Home DIY

I never saw the signs to the Casino.
What floor is it on?

Left with a whole load of Mafell kit and a bunch of planes. I was being reasonable too, there was plenty more that I wanted but didn't buy.

Just picked up a very reasonably priced Milwaukee 150mm DA sander which has made my amauturish plastering look quite good! Hope to use it to prep the old flaky exterior paint and maybe to do the edging on the parquet. Determined to recoup.

Motion sensitive battery powered security light? mrbeams.co.uk/

Yep. They're good.

The only thing is they take C cell batteries which you might not have knocking around.

I'm now tempted to white wash the inside. But that's fairly far down the to-do list.

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I removed a load of chipboard that the previous owners had put down over the shed floor (it was uneven and starting to turn to dust in places). Now the floor seems less stable - flexing in places.

It's dry, but presumably anything I put down to replace it should be tolerant to damp which seems to rule out OSB (shame, it's cheap!). Given that I've got most of a roll of Tyvek Supro permeable membrane going spare after the floor insulation project, what do people think about putting a layer of that down, then OSB on top?

Or should I just put down a layer or two of treated ply?

I also found this stuff: http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-P5-T+g-Chipboard-Flooring-18-x-600-x-2400mm/p/164516

Tongue & grooved moisture-resistant chipboard flooring, but seems overkill when there's already a floor in place that there's no need to replace. It's pretty heavy too (same density as ply, but 3× the thickness)

Been looking for an integrated gas hob, found this bargain. Guess the $$$?

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@rhowe I put OSB down on my shed floor and it's still fine 10 years later.
The shed is raised off the concrete base on 2" timbers for air flow.

Put one of those OSB on 2" into a shed years ago, big shed and would have made a great band practice space. OSB really soaks up noise and feels properly inert.

Trust you to know, #baller £120k for the hob alone, bonkers.

WTF!

Router table with DeWalt router installed and shop vac for dust extraction-

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Free to the first person who can get to SE23 to take it away

Including router?!

Yep, Diable has dibsed it however.

That said, if you can get here tonight....

= I can't fit my car in my garage despite having spent 8 hours tidying it up today.

nice gift

Dibsing a first come first served? How uncouth!

Sadly can't make it this evening and not would I be sure could fit it in the back of the car if I could. Realistically I'd need to rapidly build a new shed to accommodate it too : )

Has anyone got any experience bending polypropylene pipes? I'm finishing up my new bathroom and would like to make a 45 degree bend, so the visible part of the plumbing is without joints. Fill it with sand and gentle use of a heatgun maybe?

Edit: It's white and 32mm OD. Wall thickness around 1,5mm.

It's the drain pipe from the sink

We have to change a lock on the front door of our leasehold property (consisting of theee flats). The second lock is a deadlock and we need a thumb turn for fire regulations.....and common sense.
Is Banham just a huge ripoff? It's £150 more than the standard lock recommended by the locksmith, but split between three flats it's not massively expensive.

Home security using the Internet Of Things.

Anyone have any experience with this? Just looking at the Y cam stuff and looking for anyone with recommendations for door/window sensors that would integrate.

The keys and locks themselves are very durable and difficult to pick. You register as a card holder for the lock and then only the card holders can get new keys cut which means you can monitor key holding, i.e. your cleaner cannot get their own key cut. Personally I like the look of them and the keys are slimline therefore easier to carry in a bunch which is handy for me as I have to carry the keys to a few properties. They are a bit better than most locks I fit in terms of operation and reliability. If you have a letterbox in the front door a thumb turn can be a liability anyhow.

I've just installed a Yale wireless alarm and whilst it doesn't integrate with anything else, it does have a reasonable control app and was very easy to setup - extra sensors are dead easy to add.

Firms that fit security systems generally see the IOT systems as insecure and they don't fulfil the requirements of the british standards for security systems. Not to say you can't set up a system for your own peace of mind but it will have security vulnerabilities that you may not have foreseen.