Home DIY

Has anyone installed a drinking water filter tap in their Kitchen? It seems like a much more convenient and cost effective Brita jug.
However when looking further into types of filters, I got lost. Thought I'd ask here to see what people may or may not have.

Find out from the DWI what contaminants exist in your water, or take a sample to a DWI approved laboratory.

Then find a filter that is capable of removing those contaminants.

For it to be effective, you probably need to change it every 100 / 200 liters.

Not really DIY, but been enjoying Charlie Luxton's build:
https://www.youtube.com/user/HomebuildingMagazine/search?query=Charlie+Luxton

Can't believe he went full AEG in the kitchen! He obviously didn't visit the Miele experience showroom.

I’m making a wall mounted tv ‘bench’. It’s having a single 1100mm drop down door on flap hinges. Is there such a thing as a push click slow drop down cabinet arm? I don’t want a knob or finger recess on the door.

Anyone? Want to get cracking on this at the weekend.

Could you bastardise one using gas spring arms and a standard push click mechanism?

Best place to find anything like that is the hafele website but it does tend to be spendy.

You can try iron mongery direct they have a lot of friction stays that may do but it sounds like you want some kind of damped mechanism.

My first thought was two mechanisms. One lock, one slow gas spring arm.

I'm not sure I understand how there can be an all-in-one if it's coming down.

Yeah I think I'm going to have to try using a push latch and a damped drop arm

I'd like to buy a small mains powered handheld router.

This makita at £130 is just within range, but anything that has as much bang for less buck would be good.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/makita-rt0700cx4-2-710w-electric-router-trimmer-240v/10140

I have this, it's fine.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/101748-Electric-Trimmer-Laminator-Joiners/dp/B00LVVJ99U/ref=sr_1_1

It also takes the same base as the Makita which makes it even better for still less money. I used the original base in a router table I'm making so bought a Makita one to replace it.

There's also an optional base that turns it into a plunge router

I have one of these. It's a decent bit of kit. I bought a plunge base for it, which is handy.

Just installed a Quooker Cube, boiling, cold and sparkling filtered water plus bog standard hot and cold.

Cold filtered is a bit slow but tastes nice.

Buy a second hand trend one.

I have an 80s bosch 1/4 inch router and trend 1/2 inch. With the trend look at purchasing the replacement bearings (standard 2rs bearings) as the bottom bearing fills with fine dust and are service items but people don't and sell them as noisy.

I’ve not used one but is there something amazing to stop you boiling things accidentally?

There is a knurled ring around the tap.

Down and turn anti clockwise - Sparkling
Down pause for 2 secs and turn anti clockwise - Chilled filtered
Press down twice and turn anti clockwise - boiling

A led identifies the type of water, flashing blue - sparkling, solid blue - filtered, red - boiling

My 8 year old can now make cups of tea without worrying about heavy kettles

Anyone know a chippy in south London to quote for some work? I know one or two were mentioned not long ago

I'm chasing some cables (HDMI/Aerial etc) in some conduit for a wall mounted TV. Is there some kind of grommet I can use to tidy up where the cables will come the plaster? I'd prefer to use conduit than wire in face plates as it gives me the easier option to add/replace cables in the future.

Faceplate with a brush strip?

Yes perfect thanks, didn’t know this was a thing!

Advice please...I plan to install (or have installed) one of these in my soon to be fitted kitchen roof.
The extractor will vent directly above, vertically through the roof. What ducting/exhaust do i need?
Thanks in advance!
Joe

Is it a flat roof or a pitched roof?

Hi,
It's a flat roof.
Cheers,

I have a big 1/2 inch Makita router and a cheap equivalent of the one you posted. I paid £70 and got a set of cutters and two bases (same as yours and a plunge base). I curse myself everytime I use the small cheap one. It's built shitely, is very noisy and isn't as accurate as the Makita. It's definitely accurate enough for a lot of people and does most jobs, but there's enough annoying niggles with it that I regret not just buying the Makita.