Home DIY

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Certainly wouldn't want a boilerperson to check it, no matter how well certified they may be.

prostrate

you're right, I should be pleased with any attention

I should be pleased with anal attention

fixed

you're welcome

So your not fussy who checks your prostrate out then

It's been checked out a few times.

However, if it's a medical thing, who ever does it needs the word Doctor or Nurse Practitioner in front of their name.

Nest thermostat installed. A lot easier than the manual suggests.

Jell, nice bit of kit, I was playing with one in a plumbers merchant the other day.

Does anyone need any secondary glazing film? It's the clear heatshrink stuff that you stick around your window frame with tape and then shrink into place with a hairdryer. I've got 2 new packets (one as linked, one branded "Mr Cosy"), plus a remnant, which you can have for a fiver or a few decent beers. This stuff works really quite well for keeping the draughts out.

Anyone remember those light switches and plug sockets that are made in The London? Quite nice, maybe hand made, maybe not, metal, photos of folks who make them contain beards.

I've linked it to my Phillips Hue lighting. It turns them on and off at random times when I'm out of the house.

You can get Nest on Amazon Warehouse for £105-130 now, mine was perfect apart from someone doodling in the installation manual. Only annoyance is that I can't wall mount it as the current house wiring doesn't allow it and Nest charges £30 for a plastic stand!

Next buy is a Samsung SmartThings starter kit.

I think @diable has got a different definition of "Home, DIY" than most others on this thread!

Good work.

Removing grout from between tiles so we can put new clean grout in.

How?

Grout rake looks too much like hard work.
Electric grout removers (£20 ish) have some shit reviews.
Multi tools with grout blade look spendy but apparently everyone needs a vibrating copper in their life so is it worth getting one and if so, which one? I'm a Bosch fanboy so would happily spend a few quid more on their stuff than own brand but is it worth it?

Don't like the sound of that, sounds too much like not being able to play on the PlayStation.

Fein are the original guys for multi-tools.

The (now older) model I bought at the D&M Toolshow a few years back has ore than repaid its purchase price, with the ability to neatly cut into crowded copper pipes being the best time/incidental damage saver.

Original blades/cutters are overpriced, Saxon do a range that mimic all the branded ones.

This spring will see the windows in the downstairs shower room/toilet replaced,
and,
then I will have 8 or 9M2 of tiling to rake out and regrout.

Original blades/cutters are overpriced, Saxon do a range that mimic all the branded ones.

"Saxton"?

No, I meant: Making a whole home by yourself, as opposed to knocking up a shelf or two.

A colleague bought a Bosch multi tool - internal crimped connectors failed in short order - the cheap own brand (Ozito, about £40) from Homebase bought to complete the job both completed his kitchen & bathroom and has since sorted the tiles in my en-suite.
Multi tools are also very good for cutting floorboards in situ to make access traps - something an electric grout remover won't do.
However. If the gap between your tiles is less than 3mm, a multitool disc probably won't fit...

I've never owned a hand held circular saw - didn't borrow the multi tool for it's sawing capabilities, but was still impressed by it's plunge saw option for cutting across single floorboards. It's been a long time since I bought a new power tool...

Anyone hung a solid wood (oak) floating mantel shelf? Any hot tips? Was going to try this method.

http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/skills-and-know-how/masonry-and-tiling/how-to-install-a-floating-mantel

Found a timber yard that does planed 1200mm x 120mm x 100mm planed oak mantels for £10. Going to drill it and fit using the above method.

Why cut the heads off when you could lock two nuts together on a pre-cut length of studding?

Bought some of these shelf brackets and wanting to get some nice wood to use as the shelving - where/what to get? Will be used in the kitchen

@dbr or anyone else

Just found some purpose made floating shelf mounts that don't need chopping.

Buster and Punch?