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SK’s DIY
Registrace 12. 04. 2014
Changing the washer on a ball valve
How to change the washer on a traditional ball valve after water was seen running from the overflow pipe outside the house from the header tank located in the loft.
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How to install Floplast drainage gully and adjustable joint.
zhlédnutí 20KPřed 2 lety
Moving position of drainage gully and replacing a U trap with an easy to access Floplast bottle trap. Installation of an adjustable Floplast bend which can be adjusted from 0 to 90 degrees. Use Floplast silicone spray To lubricate the joint. All purchased from Screwfix.
How to Install USB Plug Socket - Axiom Twin Socket from Toolstation
zhlédnutí 271Před 2 lety
Replacement of a mains 13amp double socket with a similar socket but which in addition has twin USB charger ports.
Installing click fit conservatory blinds made by Blinds 2Go
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My experience of installing concertina type conservatory blinds in upvc french doors. Purchased from Blinds 2Go, the reality of installing them was more challenging than the manufactures suggest - but the end result was well worth it.
Outside Shower - Installation Of External Hot Water Shower
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Outside Shower - Installation Of External Hot Water Shower
How To Install A Garden Flagpole
zhlédnutí 49KPřed 4 lety
Preparation of flagpole base using ground tube in sand and finished with compass dial slab. Assembly of sectional 5 piece Yeshom flagpole. Installation of flagpole.
What about drainage?
very useful SK. Thank you.
Thank you for this, really concise and helpful.
Just bought one of these blinds as a test before we fit out the whole conservatory and used this video as a guide. You made it so easy and simple to fit, great video, this should be the official fitting video 😄🫱🏻🫲🏼
An explanation that's so simple so easy to follow. Spot on.
Thank you for posting this video! I had noticed the same issues with the tied blinds and additional bracket holes. I'm not the best at DIY and approach these with things with the upmost caution lest I waste all my money with a botched job and this was really helpful.
Sooooo the water just drains next to wall/foundation.
No. The water flows into either of two gullies immediately adjacent to the shower.
Great now i want to watch the Crystal Maze!
Excellent, I particularly liked the compass stone. 👍🏻
St George flag
Why are there two earth terminals?
Brilliant video thank you very much for sharing.
It will all become very clear when you do the job. Give it a try.
Hi mate lovely job, would you recommend replacing the window seals if the current one's are wearing rough? Have you noticed any play in the seals since installing?
Replacing the seals would be a much bigger job, so if they are doing what they are intended to do I would leave well alone. You won’t see the seals when the blinds are fitted. I haven’t found any play in the seals in any of the 9 blinds of this type I have installed. Hope that helps!
I do not understand why to use a credit card to measure and what distance? Sorry.
The distance the card is measuring is from the top or bottom edge of the window frame to the edge of the metal bracket that slides between the seal and the glass. If correctly placed in position the lug which protrudes from the bracket will engage with one of the holes in the frame of the blind. That will thus locate the blind’s frame in position.
@@sksdiy5874 Thanks. Credit card confused me because previously chatted with the company and they said that I can only use this product if I can fit a credit card behind the seal (black stuff). I cannot really fit a credit card behind the black seal. I think the seal would not be functional if I could. So that's why I started my research on youtube. Maybe the sharper bracked will fit . But I am not sure. So, you used the credit card to have exact measurement of where the bracket should go. But why did you not use measure tape?
Best video on the subject, so we'll done. Should we check to see that after water draw off and then replenish the level, the float cuts off the water supply before the water surface reaches the valve body? Should be ok but if the arm is bent a little during maintenance etc, it may be riding high. Best to be sure I think.
You should check the water level immediately after you have done the repair and done a trial flush. On mine I had to remove the ball and its shaft and bend it around 1/2 inch to get the fill level where it needed to be, about half an inch below the overflow outlet.
I am about to purchase Blinds2go thermal blinds having seen them at a friends house and have been worried as to whether I am competent enough to fit them. Your tutorial has been a godsend (before I buy them) and I have decided to give it a go. I really believe that Blinds2 go should pay you some sort of commission for doing that tutorial because its spot on and I believe I would have 'wimped out' and got them from somewhere like Hillary's rather than trying myself. It's basically a confidence thing and I know after watching your video that I am capable of fitting them. Thanks again for taking the trouble to film it.
Thank you - good luck with the fitting.
Was it an old clay pipe you connected to?
Hi. No, it was a plastic pipe. I have connected plastic to clay - used a FloPlast underground flexible adaptor. Worked a treat.
Thanks very much for this video. I was stumped with that stupid little knot they tied in the cords to keep them together. The included instructions are really bad.
Does the blind frame stick out from the door frame by much and how far past the end of the glass does it go? I've got bifolds with a centre rotating lock and I'm struggling to find blinds to fit a most seem to have quite a lip on them
Scratching your table
Hi, can I ask why you use the two tube method? Why not just concrete in the sleeve into which the pole fits?
If the exit pipe from my back gully is ever so slightly higher than the exit of the back gully but everything else is lower will I be ok? I couldn't get it lower than the exit due to space etc. Worried about back flow. Thanks in advance.
Hi. Sorry, I can’t picture the problem you have - so without properly understanding the issue my immediate thought was “water won’t run uphill”:
Very helpful instruction, but it didn't stop the flow of water. Looks like I need a complete replacement kit😢
Thank you SO MUCH for this video. We bought these blinds and they were hard to pull apart and we thought we had untied them, but it felt like we were going to break them. Seeing your strings really helped us and now our blinds are up. Thank you for this level of detail that we couldn't find anywhere else!
Thanks. Really appreciate your comment. Someone recently said the video was over the top - but I’ve put up several of these blinds and every time I have an issue with the cords. It’s worth the effort though - the blinds are great once up.
These are perfect fits not clickfit.
This is super ott. All I did was hammer a 50mm pipe in the ground and twist it out then empty the innards out kept doing that until I was at the correct depth plumbing as I went. 5 years ok in south coast England it's been battered out all year flying a flag, still as good as the day I took it out to move house, did the same as my new place been up about 6 months exactly the same.
Thanks for sharing the whole process, with good bits & bad.
Are you working at the seaside?lol
Painful
Very good installation video, very much appreciated. In the future personally I would like to see a wider pic of the whole shower from a few feet back before the closeup, to get a relation of where and what the project looks like or the goal. The detail was great, but a continual overview shot every couple of min would help. Really like the idea of the back drop for the shower, that could be applied in many situations and settings. Thank you so much for his video.
Greetings from Northern Ireland....keep that flag flying mate!!
Thanks, very useful. I have just had bifolds installed and haven't decided about blinds yet but these look like a great solution
When I fit my blinds the bit you push into the door is loose and drops just wondering if anyone know how to re tighten the window part back in?
If the bracket is flush against the glass and pushed under the black seal then it should be trapped in place and secure. Sorry, but if it’s correctly installed I don’t understand why it’s loose.
@@sksdiy5874 the part you push it under seems to be alot loser than all the other windows, we've had them in for free years and it's like the door holiding window has become lose
Thanks
Nice try, however it’s not very patriotic enough XD
Hi mate what's the make of showers it great job thanks mark
Lily Round 2 dial 1 way from Willesden Bathrooms on eBay! I’ve had it outside for 3 years and 🤞it’s doing fine.
@@sksdiy5874 sound mate cheers
Hi mate cheers don't suppose you got the link still can't see it on flea bay cheers mark
WOW you make everybodys elses video look bad cause your hole is so perfectly round LOL. good video. Perfect idea for a finishing trim tha I plan to use now. You must be an engineer :)
Well done
Thank you. Before i cam across this video, I nearly bought a replacement kit. I managed to get the replacement washer for only R10 for two. Saved a lot of money.
Dish soap trick worked for us, thanks very much for the video👍
This video has helped me out so much! Buying my first ever blinds as I saw how awful the manufacturer's video was beforehand. This has been an absolute god send!
Thanks, great video ! Are these the blockout DuoShade Chalk Thermal Blind ?
Please may I have some advice. I'm struggling if the bracket can squeeze into the rubber seal of my windows. I'm even trying gently with cutting knife but it seems that the seal is very tight to the beading. Should I just push it harder? Thank you
I wouldn’t attack the seals with a knife. I suggest putting washing up liquid on the bracket to make it easier to push into the seal.
Nice job - thanks for getting my grey cells moving too. You're lucky you've got anything at the bottom of the drain pipe - our predecessors decided against it! :-)
I'm struggling with taking off the screw on the end of the valve. Years of water/mineral deposits have jammed it and I don't want to twist and break anything.
Tricky one that. I think I’d buy a complete new fitting from somewhere I could return it if I didn’t need it (like Screwfix or Toolstation) and then have a go at unscrewing the end of the valve. I’ve done it by putting the solid end in a vice and using mole grips on the other end - but you’re right, it could ruin the valve and then you’d have to replace the entire fitting.
If you use a mole wrench and a stilsons you can hold one whilst rotating the other counterclockwise in situ. I'll bet you can't break it. It will unsrcew. Have faith!
@@seagull104 you're right that's exactly what I did a few months back. Didn't break and I fixed the valve. Thanks.
@@seagull104 Wrench / spanner?.
Fab job
No need to earth the back box as the accessory is plastic and even if it wasn't, the screws through the accessory faceplate contact the lugs of the back box via the earth strap that runs across the back of it, providing earth continuity between all items.
Hi Where can I buy one of them mixing hozelock type showers please ? I have a plumber coming Saturday to put a hot water tap in ? Great idea thanks
Hi. It’s not a Hozelock shower that I used. The fitting is called a bar shower - easily sourced from plumbers merchant, DIY stores, EBay, Amazon etc.
Thanks for this Video, really helped me 👍
Thank you, very comprehensive. Ready to buy now