UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

  1. Home
  2. UK Do-It-Yourself Forum
91870 Threads Posts
to

Worth reading in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

Had a message from Amazon

Someone had used my account to purchase £70 of gift cards. Amazon automatically cancelled them and refunded to my bank....
22 comments posted 2yrs
posted by reading.mostly
22 comments posted 2yrs posted by reading.mostly

Restoration project

This copper lantern (converted from gas) used to sit on top of a cast iron lamp post outside my grandparents' house/sho...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

Pilot light gas consumption

I've only just noticed that my smart meter is indicating the cost of gas consumed by 08:00 is 28p. That extrapolates to...
13 comments posted 2yrs
posted by devnull
13 comments posted 2yrs posted by devnull

Electric underfloor heating

I inherited a non-working electric floor beneath a conservatory. I would like an elecrician experienced in this line of...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by pinnerite
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by pinnerite

Has anybody boiled... guitar strings?

Some people swear that you can rejuvenate guitar strings by boiling them. Mine are not completely gone, but they stink...
14 comments posted 2yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Recommendations for a secure shed?

Only I seem to have won a lot of air fryers all of a sudden, and I will need somewhere to store them. ;-) Dave R
0 comments posted 2yrs
posted by wibble
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

Metal Tool to switch off Water Meter Valve

I switched off the water at a 2017 installed Thames Water meter last week. It's a quarter turn of a valve, which is con...
7 comments posted 2yrs
posted by mark
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by mark

Google Home/Assistant quirk

I've setup a lot of smart devices around the house to help SWMBO. These are initially controlled by an "app" on my Andr...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jethro_uk
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by jethro_uk

Remote control shower mixer - anyone using one?

I've been reading brochures. There are remote control shower mixers. Usually you have the mixer above the ceiling in th...
29 comments posted 2yrs
posted by wibble
29 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

PVC bathroom wall panels

Anyone have any experience with plastic wall panels, to be used in bathrooms instead of tiles? Basically like vinyl pla...
19 comments posted 2yrs
posted by theom+news
19 comments posted 2yrs posted by theom+news

Wall behind wood burner - alternative to render?

The stud wall behind our wood burner which is rendered has dried out and cracked over the last 12 years. Is there an al...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by wibble
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

Keeping a loft warm

My mother moved into a care home in April. Her 4 bedroom bungalow is now unoccupied, and I have it up for sale. It's he...
28 comments posted 2yrs
posted by mark
28 comments posted 2yrs posted by mark

100 mm upstand under shower tray - pro/con

We are in the process of specifying a walk in shower to replace the bath. One option is to have a 100mm upstand to allo...
19 comments posted 2yrs
posted by wibble
19 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

Power Supply Mystery

A couple of hours ago the UPS in my computer room started beeping, I thought it was odd because the TV in the lounge wa...
27 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jgnewsid
27 comments posted 2yrs posted by jgnewsid