Home DIY

yeah looks 8mm - how long do you need it?

300mm should do it. The pair it came with was 500, which I guess shows that IKEA expect that you're fitting a whole new sink unit and rearranging the copper - in all my sinks the copper runs nearly all the way up to the bottom of the sink. Didn't fancy running it in a weird loop de loop to use up the length.

Probably too late, but https://cornishlime.co.uk/ or https://www.lime.org.uk/

Thanks man! I managed to get some from Masons Mortars as we're up in Sunny Glasgow - a laughably big bag of premixed/coloured lime mortar for such a small space!!

like this - this is 10mm bore , there's a 12mm bore available

https://www.toolstation.com/flexible-tap-tails-300mm/p54750

Knocking together a raised desk top for my wife at the in-laws. Making stuff without an impact driver is a complete ballache when you’re used to having one!

https://www.toolstation.com/dewalt-dcf887-18v-xr-cordless-brushless-impact-driver/p68100?utm_source=Rakuten&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_content=digidip&utm_campaign=1&ranMID=46390&ranEAID=hL3Qp0zRBOc&ranSiteID=hL3Qp0zRBOc-5m0uE_fOcDUSxsz3vddhvw

Though I assume you don't have one because you're at the in-laws and making do with their stuff?

Got all my own tools at home, but father in law has a supply of timber and a table saw, and enough tools to get the job done so I never bother bringing my own unless I’m getting stuck in to something fairly involved.

Still, kept me out of trouble!

I picked up one of those Dewalt impact drivers and drill drivers to upgrade some older tools.
Contractor grade tools are pretty affordable when compared to the lightweight carbon junk I buy for my bikes...

Building a kinda frame/cabinet to hide appliances, what's the recommended timber for such a task? Its a bit of a tight fit so less is more...

What did you think of the impact driver?😁

Bought the same set. It made this easier

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Not used it in anger yet, but can't think of a better tool for taking out some sunk in screws in some decking in my back garden.

I’ve used mine once. As we say here - some job!!😁 I’m looking for any opportunity to use it - well pleased with it as a new purchase.

I’m jealous as you have got the opportunity to use it! I have to say that the drill is a great job too - much better than my Makita.

Best way to deal with paint chips like this? Pick/ sand back and paint with a small brush? Roller over a larger area?

And how to deal with greasey marks like this? Am I going to need to repaint the whole wall? Or are there any reliable ways to paint over with minimal edges?

As a general point, this is F&B paint and while I like the colour, it’s not very hard wearing at all.

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I've just filled a whole load of patches like that (and bigger) with some fine surface filler. Really easy and undetectable after painting.

F&B paint

looks great. never touch it unless you feel like repainting entire walls

My priority when I next get my place painted will definitely be hard-wearing, washable paint.

So clean. I feel like I take a year off my life every time I enter our loft.

For anyone wondering how they ship a 2.5m guide rail without it bending.

Encased in MDF.

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Toilet seat woe. Halp!

Can't tighten one of the bolts that holds down the toilet seat hinge. What should be a simple job turns out to be a fucking nightmare.

The crappy plastic fitting it screws in to is spinning in the toilet base. Like a rawl plug that's spinning in a wall.

Toilet manufacturer suggests leavening the whole thing out from the top - like ripping a rawl plug out of a wall. This sounds mad to me. Don't fancy wrecking the toilet base.

Is there a trick to this? You can access the plastic fitting from the bottom of the base - have tried trying to create some drag with a screwdriver halfheartedly but no dice.

The 6ft LED strip light at the top certainly makes it feel cleaner.

Quite glad how it turned out eventually though. The quote to have it boarded by the pros was a little under 2.5k, and it looked like I could get all the materials for ~1k.
Loftzone stuff about £500, boards about £200, ladder/hatch £100, strip light £50... plus some odds and sods
And given I'm not exactly doing much with my weekends right now, decided I'd do it myself since 1.5k for labour seemed a bit much.

It's not hard but it's tedious and dirty. Especially with the loft already full of fibreglass insulation.

And I didn't measure the ladder properly. Or I didn't think to.
I assumed that because the ladder is smaller than the hatch, and the hatch opens, then the ladder would unfurl...

Alas

^ that's actually after 'fixing' it.
before then it only had 2 pieces that unfolded, but each was longer, so it definitely wasn't going to clear the wall
Ended up having to shorten the legs, then buy more hinges to create an extra fold, then bolt the things back together...

and the last bit was to put 2 bathroom door bolts onto the lowest hinge
because I found out that the extra hinge folding the other way means that as you're standing on the ladder, the force downwards is actually folding the lowest hinges
so all of a sudden the steps I was on were no longer there and I landed 2ft unexpectedly
so needed those to not be a death trap

but pleased in the end. from

to

Your stairs look a very similar condition to ours, what's you plan there? (fishing for ideas)

Using all my powers combined the bastard thing came out

And yes, the fucking state of the thing.

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