Cheers lads. Ended up going with the square u-bolt suggestion. In retrospect I could've saved 8 squid by doing it with just four backing plates and some bolts, but at least it feels quite secure.

>>3137

Not wanting to shit on your parade, but it looks like a bit of a hackjob. And like it'll eventually come loose.

I would honestly try to find somebody with a welding machine and have them do two spots on each side of the bars under your seat. But they need to know what they're doing, because welding stainless steel and mild steel together requires some skill and knowledge.

>>3139

It looks like a hackjob, it is a hackjob, but it'll be fine. If it comes loose, it's hardly beyond his abilities to just tighten the bolts back up. I don't think it's likely to come loose, because it looks like he has used nyloc nuts.

If it was my arse on the line, I'd go in with a flat file and round off the corners on those backing plates. Otherwise, job done.

>>3137

As the lad that recommended the square U-bolt, I was trying to think of ways of eliminating side-to-side wobble. I did mention the long threadless part of the bolt would be useless, and the way you piled up the backing plates did make me laugh, but if it works it works.

Just using backing plates and some bolts would probably look a lot cleaner, but I can't comment on the stability.

Have you actually tried using it, yet?

>>3139

OP asked for a bodge. If it doesn't come loose after many hundreds of hours of bodyweight arse-and-peddling pressure, it is a successful bodge in my book.

>>3140
Yeah I used nyloc nuts and loctite for good measure. Your post reminded me that I had a set of files lying around, so I went to town on the sharp edges too.

>>3141
>Have you actually tried using it, yet?
Yep. Four sessions on the bike so far and there's no sign of anything coming loose.

Smelly? Is it your gutter pipe, or your bathroom pipe? Boke if it's the latter.

It's probably blocked. Lift up the black plastic cover on the ground and have a good rummage. There'll probably be a load of leaves jammed down there. With any luck, the drain should start running freely once you've fished out the rubbish.

If you can't find a blockage yourself, you'll need to get a man out. There'll probably be a blockage further down the drain that he'll dislodge with a long bendy rod or a water jet. Expect to pay anything from £80 to £200 depending on how bad the blockage is. If you're a tenant, it's your landlord's responsibility to get it sorted, but he might not be arsed.

>>3135
You could try throwing some Caustic Soda down there before calling Dynorod out. I should cost less than a fiver - just follow the instructions closely, caustic soda can burn pretty bad.

Thanks ladm8s, will lift the cover and have a rummage.

You've basically got two varieties - simple foam kneepads that cost about a fiver a pair and much more elaborate kneepads designed for the trade that range from £15-£40. Fit is the most important thing, so you're best off going down to Screwfix or Toolstation so you can try a few pairs on.

You'll probably want to wear them over your trousers, because unless they've got reinforced knees you'll shred them in a matter of days. I wear work trousers with built-in kneepad pockets, but it's really a matter of personal preference.

>>3106

Sorry, should have mentioned - my current work pants don't have the kneepad pockets, but I could get them if I really wanted. I think the strap on (oh err) type will work better for me, as I won't need them all day every day so can just chuck them somewhere when not needed.

Anyway, appreciate the input. Bothering Screwfix was my first thought, too.

My work gave me a pair, which I don't need now and rarely needed then, and they kept falling down. Falling down is the worst thing about kneepads, so if you can make sure they're tight rather than just shitty second-hand velcro straps, that will make a world of positive difference. Perhaps somewhere makes kneepads with belt buckles.

Where I live now, it happens so often that people will move in for a few weeks and then vanish in the middle of the night that my tenancy agreement contains no deposit at all, but rather, the first and last month's rent. That way, if I leave, I have already paid my rent for the last month. I won't get my money back under any circumstances, but since it's rent I don't expect to. I have lived here for eleven years. Perhaps renting from a private landlord rather than a company was actually the answer all along.

>>3099

>even though landlords should be beaten up

I guess he didn't beat him up, but grabbed his landlord by the collar and shouted in his face and pushed and shoved him around a bit. At least that's what happened according to another friend who told me about it. But that would still have counted as physical assault, and it's something no landlord needs to take from you. I think I remember he was given a week to leave, but I might be wrong.

>>3092
So I did the front door and it was incredibly easy despite being over on size. I didn't need to do it but if you're drastically over you can always fold and staple to the size you need with no bother aside from chunky flaps.

Standard black magic tape will probably leave black marks but fuck it, with some white spirit I'll probably get it off faster than angrymodlad and a thread about the bloke-who-divorced-Dawn-French. The real test will come in a couple weeks when I get the big bastard screen for the double doors on the balcony and have to do it on the inside.

>>3102
This is sick. I've got the door on and light on and I'm laughing at the bastard moths hitting the netting and getting furious that they can't land on my clothes and lay eggs everywhere.

Eat shit nature.

>>3103
Pride goes before an infestation. Enjoy your mothpocalypse.

>>3073
Fair enough I suppose, thank you. I'm just worried about finding the right size for the hole because nuts are generally quite thick, whereas the thing I lost was very thin and a bit tapered and probably came with the door handle to fit the hole perfectly flat.

>>3072
I think perhaps you're describing an insert nut. You screw it in with an allen key, and then it takes a bolt through the center.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/insert-nuts-type-d-m6-x-13mm-50-pack/59937

But I would also go with the other suggestion in the thread, to simply rotate the entire thing by a few degrees and just use normal screws. Captive insert nuts like this are usually used to fix bits of furniture together, that might need to come undone later - something like a large worktop, desk or table.

>>3074
For 5 seconds of googling it seems it might be called a sleeve.

Rummaging around on Amazon, and found these - door handle screws. I'm sure it's far too late for OP, but if anyone hits the same problem, these exist. Snip them to the right length without buggering the threads, which is a nice touch.

>>3118
No I'm still here and still haven't fixed it - that's great, thanks!

>>3059>>3059

Thanks, I couldn't find that.

>>3058

The cord still won't retract so I can't try again.

>>3060

The recoil spring might be buggered, but it's worth checking the pull cord for kinks or knots. It's not massively difficult to take off the pulley cover. You can find the manual for the engine at the link below.

https://engines.honda.com/support-and-service/owners-manuals/gx270

What's a respectful amount of time to wait to ask OP how the fuck they ended up with such a specific piece of machinery with no idea how to operate it?

>>3061

A missing bolt on the cage wheels meant the weight of the whole generator was pressing the axle against the recoil spring casing. That had bent it out of shape so it pressed against the internal bit that's supposed to spin, acting like a brake. I propped it up on some bricks to relieve the weight and bent the casing back into shape, running perfectly now.

>>3062

Man has to start somewhere.

>>3062
5 nanoseconds.

How will you get your car through the fence?

>>3043
This site says otherwise
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/fences-gates-and-garden-walls/planning-permission
I'm lost.

>>3045
If someone said something, you could use the neighbours as an excuse as it set a precedent. Just do it and if someone from the council turns up and is a jobsworth, you can get planning permission retro-actively for an already completed structure. There is a guy on youtube who built a bunker under his house and then asked for PP, because they weren't exactly going to tell him to dig it out.

>>3046

They could pretty easily tell me to take down a fence but I've done it now anyway. Just 6" bolts holding it up, no sunken concrete like >>3043 said.

Need to put another one up along the side of the driveway and I'm thinking to dig a trench through the concrete inside the top one, stick a hedge there.

Yes, but the worst that can happen is that the council make you move it back.

That was very pleasing to watch, thank you.

>>3047
Did anyone notice how the glass merchant slides the ruler under the glass to break it?

> I have damp on the ceiling in my kitchen, most of it is directly underneath where these tiles are in my bathroom

Unless these tiles are directly inside your shower cabin and are immediately exposed to water everytime you shower, there shouldn't be enough water going through cracks in the grouting to cause damp spots on your kitchen ceiling underneath. There are probably more serious problems at play.

>but I've been told I have penetrating damp all around my property so I what's causing what

Find the points of entry of that penetrating damp into your house and then take it from there.

>>3040
>Unless these tiles are directly inside your shower cabin and are immediately exposed to water everytime you shower

They are. Sorry I wasn't clear about that. Bath with shower at one end, these tiles are at the same end, opposite the shower curtain.

76mm, not 75mm, gets the solution. Corrapol low profile, for anyone in the same hole.
If I had the cash I'd have someone remove all the asbestos sheet, it's pretty crumbly. Fuck's sake, I was hoping to get away with it for a few more years.

Cheers - sheets ordered, and an asbestos test booked. The old 'leave it alone and it's harmless' plan may not work for much longer. I'm perfectly happy sticking a new roof on, but old asbestos gives me the willies.
Also, what's up with 95mm? It's nothing sensible in imperial or metric.

>>3035

Removing an asbestos cement roof is relatively low risk if you approach it sensibly. It's not licensed work so you can legally do it yourself. Wear a disposable suit and a proper respirator, wet everything down before starting work, wrap everything in two layers of thick polythene as soon as you remove it, wipe everything down (including your suit) with damp rags after finishing work. You'll want two pairs of hands to avoid dropping the sheets and you will need a licensed skip to take it away.

>>3036
Sounds like a slightly less terrifying version of the roof scene in HBO's Chernobyl. Nasty, nasty stuff.

I remember our Health and Safety guy at work talking about bumbling through some asbestos DIY removal the fucking dafty.

>>3036
You should definitely not get a wire brush and scrub your asbestos roof clean, like my next-door neighbour did during lockdown.

>>3026

Goodness me someone really is anally aggrieved. There, there, m9. It's okay.

>>3024

I wasn't quite aware that burning wood is such a contentious issue. Even nonces get less unmitigated hatred on .gs.

It doesn't change the fact that burning dry wood is actually more eco friendly and carbon neutral than gas or coal.

https://sweepsmart.co.uk/are-wood-burners-bad-for-the-environment/

https://www.thegreenage.co.uk/are-wood-burners-bad-for-the-environment/

The only true disadvantage of an open fireplace is its poor energy efficiency of about 25 percent. But again, this only being a once in a while thing for us for a few hours, it hardly matters.

>>3026
>about as helpful as someone joining in a conversation about Plato and bringing up pederasty at every turn
You had one chance to say that someone is as useful as a chocolate fireguard, and you fucked it.

>>3026
Tell me, 3026lad, do you have a wet nurse?

Just finished trimming one of our yewtrees in the back garden and cut the thicker branches into logs to use as firewood. It yielded well enough wood for one fireplace night. It's now in the basement boiler room, which has excellent conditions for wood to dry.

Yew is quite decent firewood, although it's not used much. It gives off a nice earthy smell as it burns. It was held in very high regard in past centuries due to its hardness and flexibility and was used for longbows in particular as well as furniture and veneer. Which drove yewtrees to near-extinction in Britain, because at some point in the Middle Ages, per royal decree every man over the age of 14 was required to have his own yew longbow. Logging was intense, while the tree itself is very slow growing, much unlike other conifers like spruce or pine. Also, yew is highly poisonous, a few twigs of it contain enough toxin to kill an adult horse, which meant it was a hazard to feeding cattle or horses, so it wasn't normally grown as ornamental trees outside forests.

Burning yew is no problem though despite its toxicity, because the heat from the fire completely breaks down the toxin before it can escape into the ambient air.

Self sage for pointless rambling.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fo7WO15AfF4

>>3015
... I wanted it to thumbnail-ise.

>>3017

I think you need the www in there for the thumbnail:

If you can, it might help to take the curtain off and record what's going on at the hinges from both sides, taking care not to drop your phone out of the window.

It's not terribly uncommon for the tilting and locking mechanisms of these things to get stuck. Sometimes it's just a matter of jiggling the bastard around until something moves correctly. You might try gently lifting the window up vertically, so the weight of it is off the hinges, then moving it back and forth to see if anything pops back into place.

It could also be a proper locking mechanism intended to keep the window open. Look around the frame for a sticker or any brand name / model number printed onto it, then do a Google search on it. You might get lucky and find an instruction manual, then you can see if it's actually intended to lock open or not.

Again, I emphasise, don't fall out of the fucking thing.

>>2986
The much lower wattage is because it's an LED. I replaced my cooker hood bulbs just this week, too - I found these tiny little LED bulbs on Amazon - I thought they were too small, but they fit just great.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07KWSP7YB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

>>2987
So are you saying the bulb in the OP should be fine for the cooker hood?
Thanks for the link but I don't buy from the scum .

There's a slim chance that in a cooker hood they might get too hot to burn out, but it's not too likely and it's not going to damage anything if they do.

>>2987

I bought ones similar to those for two light fixtures left and right of the mirror near the front door. The only problem was that the ones I got off eBay were for 12 volts, although they looked identical to 230V ones further up in the search result for a quid more. I installed them and they said their goodbyes with a subdued flash of light and a disturbingly loud bang, and looked pretty charred.

Ten quid well spent.

>>2977
You buy them ready made, in a kit, and assemble them yourselves. Unless you're a good carpenter and have all the tools, that is the best way.

What you want to do is pop down to Jewson's and buy some good sturdy capital letters.

you'd probably want to start in the garden, because carrying a shed from elsewhere will prove very awkward