UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

  1. Home
  2. UK Do-It-Yourself Forum
91868 Threads Posts
to

Worth reading in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum

Window in stud wall

I am in the process of dividing what originally was a bedroom that has had a conservatory added. The wall will span the...
8 comments posted 1yr
posted by tricky.dicky
8 comments posted 1yr posted by tricky.dicky

Cutting large piece of wood . . .

A friend wants help moving a large piece of wood, looks like oak - roughly 1.5m x 0.4m x 0.4m, cut rectangular cube sor...
30 comments posted 1yr
posted by patchmoney
30 comments posted 1yr posted by patchmoney

OT: Petrol pump and zeroising

Today the announcement over the forecourt of the petrol station was: "Pump seven, insert the nozzle in your car" Well,...
53 comments posted 1yr
posted by nospam
53 comments posted 1yr posted by nospam

Expelling Bees in flat roof

Whilst checking the discolouration of the plasteboard ceiling in the shower enclosure I decided to push a bradawl up ju...
20 comments posted 1yr
posted by nospam
20 comments posted 1yr posted by nospam

OT: Amazon age verification

I'm trying to order a utility knife from Amazon. They've put in a new system of age verification at the point of sale,...
8 comments posted 1yr
posted by NOTsomeone
8 comments posted 1yr posted by NOTsomeone

Worst Message From Windows?

Disk D:\ does not contain a recognisable filing system. Oh dear, it used to contain the drivers for a re-install, all o...
21 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
21 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Was SMART meter understanding - Download data

So, the gas reporting stopped the evening the smart meters were installed: 5th August 2025 The electricity reporting st...
34 comments posted 1yr
posted by stuck
34 comments posted 1yr posted by stuck

Foil behind radiators

Opinion sought. How much difference would putting foil between a radiator and a outside wall (9 inch without cavity). S...
50 comments posted 1yr
posted by junk
50 comments posted 1yr posted by junk

Solve the fitting of a back-box

One side plasterboard, the other a stud. https://ibb.co/MxXMFB55 Is there an easy way of solving this? I have a multi-t...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by fredxx
12 comments posted 1yr posted by fredxx

Old timer plumbing trick to the rescue

So I needed to "move" and outside tap very slightly - so it was in the same place but projecting about 10-15mm further...
9 comments posted 1yr
posted by see.my.signature
9 comments posted 1yr posted by see.my.signature

What's happened to my Thunderbird?

For many years I've used Thunderbird with no problems, but recently it's caused nothing but problems. * Insisting that...
46 comments posted 1yr
posted by max_demian
46 comments posted 1yr posted by max_demian

SMART meter understanding

Can anyone make sense of this, please? I got up about 0645 this morning. Had a cooked breakfast. At about 0715 I went t...
57 comments posted 1yr
posted by stuck
57 comments posted 1yr posted by stuck

wiki rehosted

Since the wiki performance was getting every more patchy, I have moved it from the 123-reg "Deluxe" shared hosting to a...
13 comments posted 1yr
posted by see.my.signature
13 comments posted 1yr posted by see.my.signature