang like an angel. anyway it transpired that the air pump could not be saved, and as the pump itself wasn't listed they decided to comision...

not strictly diy but disaster nearly. A local comunity centre asked me to make a granite plaque to place over a time capsule that they were going to consign into a wall for posterity. it would have the name of the local dignitary Stanley Baker on it, an apparently formidable self made man with...

having read all findable posts about pottertons I'm still no wiser about what ails mine. its a potty puma 80 and seems to live happily enough until someone mentions it (or touches it) then it goes into apoplectic mode. basicly it refuses to heat any rads. hw always fine xcept sometimes a too...