Latest threads in UK Do-It-Yourself Forumshow only best voted threads

Subject Author Posted Replies
 
OT: Prostate Trouble
on 30/06/2020, Cursitor Doom supposed : Texture of the prostate.
25
25
 
Pond liners
We have a low-lying, boggy garden with a stream running through it. Come the lockdown and Lady Goss-Custard decided to have a pond. So we got a guy in with a mini JCB and he dug a hole about 5.5m by...
13
13
 
Re: Water, water everywhere
We had a meter placed in the street a couple of years ago when the drive was being done and also because of the nature of the new sink unit keeping the meter there would add to the clutter, the old...
 
Water, water everywhere
Remember a while back I had trouble with a push fit pipe fitting. Yesterday I failed to learn from the previous lesson, I was removing the water meter from under the sink and at the same time...
9
9
 
Re: ot Leicester ....
There are some odd people around these islands. They wear those daft skirt things. With those dangly pockets in front - what are those called? Begins with S, I think. And they play very noisy musical...
22
22
 
Scissor sharpening - done it.
Over the years, I have many times tried and failed to sharpen scissors. Lots of blunt scissors here and our last two pairs of sharp ones became useless last week for hair cutting, so I ordered some...
3
3
 
Aqualisa shower
Gradually the power switch needs pushing in and holding to make it function, anyone have any ideas why it's not running by itself ??
4
4
 
Old Cutting Discs
I have about 60 off 155mm x 2mm cutting discs of the German 'Pferd' Horse Elastic Brand and they have been in the shed since 1990. They look quite sound and sound like crockery when pinged, but no...
8
8
 
Re: Scottish Government plans to cut VAT rateT
I thought the wee lassie was having some in her house?
 
Question about Thunderbird filters
I successfully filter messages from some (an increasing number!) of the bat heads, but can't see how to add a filter to "ignore thread" when it's *started* by certain of the aforementioned nutters -...
19
19
 
Abuse of vernier caliper
it does show pretty good mastery of the angle grinder. (For Brian's benefit, it shows how to make a DIY "multitool" saw from an angle grinder. Just using an angle grinder, stick welder, vice, and a...
8
8
 
Pubs with out of date beer barrels
Nice to see the breweries sticking on new best before dates on your out of date barrels.
67
67
 
New shower valve
We need a new surface mounted shower valve. The existing one has the two pipe entries on the top, about an inch apart. I can't seem to find anything like it. I can alter the pipework, if necessary,...
3
3
 
OT: Wireless USB
If you download free 'Contacam' it has a facility to connect to HTTP and you could connect multiple Wifi cameras.
19
19
 
Re: Scottish Government plans to cut VAT rateT
Scottish Government plans to cut VAT rate === I thought she was going to increase all taxes when the UK refused to give her a few billion £s more!
21
21