Home DIY

most awkward bit is remembering where all the packers go.

Don't just follow what's there!
I often find the packers are placed incorrectly or they are missing.
Also, is the new piece exactly the same size as the original.
The packers need to support the glass, but they also need to support a side opening window /door. Don't put a packer under the handle side.

Packer placement-
https://images.app.goo.gl/hWQbBSWQMpZwRq8H8

any good local glazer should be able to do this, we had a blown unit replaced by the nearest place to my partners flat in N4 and it was about £150, the measured up and then when the unit was made just removed the trims and refitted, only took half an hour.

Thanks that's useful, going to follow the top opener instructions

Just wanting to double check a quote I've just had for a new hot water tank in. It's a direct replacement of what we have already as it is leaking and we've been quoted £1290 for replacing it. it's fed from a header tank of that makes a difference and the heat source is electric. It's about 1.5m X 50cm. I know prices have gone up but this is nearly £400 more than my neighbour who had it done 2.5 years ago

Not the advice you want with a leak,
but,
the old saying is 'always get 3 quotes'.

Dry rot question: I've been moving some things into a new house from being stored in a shed. When I moved some of it (a rolled up rug) I found a fungal growth behind it that looked like dry rot (orangey slightly fluffy). Do I need to be concerned about transferring it to a new house, or are the spores everywhere anyway and it's the conditions that allow it to grow?

You need to be very careful about any fungal spores. Wear a mask and gloves handling it and definitely don't take it indoors unroll it and expose everyone to the invisible microscopic spores. They are not harmless especially for children and some adults.

I've survived a few encounters without taking proper protection, the spray I've used to deal with it is toxic too.

Thanks, yes important to be careful. The rug wasn't visibly mouldy nor did it have the orange mould on it, since I don't think it was in direct contact with it. It will be hoovered thoroughly with a hepa-filtered vacuum and I'll look into fungicidal treatment for it. My concern is for the fabric of the new building at this point and whether cross-contamination is a possibility.

It's a tricky one and I can see why you're asking the question. I don't know the answer from a chemical viewpoint. I assume it would need damp conditions and spores are designed to float in the air and spread so there must be some risk but moving it to a dry building it seems likely it will just be contaminating the air on a low level if untreated until eventually it dies. If treated it should be dead a lot quicker.

It seems more viable if there was no mould growing on it.

Ordered a stand for my bandsaw, they sent me this instead. £180 at Toolstation.

Anyone here want it for cheaps?

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I put one of those through the top of my boot.

Luckily it missed the steel toecap and went straight into my foot.

/csb

Phew.

I mean, I want it, but I definitely don't need it. Fucked if I'm paying to send it back at 27kg for the package. I wondered why the stand was so heavy.

Maybe @ColinTheBald could do with a new one?

Their mistake so why are you paying to return it? They can arrange a courier for collection.

What about taking it to a local store if you really want to return it?

I'm not returning it. I will sit on it to see if they notice their mistake, and if they want it, they can come and get it.

I didn't get it from toolstation, I just quoted them for the price as that was the first hit in Google. I ordered the bandsaw stand from a random online tool shop that does not have branches.

Depends on the size of it, but yeah its no cheap for anything like that now. Use to be £300 for one

The general rule of thumb is; shit always misses the steel toecap and hits the most painful part of the foot.

Unless of course you do what my mate did and accidentally poke the steel toecaps into the bottom of a badly designed rubbish compactor and have to be cut out of them / it by the fire brigade.

Odds are it was a drop ship then and they'll never notice. What's the damage on ordering another band saw stand I suppose.

Is there a hinge that can do any one of the below and still be pretty slim on the inside (i.e not kitchen cabinet hinges). Trying to fathom a design for a fold down desk/workstation with additional leaf doors that will hold a graphics tablet. Found some Hafele ones that will probably do C albeit imperfectly.

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Am I missing something? A butt hinge does c.

Err true, I guess I was more tired than I thought when posting that. C is the least preferable aesthetically, but probably the easiest mechanically, so I should probably just go with that.

Flap hinges are a thing, maybe that's more what you are looking for.

Aye, if it was TS then I would have taken it in as they've been really good so far. Ordered a stand from somewhere else for even cheaper.

A flush butt hinge would do B. Might want to look at some flavour of cranked hinge if you don't want to fix to the edge of MDF.

Piano hinge? It would make it a feature.