I’ve had the older version of that orbit sander for about 5 years and it’s been brilliant. It’s much more like the Hitachi model though and looks better built. The only thing I don’t like about it is the dust extraction. The only way to connect a hose to it is with duct tape.

How do the teva links compare to specialized, size wise?

Probably got some delamination going on. Some stainless pan head screws ask around will solidify it and a new top coat will cure any leaks. 2 hrs work and you’re done

It’s probably good for another 20 years if it was done right. If you’re bothered about the appearance, just rough it up with some 60 grit and top coat it, will probably cost under 100 quid. Have a look at glassplies in Southport

Why should private rents be regulated? The market sets the rate, that’s the way it should always be

I’ve seen the bollards pic loads of times and always wondered where the pics of then getting out are

Been on a few times recently, retro-tastic

Happens quite often, I’ve had it 4 times in the last 10 years. It really doesn’t bother me at all, so I always deal with them for my mum. 1st time was a bit weird, old lady in her 70’s, she lived in the house her whole life, wasevenborn there. Second was an old friend of my dad’s, he was an alcoholic and we’d joked for years abouthim dying in there and us having to break in. 3rd was a drugs overdose, fairly unpleasant scene to be fair. Last one was a guy that had worked for us on and off for over 20 years, was a good family friend too. He was really unhealthy and grossly overweight, big drinker. But he’d really sorted himself out the last few years, lost about 6 stone, really cut the drinking. Sally had a pulmonary embolism in his sleep, wouldn’t have felt a thing.

I suppose I’m a bit odd really, a few weeks ago I changed a front door with the tenants dead husband lying in a coffin in the front room. I offered to do it another time but she wanted it doing

What kind of fitting have you given half a turn? I think you’ll need to nip them up tighter than that. Just open the valves and let it fill, checking for dribbles. Open the bleed at the top to let the sit out, you will probably have to top up the system before it fills completely

Find your closest Selco builders merchant, £30 a sheet Inc vat for wbp or £27 for structural ply

For an easy life, just turn off the isolator that’s there already. Remove the pipe that goes to the cistern and replace with a 1/2 – 1/2 flexi. They’re about 2 quid at screwfix. It’ll take you no more than 2 mins. When you fit it, DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN THE NUT! Hand tighten with a glove on Is sufficient. Any more than that and you risk damaging the washer, causing a further leak in the future. I guarantee this will happen the day you leave for a 2 week holiday.

It’s available in 110v if it had to be so.

Wbp is generally hardwood, better quality, heavier, stronger, has a more dense core with more layers, stronger water proof glue and minimal voids

Look at what you could have won

http://www.toolstop.co.uk/dewalt-d25123k-sds-hammer-drill-3-mode-240v-p14559

It’s smaller, lighter, hits harder and costs a quarter of what you’ve just bought.

I’ve had mine almost 4 years, regularly use it for 127mm cores and stripping render.

The £430 saving buys a lot of tools

Reset your box, sometimes mine decides it doesn’t want to play and can’t use any sky plus features. A reset sorts it, takes about 10 mins. Just fully power it down manually, then unplug it for 30 seconds and restart

Brilliant

Funding is complicated and I don’t know all the details. I do know that they get a lot of goodwill from certain suppliers, they also get regular labour from very large organisations for free. They are still getting paid by their respective employers and some treat it as a bit of a jolly. Some of the money comes from things like children in need and the BBC direct, there where about 4 camera and sound guys, 1 H&S guy, couple of runners and the regular cast, who are all salary staff.

On the one I did, probably less than half of the lads where actual volunteers.

I found out about it via a facebook flyer

That’s what I was afraid of….I

Foil backed boards are designed to cope with a small amount of dampness or vapour, penetrating in from behind, i.e. a solid wall etc, not for bathrooms. That in itself is not an issue in your case, what is a problem is the drywall adhesive. It doesn’t stick to the boards very well at all and they need to be screw fixed to battens ideally. If you tile them, they’ll probably break loose, I certainly wouldn’t tile them personally.

As for the pipes, just chase them in

I did a DIY SOS recently in Bury, put 6 days in.

They’re doing one every 2 weeks approximately and they’re at least 18 months behind with the episodes.

Was a great week and I’d do it again, the catering was brilliant!

Ok, firstly, why are you using foil backed boards and how did you fix them?

Secondly, I can’t see any pipes on the back wall, so assuming they’re not there yet. Why can’t you just Chanel out the wall for the pipes? I’m assuming 15’s? Fill over with bonding or drywall adhesive, them tank the whole area. Are these walls being tiled? If so, there’s absolutely no need to skim them

I don’t really follow what you’re trying to do.

I’d help you out but I think you’re too far away, Yorkshire?

Pointing is always surprisingly expensive as not many do it and even less do it well.

What size wall and what kind of pointing? There are loads of guys who just specialise in pointing only, seek those out first, they’ll be cheaper and much faster

50A junction box on the end of the shower feed, 2 x 2.5mm.flex to 2 x fused switches, into 2 x digital timers, into your elements.

If you can get one, swap the mcb to 32a, might even be a spare in the board. Your plumber should be part p etc

How high area the ceilings? I do 8ft boards on my own, I only struggle at 2.5m+.

Make yourself a T shape prop, about 30mm longer than your ceiling is high, your a piece of heavy string/light rope to the top. Put the prop around a third of the way into the boat gently at first so you can position it, then screw up the other end you are holding. Easier with hop up stands rather than steps. I also use a quick action adjustable prep at the free end and an autofeed screw gun. The props are about 12 quid at screwfix, autofeed gun makes things a lot quicker and easier but I used to do it without.

It WILL take a fair bit of practice to get the knack. If you can’t mange, just half them.

Every tradesman should fit these

http://www.lockshop-warehouse.co.uk/acatalog/kryptonite-vehicle-hasp-and-padlock.html

Fitted correctly, there’s no point even trying as they’d need to destroy the van to get in

800 quid will get you a BaxiPotterMain or an ideal logic. Don’t even consider anything else at that budget, spend a little more and you’re into Worcester/Valiant and Veismann

I was looking at something like this

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11070.m1951.l1120/7?euid=99107656536d451a9e91d653ab5b07b9&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D111253190224%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AX%3APROI%3AGB%3A1120

I’ve just installed one for a customer. It’s quiet, reasonably powerful, has a heater on board, LED lights and it turns itself on again when the bath is empty to clean out the water from the pump.

I give my cordless kit some serious abuse every day. I changed from dewalt to makita last year and wish I hadn’t. Should have got the new dewalt gear instead.

I’ve got a 10.8v Milwaukee brushless driver, I use it for almost everything. It’ll easily send a 120mm screw into softwood and has enough grunt to turn a 32mm Irwin blue groove auger easily

It cost about 150 quid though with 2 batteries

Dig up at the blockage to check the pipe?

Have you tried the corkscrew type attachments?

😯

6k for materials alone is pushing it!

Back in my day, we had a box to tick for that sort of thing

Sorry no, bit too far for me too.

You should have plenty of competition up that way for work though

12k, finger in air estimate. Where in west York’s?

Science man with a big computer and complex mathematics calculated that his maximum speed on a 30 degree slope was 153mph. I lost interest after that

Donated a week of my time to DIY SOS. I’m supposed to be decorating my own house and knocking the fireplace out

I have an Aladdin thermal mug with a really good lid. I put 3 shots in it and top up with hot water. I usually only start drinking it after an hour or so, tastes fine.

I’ve only had stovetop coffee in a flask, which was also fine, but I drink mine black, no sugar

Once it’s fitted, there is no comeback

Any plasterer should be able to skim over it easily. I do it all the time in new houses, for some reason the always have artex ceilings. If you wet it down, like you were stripping paper, it scrapes off super easy, right back to the board