UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

  1. Home
  2. UK Do-It-Yourself Forum
91873 Threads Posts
to

Worth reading in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

Horwich ?

Looking for a tradesman or handyman who can do a property maintenance job for me on a property in BL6 area. Can't get th...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by letshaveit
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by letshaveit

Kingsley Davis -- Zero Population Growth

Kingsley Davis (1908?1997) was an internationally recognized American sociologist and demographer. He was identified by...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by imbibe
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by imbibe

Wiki offline

Just a heads up to say its down and the mo, and may be for few days... Normal service will be resumed shortly!
50 comments posted 5yrs
posted by see.my.signature
50 comments posted 5yrs posted by see.my.signature

Autotransformers - Regulatory grey area?

An item such as this https://www.ebay.co.uk/c/682912692Many were sold by Maplin with their name on it. How can this be...
34 comments posted 5yrs
posted by graham-usenet
34 comments posted 5yrs posted by graham-usenet

Modifying a Canon XL1 Video Camera

I have an XL1 video camera I purchased for a company project in 2000 and it was never used, in fact it is still in pris...
27 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jon
27 comments posted 5yrs posted by jon

Weatherproof electrical enclosure

On an external wall I have a pair of weatherproof sockets, and from one of them I run a plug lead feed to a box housing...
21 comments posted 5yrs
posted by chris
21 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris

Using soaker hose

I have, with some success, been using a porous hose to water some of my flower beds, as they are rather dry because of...
8 comments posted 5yrs
posted by chris
8 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris

Antifreeze.

I take it the reason the rubber/plastic bulb/hose on my anti-freeze tester disintegrates between Winters is the alcohol...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

Careful with that axe, no, glue Eugene

The forever ponytail: woman shares ordeal after using Gorilla Glue on her hair Tessica Brown has gained a captive audie...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by magpieinkcap
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by magpieinkcap

Snow Chains or Socks

Hi Guys I have had a difficult two days, largely trying to get home from rather than to work. Our house is at the top o...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by phil
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by phil

Dummy Loads For Checking Welder specs

Can anyone suggest a suitable dummy load for this purpose? Needs to be able to handle up to 200A for at least half a mi...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cd
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by cd

Attic Firewalls legal or not?

Our building was split into separate properties decades ago. You can get from one to another in the attic. I think mode...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dicegeorge
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by dicegeorge

OT - under floor ventilation

Notice what seemed to be a strange thing on our deck out the back. Snow was clearing from between the gaps in the decki...
1 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

Locked out!

For a number of reasons (at perhaps a reduction in security) I tend to have thumb screw locks on the inside of doors. M...
16 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
16 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr