DIY tips

[bobmac]

Based on the same principal of fitting new golf grips....
If you are working with any type of vinyl wrap, wipe the surface with white spirit before applying the sticky backed wrap. This makes it easier to position and to get the air bubbles out. Leave for 1-2 hours to dry.

 

[PJ87]

If painting over a few days wrap your brushes and paint trays in cling film so they stay wet and usable next day

Invest in a pipe finder for drilling ?

Top tip.. get a pro in lol

 

[Newtonuti]

If screwing into wood, drill a pilot hole first to prevent splitting.

Use the correct drill bit for whatever material you're drilling.

Don't eat yellow snow.

 

[Hobbit]

If you need a 3rd hand, for example when you’re soldering, put an elastic band on the handles of a pair of pliers.

 

[theoneandonly]

When painting walls, always pay for someone else to do it for you.

 

[jim8flog]

Use You Tube before starting a job for the best way of doing it. Remember to watch more than one video.

Pre You tube etc my 'best friend' was the Readers Digest Do it Yourself manual but I reckon with all the tips I have seen since it should have been twice as thick.

 

[bobmac]

Use You Tube before starting a job for the best way of doing it. Remember to watch more than one video.

Pre You tube etc my 'best friend' was the Readers Digest Do it Yourself manual but I reckon with all the tips I have seen since it should have been twice as thick.

Totally agree, a brilliant source of knowledge

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

If painting over a few days wrap your brushes and paint trays in cling film so they stay wet and usable next day

Invest in a pipe finder for drilling ?

Top tip.. get a pro in lol

Paint Rollers likewise, just stick it in a supermarket bag and roll it up.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Pay someone to do it for you whilst you play golf.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Use You Tube before starting a job for the best way of doing it. Remember to watch more than one video.

Pre You tube etc my 'best friend' was the Readers Digest Do it Yourself manual but I reckon with all the tips I have seen since it should have been twice as thick.

Can’t remember last time I opened my Readers Digest DIY book. Was my main point of reference.

 

[RichA]

Use You Tube before starting a job for the best way of doing it. Remember to watch more than one video.

Pre You tube etc my 'best friend' was the Readers Digest Do it Yourself manual but I reckon with all the tips I have seen since it should have been twice as thick.

Never get rid of it. It's still good for revising the basics.
I recently had to replace an electrical switch that's now obsolete. I was an electrical engineering apprentice 30 years ago but I had a complete mental block with the basics of domestic electrical circuits. The big red book succeeded where the internet failed.

 

[bobmac]

When painting walls, always pay for someone else to do it for you.

Pay someone to do it for you whilst you play golf.

Those would be DDIY tips?

 

[Golfmmad]

When drilling walls, especially a concrete lintel, use a vacuum cleaner pipe with crevice tool attached.
Hold pipe close to drill bit and all dust will shoot down pipe and not down your lungs or over furniture and floor covering.
Then sit down with a cup of tea and admire a nice clean job! ?

 

[NearHull]

To get a neat finish for bathroom/kitchen sealants use wet wipes - and plenty of them.

 

[bobmac]

Pay someone to do it for you whilst you play golf.

Or waste days waiting in for someone to come and give you a quote and they don't turn up.

 

[Rooter]

Measure twice (At least!!!), cut once.

 

[Robster59]

You can repair a leaking radiator valve by putting PTFE packing in it. I did this and it works a treat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udlENiipBCU&ab_channel=dereton33

 

[RichA]

When drilling walls, especially a concrete lintel, use a vacuum cleaner pipe with crevice tool attached.
Hold pipe close to drill bit and all dust will shoot down pipe and not down your lungs or over furniture and floor covering.
Then sit down with a cup of tea and admire a nice clean job! ?

I used to do this. Not any more.
My advice would be concentrate on doing the job right, clear up thoroughly once it's done. If you aren't making a mess you aren't doing it properly.

 

[Golfmmad]

I used to do this. Not any more.
My advice would be concentrate on doing the job right, clear up thoroughly once it's done. If you aren't making a mess you aren't doing it properly.

Believe me if you're drilling in to a tough concrete linlel, with a rotary hammer drill and an sds bit, the whole room will be covered in dust, such is the power of the drill! So the vacuum cleaner tip is by far the best and easiest way to keep the job clean and tidy.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Or waste days waiting in for someone to come and give you a quote and they don't turn up.

I book trades to come and look at a job for a time when one of us will be in. If they don’t show I’ve not wasted my time.

I also only use trades that I know and trust.