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Is there a safe cracker out there?
Handywork  •  714 views  •  8 answers

Short story. Husband has safe (small Chubb) fitted on wall in house. Now has dementia and cannot remember code or where over riding keys are. I wouldn’t care, nothing much in there except passports and I won’t be travelling abroad again. There is however a small amount of cash in …

Is it safe to use safe without aerator?
Handywork  •  665 views  •  2 answers

My aerator has come off my kitchen tap, is it still ok to use the kitchen tap as normal to wash dishes?

Fitting wall units, finding fixings
Handywork  •  583 views  •  4 answers

Hello all New home and adding 2 wall units to existing utility room. I’ve got IKEA Enhet cupboards which Mount by screwing 2 screw/ bolt into wall then hanging cupboard before tightening with washers inside the cupboard. There’s a void behind the cupboard (through a plastic bracket) of approx 22mm …

Connect tabletop dishwasher to tap
Handywork  •  435 views  •  3 answers

I have just bought a Russel Hobbs RHTTDW6S tabletop dishwasher for my kitchen and was under the impression that I could connect this to my sink tap. The waste pipe is not an issue as I'll let this just drain into my sink. The inlet pipe is what I'm confused …

Imperial mixer tap
Handywork  •  424 views  •  1 answer

I have a mixer tap in the kitchen and have bought two attachments…spray heads, that said they were universal from adverts on line but neither fits I think the tap must be imperial and they are metric. Are there spray heads available for imperial taps?

Attaching countertop to side of kitchen cabinet
Handywork  •  399 views  •  7 answers

Hi there, I was hoping someone could help me. I have a kitchen counter that I would like to extend in a breakfast bar style with metal supports at the end. The current cabinet is made of standard laminated chipboard. The counter top is solid oak and I wanted to …

Refitting cast iron fireplace
Handywork  •  374 views  •  13 answers

We previously removed a cast iron fireplace from a bedroom for space. We are currently trying to refit the same fireplace. The original wall plugs were no good so they have been removed. We have filled with polyfil and tried new stronger raw plugs but these aren't taking. We obviously …

Types of undermount sink support?
Handywork  •  318 views  •  7 answers

What types of undermount sink bars do you uses. The one that sits horizonally?

Dual wall toilet flush
Handywork  •  305 views  •  19 answers

I can’t press the button on the dual toilet flush and the water keeps running. What can I do?

Soundproofing adjoining wall?
Handywork  •  262 views  •  2 answers

Can we soundproof our adjoining wall to our neighbours? Semi detached 1960’s house with a chimney

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