Marazzi Tiles

Have you asked in a tile shop ? Have you asked the original supplier of your previous tiles ? A relative of mine was in a similar position recently and some 2 - 3 years after purchasing tiles for a hallway they extended their kitchen and went back to the tile shop. Matching tiles on ...
Posted by keng in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 21 years ago 
B&Q Wind turbines

It is a very small shop. It is just impractical to use it. I buy stamps at the corner shop (which I do support), and unusual stamp values (not standard 1st/2nd small letters) online.
Posted by Bob Eager in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 19 years ago 
WTB Replacement Violin Case Handle

A music or DJ shop, selling stage PA gear. Isaac Lord, purveyors of knobs and handles to the gentry. Almost any half-decent hardware shop, so long as you don't mind a cheap moulded plastic bail (the swinging part).
Posted by Andy Dingley in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 21 years ago 
Pressure Vacuum Cleaner for Whole House

gfretwell - Nehmo - What size motor does your shop vac have? gfretwell - Considering the inevitable leaks, it would take an enormous compressing fan to blow the roof off. (Your shop vac turned around wouldn't make that pressure in a house.)
Posted by nehmo54 in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 20 years ago 
Radiant bar heaters ?

The hardware shop where I live can get hold of almost anything, often at a lower price than big orange sheds or online, but if you don't have a similar shop nearby choice is limited.
Posted by David Hansen in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 19 years ago 
Pipe clips

Nearly all pipe clips require the pipe to be positioned, the clip positions marked, then the pipe removed, the clips screwed in, etc Like these https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p72747 You can get nail in clips that have the nails offset, so that they can be nailed with the pipe in ...
Posted by GB in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 8 years ago 
The Ikea kitchen sink plumbing thread - with a strong hint of cowboy

Toolstation do two different diameters of https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p55664 Also https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p45626 plus longer flexi lengths and push fit variants.
Posted by alan_m in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 7 years ago 
OT:Hoover repair - Dyson

I know he repairs Dysons because there are always loads in his shop when I have been there. To repeat "there are always loads in his shop when I have been there". What better recommendation could anyone ask ? michael adams ...
Posted by michael adams in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 5 years ago 
Identify a 36 tpi screw

When I asked the chap in the ironmonger's shop down the road he went straight to a small brown box on a shelf under the stairs and got me one. I'm not sure how many shop assistants these days would even know what I was asking for.
Posted by nightjar in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 4 years ago 
2-cycle engine quits when hot

Two years ago I took a old mower to the local repair shop. Some kids were assigned to make it run continuously but they failed 3 times. There was lots of adjusting of the carb screws but nothing helped.
Posted by Stubby in Backyard Gardeners 19 years ago