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Time to turn on the heating and so far I found a weeping compression joint which I fixed, It must have been leaking for years un noticed Then the boiler pressure keep dropping, after long investigation there is no leak with all my radiators so water must be venting out within the boiler...

Compression joint between hot water tank outlet and Hot water feed for rest of the house tap Before Sealant After It is dry now for half a day under pressure.

Might be a useful thread to add all those handy hints & tips that makes your work/DIY much easier and can aid those new to trade or DIY. I'll start off with something not many in the trade know about and that is how to do the 2/3 clicks and one click on keyless chucks that keep that bit in the...

Hi all, Newbie here! I have a small area (1265mm x 1530mm) at the back of my garden which abutts my shed. It currently is a flower bed but . To prepare the ground my plan is to dig out the topsoil strata and then lay a weed-proof membrane and put some gravel and slabs on top. Is there...

Hi all, I want to put a shower where the previous units where and a small bathtub adjacent. Upon removing the wall I realise it's relatively smoothly plastered. I believe it's dot and dab onto plasterboard. Is it possible to tile straight onto this wall without taking it all off / back to...

Hi Folks! I'm new to this community! I'm a new mom with some extra time here and there while the baby's sleeping. I found a side hobby to make small improvements at home! Nothing fancy though. I love how most of newly built homes nowadays have this automatic sensor light where when you open...

Hi all, I'm looking at feeding cables from my upstairs office to the lounge downstairs. The office is directly above the lounge and the cable will run across on of the common (external) walls. I'm looking at faceplates to neaten it up. I know ethernet will be fine. What about USB and HDMI...

Hi all, Does anyone know if it's possible to replace the SATA connector from the AIO Corsair H100i pro RGB? These is the current state of the cable that needs to be replaced and I was wondering if there was any chance to save the cooler, which have been used for less than 100 hours.

I want to repurpose an old IKEA mirror we have, stupid dumb question now....can I reuse all the parts of the mirror to make it into a Smart mirror. What I'm reading on about building the frame and then using a two way glass and then regular glass with a reflective film. What would our normal...

Hi All, Being quite a young 16-year-old hardware enthusiast, and thus having only a preciously small amount of money to sped on the hobby, I have managed to build my first personal use gaming system. I spent years saving up the £50 I needed searching for free hardware and to find someone stupid...

We don't like where the phone line terminates. It's ugly and silly. We disguised it for a few years with some low profile trunking/conduit but now we're redecorating and it's a problem again. My office is directly above the lounge. I'd like to relocate the socket there. I know nothing about...

Evening. new here so excuse me lol Anyway I just put 2 ceiling chandeliers up in the front room now the hall ways and bedrooms don’t work. The wiring is old has 3 reds in a block 2 yellow in another separate block and 2 blue separate block with a single black this is the block the light fitting...

Hi all, I am having trouble identifying the following kitchen cabinet hinges. Another door with identical hinges requires replacement as the 'turret' bits (???) have broken where the screws affix. https://imgur.com/gallery/VdZaGE1 I've looked on www.mcmaster.com and various retailers but no...

i Purchased some Cheapo uphere RGB fans, they have a 6 pin connector and came with an RGB controller that connects to sata with remote controll for RGB. As there is no mobo control for these fans i wonder if its possible to DIY some sort of connector for them or is there another 6pin RGB...

So I have bought wireless smart switches with no neutral for all the plugs in the house and so far successfully managed to wire up and install wireless switches in every other room by adding a capacitor across live and neg of the light. I have now got a little confused and looking for advice I...

Something a little different from the usual pc builds. I've been trying to get both the time and effort to scratch build my own power amplifier for nearly a decade. Originally, I had planned on building a clone of a Quad 606, but owning and tinkering with 12 different solid state amplifiers, it...

We have recently extended the back of our house and are now adding final touches and would like some advice on a couple of jobs we are putting a picture rail into a new wall, the wall is brick on the outside and breeze block inside, plaster boarded and then covered with brick tile slips. What...

Hi everyone, Today I had a mishap, error of judgment whilst parking !!! I scuffed my wheel on the kerb, not massive damage but it’s annoying ! Anyone had a similar problem with these types of wheels ? They’re not big standard alloys and have to be the expensive BMW kind . any help I would...

Hello Guys I’m looking at turning my loft into clean/dry storage - as well as a space to run a NAS and a few NUCs. This will not be a living space, as we don't have the headroom. I currently have 270mm of insulation at ceiling level, with the loft boarded out. I'm now looking at insulating...

Whilst not at the scale of some of the gardens on here I thought I'd make a little thread on the most major project going on in the house at the moment. The Garden! For a while now it's not been what we wanted. The decking was ok, but then started to rot and fall apart due in part to whoever...