Home DIY

Might pick your brain over that next week if you're around?

Crystal Palace

@dumps I have used revamp interiors in West Norwood for fitting curtain tracks and blinds.

They are a family business and do a wonderful job. A bit disorganised pre sales though. Best bet is to pop into the shop and have a chat.

Once they have your deposit I can't fault their work, really great. Do you want to pop over and have a look?

Is putting these at the back of a worktop in a kitchen a recipe for tripped RCDs / death, or fine?

My kitchen, no clients will be hurt in the taking of these risks.

I don't have time to search to see if it's within the regs but it doesn't make sense on any practical level and it's definitely more likely to come into contact with water which would lead to the rcd tripping. Mostly though once you have cables plugged in any advantage in terms of neatness will diminish and it will be a fuss to clean around them.

There are pop up socket outlets designed for kitchens which are reasonable for temporary use but not so much for everyday use.

Surface mounted wire and socket it should cost around £100 but good luck finding someone who is prepared to do less than 1/2 a days work. You'll probably end up with quotes around £250. If you want it chased and plastered with a flush socket then £250 would be reasonable.

You could do it yourself integrated it into an existing circuit. It's only the addition of the circuit which requires certification.

Why does turning off my oven sometimes trip the RCD?

Electric. Obvs.

Ooh, yes please. Will drop you a PM.

That's what I though, I'll leave it unless I'm having other work done.

If it were easy for me to identify the existing circuits then I'd give it a go but the need is not great enough for me to go poking about.

Thanks anyway. If you're in the area and fancy a crack at it let me know.

Think i want a biscuit jointer. Any recommendations?

No idea about budget yet, but increasingly finding that buying shit tools is a very false economy. Could be using it weekly, in theory, but less regularly to begin with.

Finished barbecue shelf. The stone veneer place had 30x20cm samples that made it pretty cheap to cover my 45x80cm board.

I'm pretty happy with the final result.

Just need some sunshine now.

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That's neat, how much weight do you reckon those brackets will take? I made a collapsing work bench in my shed but fear of destroying hinges made me over engineer it. If those are good, they may make it into v2.0

The seller has them rated upto 60kg. They certainly feel very solid.

Linky.

Festool Domino is different (Mortice & loose tenon) but better because the pieces actually stay together without glue, although you will want to glue them obvs. Mafell biscuit jointer is very good. You can get by with a slotter on a router, I did that for years then got the Domino when I had lots of furniture to make. I've never regretted it, well maybe once when I took the top of my finger off with it, but that's not really Festools' fault.

I got the £65 Erbauer jointer from Screwfix when I recently fitted our kitchen because I knew I had a few tricky cabinets. Worked fine but don't foresee using it again anytime soon, yours for £40? Everything's present and correct.

Ooo maybe, lemme have a think.

Is it possible to use a router slot cutter if you're joining on a 45 degree mitre?

I've nicked the edge of a mains cable. The cable inner is undamaged. Can I cover in self almagating tape or heatshrink or do I need to replace the whole length?

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Sunshine!

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It looks like non-flexible cable?

If so, paragraph 11 should apply:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/lau/lacs/18-1.htm

Doubtless there are proper electricians who can give a proper answer when they get home from work ... I am not one.

That is for a repair in the sense of cutting a cable completely and rejoining though. This one is not severed which is why I'm unsure.