UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

  1. Home
  2. UK Do-It-Yourself Forum
91887 Threads Posts
to

Worth reading in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

How to remove sealent from nozzle

What i know about DIY can be wrote on the back of a stamp so go easy on me please. Just bought one of those sealent thi...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by luckyjim2000_2000
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by luckyjim2000_2000

Fitting a solid fuel stove in an old fireplace.

We have some rather attractive original Art Deco fireplaces. While they look nice there's so much hassle with down-drau...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by usenet
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by usenet

Double-glazing installation snag!

Hi folks, I'm installing a fairly new PVC double-glazed window. When I removed the gl azed units to make the frame easi...
23 comments posted 10yrs
posted by trancenotes1776
23 comments posted 10yrs posted by trancenotes1776

OT Jaguar Landrover

Jaguar Landrover opening a new manufacturing plant in Slovakia. http://www.jaguarlandrover.com/gl/en/about-us/news/2015...
51 comments posted 10yrs
posted by harry130747
51 comments posted 10yrs posted by harry130747

OT: Pinking Diesel Engine

Hi all, How is it possible for a diesel engine (given the correct grade of fuel) to pink? Obviously with petrol, you ca...
143 comments posted 10yrs
posted by cbx
143 comments posted 10yrs posted by cbx

Flushing radiators using Magnaclean

I have 18 radiators on an old system to which I have fitted a Magnaclean. I understand that it can be a practical propo...
5 comments posted 10yrs
posted by kdunbar232
5 comments posted 10yrs posted by kdunbar232

Disabling a house alarm

The alarm outside our house has become extremely difficult to access, due to building work (removing a rusty fire escap...
18 comments posted 10yrs
posted by gayleard
18 comments posted 10yrs posted by gayleard

Wood cracking

We have a pile of pearwood discs around 10-12" diameter, bark still on. The y're starting to dry and cracking badly, cr...
31 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tabbypurr
31 comments posted 10yrs posted by tabbypurr

Ha ha they cannot even get this right

Scammers take note of the obvious problems in this email to me. Hello! You may be sceptical about this email due to the...
12 comments posted 10yrs
posted by briang1
12 comments posted 10yrs posted by briang1

Skirting board question

I ordered some white oak skirting board from Wickes a few weeks ago. Wondering where it was, I checked my account to fi...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by no
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by no

Restoring burglar alarm default codes

My late mother's property has a burglar alarm system, a Scantronic 9651, installed around 1993. Just recently, one of t...
14 comments posted 10yrs
posted by me
14 comments posted 10yrs posted by me

totally OT: Haiti and hurricanes..

Haiti is experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis.... ...since the last humanitarian crisis!
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tnp
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by tnp