I want to bend about 1 metre of a 4 metre Scaffold Tube to an angle of about 80 degrees and then weld a strengthening piece across the angle. I have an arc welder. Can I use ordinary rods or do I need special ones?. What is the best way to bend them. Hire a bender (hydraulic?) Any tips...

Hi, My TRVs all have a Zero as well as the frost position, but none of the heads turn to the Zero position. The head turns from frost to 5 but not to Zero, I have tried in both directions. I need to drain one radiator to fix a leak and do not want to trust the frost setting. Do I need to...

(sorry - I hope I did not get anyone's hope up with that title) I have read lots of posts on here asking when the G9 will be replaced. There appears to be no date set yet and nobody has any clues or hints. Just thought I would give everyone some notice that if my past record is anything to go by the new canon will be out in the next week or 2. The reason I say that is that over the last few ...

Hey all, New to this area, and have been looking to get a DSLR for quite some time now. After looking around a bit, I have come to decide that I would like the D60, as it seems a great camera for a beginner, and (to me at the moment) represents good value. However the Pentax K200 isn't far behind, especially being $400 cheaper with the 18-55mm lens. Anyways, from the reading I've been doing ...

As you suspect, I don't think these have any adjustment on them for mixture etc. What sort of governor does it have - is it a wind paddle flap mounted close to the spinning top fan? (You will need to remove the top plastic cowling to see). If so, trace the wire link from this to the carb's throttle butterfly, and then continue your 'tracing' of these links (I think with a spring attached) to a ...

No sure if this is in the right section but here goes… I’ve large areas of old crazy paving- weeds are a nightmare where the old mortar has failed in between the slabs. I’m looking at re-filling the gaps. I’m confused by how to do this. I’ve seen loads of products you brush in and compact like...

I have been watching Youtube videos about joint sealants today, as threaded joints always seem to leak when I do them. I'm OK on soldered and compression joints but with threaded joints I never know how tight to do them, how many turns of tape to use etc. Today I attempted to fit a 1/2" non...

Hi, I am currently re-wiring my house and I'd like to do something a bit more complicated with the master bedroom. The goal is: 1) A light switch near the door to control the ceiling light. 2) Bedside wall lights at either side of the bed. 3) 2 gang, 2 way light switches either side of the bed...

Hi don't know if anyone can help. I really don't know what to do about this..! I recently bought a corner summer house. My dad and his friend grafted so hard last Friday and Saturday building it. We put sealant around all the inside joins but couldn't paint it outside, as it then started...

I'm planning a large-ish shed using lots of horizontal featheredge boards, They're 15mm at their thickest, fixing mainly into 18mm thick battens. I plan to use the 'single nail per board' method, after reading how expansion / contraction can split boards nailed both above & below. (That's...