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

Scottish accents, I can't understand

Trying to deal with an insurance company, to add my visiting son to my car insurance, but I cant understand the guy.
10 comments posted 1yr
posted by me
10 comments posted 1yr posted by me

Imaging Win10

Imaging Win10 I have discovered that Ventoy offers both a UEFI and non-UEFI menu if the computer's BIOS allows legacy m...
10 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
10 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

The concrete birdbath is broken

Bit of tree fell off onto the birdbath being held up by a statue. Statue is fine but concrete birdbath is in three piec...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by nospam
5 comments posted 1yr posted by nospam

PC Data migration

A while back the topic of moving stuff from one windows PC to another came up, so I have done an introductory article o...
9 comments posted 1yr
posted by see.my.signature
9 comments posted 1yr posted by see.my.signature

Progress?

While the rest of the world is adopting battery powered cars, I have purchased (second hand) 2 mobility scooters! Death...
10 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
10 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

Where did my water go? (Moved from wrong NG)

I have a 'Smart' meter on my water supply. I have a softener for the house supply that regenerates based on the amount...
24 comments posted 1yr
posted by davey
24 comments posted 1yr posted by davey

McAfee problems

I'm trying to uninstal McAfee from an HP desktop running Win 11 Pro. I've used McAfee's uninstall program but I'm still...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by iain
5 comments posted 1yr posted by iain

Induced atmospheric oscilltions

RJH and others have a habit of saying "until cheap storage comes along" or similar, as if the coming along such cheap s...
95 comments posted 1yr
posted by timstreater
95 comments posted 1yr posted by timstreater

Making sense of water hardness

I have an IKEA diswasher manual in front of me, https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/manuals/rengora-integrated-dishwasher-ikea-3...
21 comments posted 1yr
posted by daniele-at-vurt-dot-org
21 comments posted 1yr posted by daniele-at-vurt-dot-org

OT: Breakdown Cover

I have been an AA member since 1977, but am increasingly fed up with the annual call to get them to discount the renewa...
13 comments posted 1yr
posted by chris
13 comments posted 1yr posted by chris

TG Timber Clad Ceiling - Edges

I've just put some cheap T&G pine cladding on a ceiling to cover up the mess that's there. Looks fine, but the edges wh...
16 comments posted 1yr
posted by patchmoney
16 comments posted 1yr posted by patchmoney

Windows 10 - Bitmap as Icon

I've used that heading because many years ago I found a way of getting Windows Explorer (as it was then) to show an ico...
4 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
4 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Transluscent film on glass window

I want to cover the clear glass panel on a plastic door with 'frosted' plastic sheet. I know I can buy rolls of the stuf...
3 comments posted 1yr
posted by jim
3 comments posted 1yr posted by jim

Recent heat, and tapwater, idle speculation.

SWMBO commented that the water coming out of the cold (direct mains) tap was warmer than usual. And I tend to agree. Wi...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by jethro_uk
5 comments posted 1yr posted by jethro_uk