Home DIY

In my brain laziness trumps convention

Can anyone help with under sink drainage? I bought a new sink that has two dead-end fittings that look like they could attach to my dishwasher and washing machine outlet hoses. Can I just drill out the plastic and attach the hoses? Is there any problem (eg back flow possibility?) with them being opposite each other? You can see one of them clearly there

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back flow

The waste hose from the washing machine should have a loop higher than the drain, iirc.

Just don't do what I did in my old house - I connected the washing machine waste to what I though was a waste spur. Turns out it was white pvc electrical trunking. Putting waste water into the floor for quite a few weeks.

Textbook. And exactly the kind of thing I would do.

Hahaha thanks!

So you created an internal swale?

Ha! Exactly.

I've got a whole house of DIY to do. What's some generally useful stuff to own to get it done? I'm going to buy a wallpaper steam stripper, some scrapey things to try and deal with textured render, what else?

Eye protection, ear protection, lung protection.

Any thoughts on the Dulux Heritage paints https://www.duluxheritage.co.uk/en ?

One of those seems to be the colour my other half wants but the stuff seems to be twice the price of normal Dulux. Is it worth it?

think these have been my two most used/best value all things considered:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-4-section-aluminium-folding-ladder-3-17m/2005x

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-emt300-qc-300w-electric-multi-tool-kit-230-240v/804pp

Used them in the bedroom the texture seems to show things like fingers wiped across which wipe off easily enough.

Eye protection, ear protection, lung protection.

+1

I'd also add to buy decent masks and glasses first time. I've got so many shit and average masks and glasses. Would have been cheaper and nicer to get proper stuff once.

Also I know everyone will gun me for this, but if a tool kit and bag like this is on sale I'd get it. TBH I'd probably say get it anyway.

It's handy to have a small bag and a bunch of tools you can bash about. If something breaks and you need it, invest in a decent equivalent.

Also knee pads / work trousers with padded knees.

What is this madness? You hold the glass in your right hand and operate the tap with your left, surely?

I live in a world where one lever controls hot and cold - options abound.

What's some generally useful stuff to own to get it done? I'm going to buy a wallpaper steam stripper, some scrapey things to try and deal with textured render, what else?

Asbestos testing kit

Without access to a Sashmate, removing the glass could be a sensible idea if it's internally glazed.
https://glazesafe.com/sashmate-user-images/

If there's a window cill just below, you can often slacken the bottom hinge screws sufficiently to allow the hinge track to pivot around them. Remove the upper screws and allow the top of the sash/hinges to go outwards and guide the bottom of the sash to rest onto the cill.
Undo the two remaining screws and bring the sash inside.

Have you got tools?

You’d need to know what you were looking at first, surely. I wouldn’t call it a must have.

Anyone got hard hat with chin strap recommendations?

It was a kind-of-but-not-quite joke, based on this detail

deal with textured render

Some, just standard hand tools.

Yeah so I think it should be fine, a neighbour had the same and he said it wasn't asbestos but I'm going to scrape some off in a corner first and see if it's fibrous

the multi tool looks fun, added to the list.