UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

  1. Home
  2. UK Do-It-Yourself Forum
91885 Threads Posts
to

Worth reading in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

Switching gas supplier

I have a flat, which is used as occasion arises, ie not regularly, but when we or friends or family need it. The heatin...
19 comments posted 9yrs
posted by davey
19 comments posted 9yrs posted by davey

Strong magnets and handling of same

Just received a bunch of strong magnets supposedly for fixing the sliding curtain/door. Wrong part as it happens, but a...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wibble
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by wibble

Cuprinol or some other timber preserver

A few years ago I used Cuprinol Wood Preserver Clear such as these https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg3Njg=/z/c0MAAOSwTu...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by james.harris.1
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by james.harris.1

OT Ants

I dug over the flower beds last week. The next day I found a few ants on the bathroom window ledge. We live in a bungal...
24 comments posted 9yrs
posted by MrPounder
24 comments posted 9yrs posted by MrPounder

5V PSU for TENS Foot Plate

My FIL managed to spill water on his TENS machine Foot tinger thingy and to ok out it's 5V wall wart. I was asked if I...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by cpvh
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by cpvh

tea

milk, two sugars please. Ta... Has their been a sudden breakout here of the single word subject syndrome? :)
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by email
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by email

age

Would I be correct in assuming that most of the posters and readers on this ng are of a mature age. i.e. 55 - 80 yrs. I...
83 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dennis_gangenoreply
83 comments posted 9yrs posted by dennis_gangenoreply

diy

for all you thatchees out there, but not all at once,you may crash the server. http://www.playamiguel.es/webcam/index.ht...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by dennis_gangenoreply
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by dennis_gangenoreply

Rumours

Will smart meters alert the user of the date and time the meter is read by the energy company? I have heard conflicting...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by briang1
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by briang1

Chainsaw

Hi all I have a pile of logs/ slices of tree trunk in the garden which i have no u se for other than to chop up and use...
33 comments posted 9yrs
posted by leenowell
33 comments posted 9yrs posted by leenowell

Vinyl Interlocking floor times and planks

I have a T & G Bathroom floor and don't want to put ceramic tiles down as it would need to be overboarded and then tile...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

Weird network issue resolved!

#1 router was a newish DSL 3780 as provided by Talktalk and the one acting as modem to connect to broadband, plus provi...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Air in central heating -- header tank

Should a header tank not be connected so the pipe is vertical, to make air bubble up into it as it passes? This would b...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by imvalid
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by imvalid

Burning Wood to make Tea

I wish to boil up water to make cups of tea on my quiet corner of the Allotment. I want to be using the bits of wood wh...
11 comments posted 9yrs
posted by jcurzon44
11 comments posted 9yrs posted by jcurzon44