Home DIY

Wanting to get a wall mounted electric radiator for our porch that has no heat and therefore some damp.

Can I just plug one into a standard plug?

I guess if it comes with a 13amp plug then plug away.

New ceiling light fitting and a curtain pole - two things that should be easy, but….

Not enough space in the base of the fitting to accommodate the existing rose, so off it came to be rebuilt with wagos.

And the ceiling and decoration above the pole is completely on the piss :/

And DPD utterly wrecked the lampshade and there are no replacements available resulting in me chucking my toys out the pram at John Lewis when they wouldn’t just refund me without a return so I could just use the battered shade anyway as it’s a kids room.

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Where's everyone buying their shelves for their nice twin track/slot shelving systems? Can't find anything over a meter long, and need something a bit bigger.

You've got John Lewis on WhatsApp?

Yeah. Doesn’t everyone?

Only those high up in the hierarchy of the local golf club and masons lodge are given access to such things.

Perfect for those prone to total Karen moments like me :/

I used 25mm pine for the shelves. - https://skirtingboardsdirect.com/product­s/category/pine-shelfs/

^Stevo_com's reco.

I ended up using 18mm ply from Selco... Or I will do once I've bought and fitted the Twinslot. It's serviceable for my brick shed.

That's a compressor type, not very good at working in uk temps ime. Anything below 20c and they are pretty useless, keep icing up. I think they work best in 30 to 40c conditions.

Dessicant type is what you want, 600w will do a small to medium room. Bigger for bigger. They work most efficient at temps in the single digits I've found, they also heat your workspace.
I now use the things a lot on house fixing jobs when pointing, plaster, paint of glueing anything. Stuff dries in the times it says on the tin. £180-300. The number of lites it can hold doesn't natter, make sure it has a drain hose and you just put the drain hose on a bucket.

Lovely, ta.

Yeah, that workshop tool website is not for me. It would totally blow my excuses for shoddy workmanship out of the water!

Cut to length, sanded and oiled with Liberon teak oil.

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Using 19mm MDF for the built in cupboard I'm constructing in ms_com's office, because they need to be 600mm deep and fuck paying for that much solid wood for something that won't be seen.

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Was visiting my folks over the weekend and have agreed that they will be getting me something for my 40th from there. Thinking either the Japanese saw 4 piece set or the marking set. Haven't decided, but leaning towards the saws.

I need to fill a lot of chased trenches in brick/plaster walls the electrician left - I'm going to be tiling over them so presumably nothing too fancy - just fill it and sand level. Any particular thing I need? I imagine some kind of multi purpose filler will be fine?

I also need to fill some holes in the ceiling where we had lights taken out - expanding foam or something here?

Bonding to fill it to nearly flush with the surrounding wall then filler over that.

and make sure to PVA it before the bonding coat. Has been discussed a few times in the last couple of years, I guess if you search "bonding coat" the posts will come up

Good point. But do try to get it below the surface. It's been a few years since I used it but I remember it being hard AF and a nightmare to sand back. First (and only) ever labouring job I was let loose to fill a few patches and I used it like filler, thinking I could just sand it flat. Nobody on site was happy that day.

Ha! ok - thanks both - will search and read up on bonding /pva . Cheers.

I did the same in my house since we moved in and got our rewire done. This video was mighty helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Omsv5-NN9k

Our bathroom fitters used expanding foam to fill any chasing that was going behind tiles. Nothing's fallen off so far. Guess it was quicker and cheaper than buying multiple bags of plaster for such a small amount of space.

Thanks - this does actually say not to use bonding coat on an exterior downstairs wall as it can attract damp.

He appears to have covered the wires with some kind of metal plate -is that necessary?

Makes it a lot easier if you have to do a rewire/problem with sockets. It's called steel/metal/pvc capping.

Cool, thanks