Latest threads in UK Do-It-Yourself Forumshow only best voted threads
| Subject | Author | Posted | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
OT: This week's auction
Lot No: 3315 Three boxes of approx 150 unused Transit rear U bolts Estimate: £30.00 ? £40.00 Just what you need if you're restoring several Transit vans.
3
|
4 years ago
|
3 | |
|
|
Dead fluorescent fitting?
My kitchen strip light has stopped working. I've replaced with known working starters and known working tubes from other known working lights, and it doesn't come on. Symptoms are the starter will...
50
|
4 years ago
|
50 | |
|
|
OT: Ping pong
English sub has from the subtitles button in other videos. ≪miss spell≫ (×)ping pong boring→(○)ping pong bowling English sub has from the subtitles button in other videos. ≪miss spell≫...
4
|
4 years ago
|
4 | |
|
|
Lateral loads near the top of a masonry wall
Yeah - I have a bit of a paranoia about lateral forces on tops of walls. Just wondered if anyone could see any problems with this: View of wall (plan, from top) D | | C_____|A xxx| xxx| |__________E B...
8
|
4 years ago
|
8 | |
|
|
Servicing a very old gas boiler - still done?
I've been asked about getting a very old gas boiler serviced. I think it is from the 1970s when the house was built. It certainly looks very much like the one we found when we moved into a house in...
12
|
4 years ago
|
12 | |
|
|
Glue that hardens with UV light like at the dentist
I came across and advert online for some stuff called Bondic that hardens with UV light like white fillings at the dentist. Given how good the dental stuff is I quite like the idea of it but it seems...
5
|
4 years ago
|
5 | |
|
|
Neighbour's installation has dimmer switches plus ...
My flat's main room ceiling lighting is OEM, apart from adding shades and replacing bulbs. It has two dangling lights controlled by a 2-spst switch pair by the door. The main room of the flat of my...
16
|
4 years ago
|
16 | |
|
|
Oil boiler
Hi my outside oil boiler is sooting up and locking out in bad weather, could this be because wind blowing around flue. had a service about month ago. I can get it going when I clean photocell but have...
8
|
4 years ago
|
8 | |
|
|
Pot Holes
Why do Highways Depts believe that potholes can be repaired by dropping in some tarmac and stamping it down? It is time they were properly equiped with the machinery and materials to do it properly...
11
|
4 years ago
|
11 | |
|
|
qualcast petrol mower rear wheel opposite height adjuster is not not maintaining height like other wheels
as title really , all other wheels move with height adjuster but this one doesnt - presume something has come off but cant find what or where
1
|
4 years ago
|
1 | |
|
|
surfacing a drive
I have a section of driveway that has a surface made of limestone that's about a foot deep. It's OK and good enough except that part of it is on a one in eight slope and when we have a downpour the...
10
|
4 years ago
|
10 | |
|
|
Overhang versus parapet roof on glass box extension
Would appreciate your advice on the better option on a residential extension in Ireland. South east facing back garden that is very short.
1
|
4 years ago
|
1 | |
|
|
Bridge between Scotland and Ireland
Apparently it's on. How long before it's not ? Days, weeks, months or years ? I reckon this time 2021 it'll be long forgotten.
175
|
4 years ago
|
175 | |
|
|
New TV Moderately OT:-)
I need a new TV for my bedroom. Wall mounted, HD capable, OK on my existing auxiliary boxes, and with a freeview program search function. Able to take a satellite input but not Sky. Any...
126
|
4 years ago
|
126 | |
|
|
Torx masonry screws
I have to attach a TV bracket to a conventional brick-with-plaster wall. The bracket is a hinged extending design which means that even with a small TV the weight supported will be considerable. Plus,...
48
|
4 years ago
|
48 |