Tyre replacement

While sometimes the big national chains can be competitive on the price for tyres just avoid taking up their offers for the free safety check, or a check of tracking etc. This is how they up-sell.
Posted by alan_m in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 2 years ago 
"Express" (hah!) Scan-it-yourself checkouts

It is basically a "closed shop". Maybe we should send you 20 or 30 million people who will work for $50 a day, still expecting all of those "free" services and see what happens to your economy.
Posted by gfretwell in Home Repair 15 years ago 
Plywood with lots of plies

About half the B&Q price with free postage. 48 hour delivery too. Unless you have a specialist woodwork shop nearby, you're more likely to get offcuts of what you want on Ebay than anywhere else.
Posted by Dave Plowman (News) in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 9 years ago 
Identify generator part

Take it to a reputable small engine shop and have it repaired. Then use ONLY ethanol free fuel, and turn off the fuel or drain the tankwhen not in use.
Posted by clare in Home Repair 9 years ago 
220v extension cord for Table saw?

Thomas responds: And why would 240 volt extension cords be any more likely to create shop fires than would, say, 120 volt extension cords? Charlie Self "Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good." H. L. Mencken
Posted by Charlie Self in Woodworking Forum 21 years ago 
Daily Wail plastic bag campaign

I think the philosophy is that, if the bags are free, then the punters think they are worthless and throw them away. Even if the shop charges a "token" amount for the bags the chavs might realize they can be reused. Whether this approach will work I know not. M.
Posted by Mark in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 18 years ago 
Mains Water Pressure. What is "typical"?

Luckily I got a new one from the shop for free. I had to fit a pressure regulator to stop the new one breaking. Of course turning the stop tap down as suggested earlier would have resulted in another blown up watering computer.
Posted by dennis in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 16 years ago 
Whats gas boiler worth?

If you are buying from a firm that normally sells them, which also has a ebay shop then fine.
Posted by John Rumm in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 10 years ago 
Radiant HEating? Outside?

Can anyone recommend a good site on how to add radiant heat to an outside, sidewalk. I want to add a 100' side walk to my shop to keep me out of the mud and wet grass and am interested in the pro's and con's of heating so that I do not have to shovel...
Posted by HotRod in Home Repair 21 years ago 
Tape to repair office chair arm

Maybe an auto upholstery shop would be an answer. There's a site here that might help: https://www.ifixit.com/ There is an electrical tape for watertight connections that is really flexible.
Posted by Dean Hoffman in Home Repair 11 years ago