Home DIY

I think it's literally tin foil hat stuff - like what you wrap food in or packaging - just stuff a jiffy bag behind there

“ self installing a stupid idea? ”
Yes. Just had a carpet fitted (incidentally by a firm that mostly does film and TV) and the speed they work plus the special kicker tool means it’s not something I would entertain as a mistake would be costly.

I wouldnt personally, they make it look dead easy and one cut in the wrong place fucks it. I dont even think they were that expensive last time I got a carpet fitted.

I have a lot of painting to do, can someone recommend decent rollers. Currently using Harris from B&Q and not finding them great.

Purdy Collosus are good once you get beyond the first use shedding. https://www.purdy.com/en/products/rollers/colossus

Two Fussy Blokes rollers get recommended a lot but I've not used them :-
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BLOKES-Premium-Quality-Microfibre-Semi-Smooth/dp/B083F7BN9V/ref=asc_df_B083F7BN9V/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=501338439590&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11237411554749234421&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-1241503882740&psc=1

Cool. I think at 4mm the panel is too thin for these to work, but they do look ideal for something else I have planned so thank you.

TBH I really wanted people to say magnets and @t.o. did so Liz now believes that it’s not a bodge!
The plan is now a rebate in the batten above the removable panel for it to slide under and be held in place. Then a few magnets and plates at the bottom to hold it against the skirting board. A pair of small knobs, hidden by the bed, to pull it away from the wall to remove.

I've got some chipboard doors. Screws don't hold. I tried fancy fisher(sp?) rawl plugs, although possibly too narrow and ultimately it failed.

Does anyone have a suggestion? - special plugs, inserting some dowl?

Long term the only one we'll keep is a storage cupboard I'm working on. For that I'm thinking about fixing a sheet of ply to the inside. However, I'd still need some way of fixing it.

Cheers.

As you’ve said:
Drill a hole for a dowel, glue in a dowel and drill into that for the screws.
If the door is really shagged, use a flat bottomed drill and drill down 9mm, use a hole saw to cut a disc out of 9mm ply in the same size, glue that in and etc.

Cheers.

On the subject of wood glue, I'm almost out.

Previously I've bought green Evo Stik, because that's what my dad used to buy.

Any recommendations?

Something with the widest range of uses, and DIY focused.

I like gorilla wood glue. It holds up to everything I’ve asked so far.

I've used this one for the last few years, it's called ultimate so it must be the best right? :-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Titebond-1414-Ultimate-Wood-Glue/dp/B0002YQ3KA/ref=asc_df_B0002YQ3KA/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=231999013088&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15383471515199117557&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-386033443805&th=1

Gorilla glue is a bit different as it expands to gap fill, very useful in some situations but not always the best choice.

Thanks

I think Gorilla glue wood glue (white glue) isn't gap-filling, but regular Gorilla glue is.

I've used one in a green plastic square bottle, says has a resin in it. Had it yonks and seems to do the job.

I like it as it seems a bit thicker and doesn't run, slightly yellowish.

Just looked Evo Resin W.

That’s the stuff, their standard white goo.

I switched to this a few years ago cause of bikes, does a good job.

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Ok what that mess said is; I shouldn't comment, and cannot argue because I drank all the wine, very much sorry. But I had an idea (and am not a heating engineer) assuming all standard checks are there (bleed system not full of sludge ect) if you want a rad to have a higher output, install one with a higher output, potentially there maybe no need to change the tails, it would take research and measurements but second hand or salvage (even scrap) yards could have a better outcome to not much more effort . hope it work whatever direction you go

Bought this and it’s doing the same thing.

Phono to lightening? Is that a thing

Thanks for that, I've not used it so hadn't clocked the difference.

I'm looking at buying a circular saw as I think they're handy tools to have around for a multitude of jobs and I need one to cut some metal roofing sheets to clad my garden office.

I was looking at the following Dewalt model (Ecosystem I'm in for batteries) DeWalt DCS572N 18V because it is compatible with rails so that means I'd easily be able to do straight cuts for sheets of material and doors etc which sounds like it'd be quite handy as I don't own a plunge saw or table saw.

Any thoughts on that model or other recommendations?

I bought and put some curtains up yesterday. Went to one shop which had everything I needed, didn't discover halfway through that I needed some extra tools or fittings, it was level first time, didn't have to do any extra jobs on issues that I uncovered whilst doing the main job and the curtains are still up this morning.

I can only assume that the house is going to fall down or something to make up for it going so smoothly.

You’ve got to take those wins when they come.

When we first bought our house we needed a curtain pole for a bay window. I kept putting the job off, so my wife bought some ridiculously unusable and inappropriate stuff from ikea and told me to fit it. After about 10 minutes I explained that these were unusable and wouldn’t work. She looked at me very sternly and explained that she didn’t care, “just put some curtains up”. I protested, but she told she was tired of sitting in the living room with no curtains in the evening she didn’t care how they looked just get it sorted, so I went ahead dutifully and put up the worst looking curtain rail you ever saw. After a few weeks it looked like a fucking rollercoaster. Now, none of this would bother me too much, but my wife took a photo and stuck it on Facebook (more for lols than anything malicious) I’m not on there but loads of mates and family commented and I got DIY shamed for a job I didn’t even want to do.

I solved it for under £30 with a long length of copper pipe, a pipe spring and some corks in the end, but no Facebook post for that. /csb

Quick update. The Wet n Fix things seemed to have sorted the rawlplug holes that were too big and in flakey plaster. Fingers crossed.

Went down this rabbit hole recently. Only thing I can add is that the Milwaukee equiv. is spendier.

If you don't need the rails now it might be worth getting them at the same time anyway in case they go out of production / stock in the meantime.