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Swanton Road Transfer Station in Norwich takes it. It was quite expensive when I enquired. Hazardous household wastes

Everyone's situation is so different that you need to do the sums for your household or get someone to do it for you. You also need to decide on your motivations, is it only to save money or are you looking for some resilience to grid outages or perhaps reducing your carbon footprint. Are you...

So after more reading and the views here, thanks everyone, my first job is to remove the current immersion element and see exactly what I have, I assume it's a 27inch but I'm basing a lot on an assumption, I need to be sure but need to get a new gasket first... I contacted the tank manufacturer...

I'm in the process of building my own modulating controller and this is part of the design process to decide what features I need. None of the commercial products have the flexibility or control I want, mainly because I also have a battery installed so I have a lot of flexibility. For instance...

The plumbing shown is from the manufacturer so I hope it's correct.....I think the way it suppose to work is that the longer the heater is powered the more of the HW is heated as a circulation is created by taking CW out the bottom of the tank?? I can't remember the exact length of the...

I have spare power output from a PV solar array which is diverted to heat the HW via a standard top inserted 27 inch immersion heater. The problem is that this only heats the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the HW cylinder before the thermostat cuts out and I would like to heat the full cylinder when power is...

I'm not surprised, I've seen an install where the internal trim turned black over the winter, removing it showed no foam fill and an open cavity so the trim was cold and covered in condensation all the time. This was from a company selling supposedly triple A rate windows, fitted to a triple Z...

I'd take them off and check they've actually sealed the window frame in properly. You may well find that there's a gap all round the frame with a line of mastic outside! Personally I'd fit a new sill and surround.

I've been cutting up some green Ash and I've never known such bad gumming up of the bandsaw blade, tyres and guides. After a cutting a single log I'm having to scrape the blade, scrape and clean the tyres and then remove and clean the guide bearings. I've had a search on here and elsewhere and...

Forgot my comment, I just found the pair I have online and they're only rated for brass/copper although I have cut steel with mine but... Crimping Pliers

I have a crimp tool which incorporate a shear cutter for M2/2/5/3. One side is threaded so you screw the thread in, squeeze the handles to cut then unscrew which cleans up any deformed threads.

I remember one being moved about 2m at our work social club, the pros refused to move it without first removing the slates. They said there was too high a risk of twisting the frame and causing the slates to move against each other and then cracking. As it was used for matches the club paid up....

From experience my Sorby Pro Edge is only good for primary bevels on chisels and plane irons, you still need to finish on a stone/plate. I also find that it only just about does an OK job on skew chisels.

Nice, but be aware that if using paraffin then for every litre you burn it outputs 1 litre of water into the air so they can create damp issues.

Rough turn and hollow ASAP and then put in your damp shed, leave for 6 months. If you'd rather keep in dryer conditions then put in a paper bag or cardboard box first, (add some shavings to slow the drying even further). Your aim is to dry it slowly over min 6 months, the six months come from...

There should be a pointer/indicator coming out of that slot, which if I remember correctly, was soft metal and could be easily bent to "calibrate" the tension. Part 15 on the Parts List Diagram. You're doing it the right way though, get to know what looks and feels right rather than rely on the...

As everyone has said you must source some decent wood, don't buy any pre-cut tongue and groove redwood, I had horrible problems when I made some during lockdown and wood choice was limited. Straightening a ledge door I would also suggest having a look through some reclamation yards, you may be...

It probably also depends on the planned use. If it's ornamental then go for what looks best, however, if its going to be used then needs to be thicker with a slightly heavier base for stability. I think the hardest thing to judge is how something feels in the hand, I turned one bowl and it felt...

Hello from another Norfolker, look forward to seeing your work.

I've always struggled to get consistent photos of objects so I decided to make a light tent/box. Version 1 used some plastic bags that did a good job of light diffusing, trouble was all the lamps I tried seemed to cause flicker when taking a photo and each had their own light temperature. Had...