Home DIY

Cheers all, will work out what fits.

Was in garden this morning so took awful pic just for you.
Looks the same as everyone else’s just slightly bigger window.

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Anyone know where I can source/what I need to google for a ceiling rose with an exit for a steel cable?

Like this, but Astro don’t make this suspension kit anymore as far as I can tell - everywhere that says they has it stock, doesn’t.

would something in here work? wasn't sure where the hole for the cable needs to be a specific size or not:
https://www.creative-cables.co.uk/3314-ceiling-roses/s-13/number_of_holes-2

Potentially - i have looked at these. I think aesthetically not having the pendant suspended directly below the rose might look weird. I’m not too averse to rolling my own, but need to think of a neat way to secure a 1mm steel cable within the ceiling rose to support a lamp holder/pendant that I am happy with. Considering all my options at the moment.

need to think of a neat way to secure a 1mm steel cable within the ceiling rose to support a lamp holder/pendant that I am happy with.

You get these clamp things for steel cables. A bit like when you use steel cables for wind sails....

.... Give me a min.

I can picture it in my head, a little collar with a grub screw almost like a terminal block.

There are a million and one ways to do it DIY at various points on the cost to bodge scale.

I'm sure someone other than astro must make one off the peg though!

Exactly. This is not actually what I was looking for, but these seemed better

https://www.sign-holders.co.uk/hanging-wire-systems/wire-rope-fittings/adjustable-double-loop-suspension-kit.html

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283942177865

Shaft collar seems to be the search term

We have a concrete fire place hearth stone with the remains of a few decades of paint on it and we'd just like to seal rather than paint over it - not sure what product I should use, could anyone advise plz? Concrete sealer? Epoxy paint? A matt/satiny finish would be preferable to something shiny. Thanks

This is how the pros drain a radiator, right?

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No spills, A1 technique if you ask me. In fact, the next fucked one I'm binning I'm stealing your idea and taking a drill to the front.

I did manage to siphon most of it but lack of hose length and gravitational potential necessitated the hacksaw. Might still make a mess removing what's left.

This started leaking somewhere under the floor twelve months ago. Heating engineer disconnected it from the loop but I didn't want to rip the tiles up to repair it. Got through last winter with no heat in the bathroom but am finally getting round to having a leccy one installed.

Looking forward to having a warm towel even when it's not cold enough for the CH to be on.

This cutout on a bookcase is meant to clear the skirting board but doesn't. Needs to be another 3cm higher.

We could lift the bookcase by 3cm using legs or sticking a 3cm thick board under it or we could cut the groove higher. I don't have any router or funky cutting tools and a hand saw will butcher it.

What would you do? Tempted to find a carpenter or someone with a router to just buzz the four ends so it fits but how much is that likely to cost?

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Jigsaw and caulk.

I can see why front doors cost a packet. Such a ball ache if you want to do it proper.

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Is that a Billy bookcase? I did one with a fine tooth handsaw and tape to stop it tearing.

This. Sharp Japanese saw and maybe tape will do it.

Do you have pictures of the construction?
Is it two sheets plus battens plus insulation?

And nice routers. I love my big DeWalt.

It’s an insulated door blank from Germany.

Was going to make the actual door myself as apparently no one in the UK thinks doors are worth insulating, luckily happened to ask Lathams of they do them. Turns out they have the exact one I was nerding over on the German manufacturers website.

Ah, remembered you planning to build one I think.
But putting pockets and hinges in the right places is probably annoying enough.
And as nice as the DeWalt is in combination with your neat clamping solution, it's not as nice as something with horizontal rails that's made for this stuff.

Plenty of work to do on the solid sapele jamb and glazed bits too.

With a bit of persistence you can cut the chipboard with a Stanley knife. Failing that, a hacksaw

Don't have either of those and jigsaw is gonna be wildly rough I'd have thought.

Yep. I don't have the patience for handsawing and the missus will do it wonky and I'll be mad. Maybe I could find a steel curve template to stop any crookedness though.
I thought about just hitting with a big chisel a few times.