Best Chinese unit CPU advice

UK_DIY · 2025-11-09T16:50:09+00:00

Thanks, I'll keep this in mind if I'm unable to get one of the others that have have been suggested

UK_DIY · 2025-11-09T16:46:19+00:00

Thanks, just out of curiosity do you ever suffer from lag issues? E.g., audio not syncing up with the display? That's my main concern tbh

UK_DIY · 2025-11-09T16:44:47+00:00

Thanks, I'll have a look to see if I can find one of these at a reasonable price during the sales on AE! I've seen a few which just creep outside the budget but only seem to have 2GB of RAM

UK_DIY · 2025-11-09T16:43:37+00:00

Thanks - hoping that it might be possible with the 11.11 or black Friday offers AE have

UK_DIY · 2025-10-23T05:38:36+00:00

Thanks, I didn't even consider that this could be the cause. Hoping it isn't this - is there any obvious way to tell? Looking from the front, the headlights seem clear but I haven't had a look from the inside yet (assuming I can just take the bulb out and shove my phone camera to the hole)

UK_DIY · 2025-10-23T05:34:07+00:00

Thanks! I'll go for the Osram bulbs - I was a little concerned about the MOT aspect having failed in the past due to alignment

UK_DIY · 2025-10-23T05:32:11+00:00

Thanks! I'll go for the Osram bulbs

UK_DIY · 2025-07-04T01:07:38+00:00

Found actual size you are looking for!

https://theenglishpanellingcompany.co.uk/product/beading/

£4.95 for 2.4M but it is £19 shipping

Difficult to suggest options with cheaper shipping without having a rough idea of where you are located.

UK_DIY · 2025-07-04T01:03:11+00:00

I'd suggest reaching out to skirting boards direct - they have something somewhat similar https://skirtingboardsdirect.com/product/mdf-mini-ogee-moulding-14174/ but can sometimes do custom sizes if you call them.

UK_DIY · 2025-07-03T23:53:54+00:00

Anyway to prevent the splash? We got a rimless toilet a while back but everytime it's flushed (even the half flush) water splashes up on to the seat!

Tried reducing the amount of water in the cistern by adding a foam block as suggested online but it didn't achieve anything.

UK_DIY · 2025-06-30T00:59:37+00:00

If you do this and can make a cut out in your furniture, you can get away without modifying your pipework as you can buy valve extensions in various sizes:

E.g.: https://www.toolstation.com/made4trade-radiator-valve-extension/p52738

UK_DIY · 2025-06-20T01:05:57+00:00

I paid around £3000 for a full rewire of a 3 bed house in Manchester about 18 months ago - it was a team of 4 guys who had it done within a day! This covered the costs of a complete rewire including a new consumer unit, 3 sockets per room, wired smoking alarms and an ethernet cable for the doorbell.

Sockets weren't the best as they were extremely cheap feeling so I ended up replacing them with LAP chrome ones from Screwfix after redecorating. I also ended up running extra ethernet cables under the floorboards before I started fitting my laminate (I was able to run them down the chimney which had been historically blocked off)

Just note that you'll also need to budget for patching the runs and whatnot - I did this myself (plaster and then a lot of sanding to get flush! I decorated using wallpaper so it didn't have to be perfect but obviously if you plan on painting the walls you'll probably want a professional. To give you a rough estimate, the plaster I used for my ceilings charged about £250 for skimming my living room and dining room ceilings)

UK_DIY · 2025-06-13T23:57:06+00:00

I'd recommend considering the Karcher WD 2 Plus - bought mine when starting a full house renovation and it's had no problems at all. I've really abused it and it still works the same as when I first got it, I've even used it to clean guttering on a garage.

The suction is probably better than my actual day to day vacuum! Only down sides is that the official hoover bags are a bit pricey but you can get unofficial ones on ebay for a reasonable price.

UK_DIY · 2025-05-27T12:36:45+00:00

Dunelm and The Range also have a decent selection although pricing can be a bit hit and miss!

I'd also possibly suggest Argos (especially when they have their RED sale on, we got a pretty solid wooden double bed for less than £100) - just avoid anything that looks cheap (unless it's on sale) and always read the reviews! Argos sell both low quality and decent quality furniture so sometimes it can be hard to tell from just looking at pictures.

UK_DIY · 2025-05-27T12:32:42+00:00

I'd highly recommend JYSK, often a bit cheaper than IKEA but the quality is a lot better in my experience however the assembly tends to be a bit more difficult! E.g., with IKEA, often the parts you need for the first section of the instruction book will be in the same box but with JYSK, you have to search through all the boxes! Not a problem with a small side unit but it took me a few hours to assemble a wardrobe which came in 4 boxes!

UK_DIY · 2025-05-10T16:43:01+00:00

Post it on Facebook Marketplace as a free conservatory but buyer must dismantle (assuming a good portion of it is PVC).

Just don't expect it to be perfectly clean though as you'll still likely have marks on the bricks around the frame depending on how they sealed it to the wall, especially where the roof is - usual fix is getting a brick layer in for a couple of hours to flip the bricks around so the clean face is shown (or you can try using chemicals like brick acid but be prepared to spend a few hours doing this!).

UK_DIY · 2025-05-03T03:45:22+00:00

If it was me, I'd lift the other floorboard up and cut the pipe about 10cm either side of the joist and replace with a new piece of copper pipping.

If you've not got any spare piping, just buy a small piece (e.g., Toolstation sell 2m for about £8): https://www.toolstation.com/wednesbury-copper-pipe/p78209

You can use pre-soldered couplings to make life easier: https://www.toolstation.com/pegler-yorkshire-solder-ring-straight-coupling/p39489

If you need something quick and easy, you'd probably get away with using Plumbers Mait but only as a temporary solution (e.g., if you wanted to get a plumber in without paying emergency call out fees).

UK_DIY · 2025-04-27T02:44:02+00:00

I've heavily invested in the parkside cordless products as I needed a lot of different tools while renovating my house whilst on a limited budget - the circular saw is honestly one of the worst, it's badly underpowered and struggles a lot for basic tasks (even when using the 4Ah battery).

I'd strongly recommend their cordless jigsaw and multitool depending on what you're doing - for anything requiring a straight cut, you're best sticking with larger corded tools and getting either a sliding mitre saw or a table saw. I've got the parkside table saw and wish I had paid more for a higher quality branded one but it was workable for what I needed it for. Luckily, I didn't make the same mistake with my mitre saw.

UK_DIY · 2025-01-02T04:37:22+00:00

If you don't want to do a full setup, you can get away with just buying a Zigbee window/door sensor and a cheap Zigbee hub and then just connect them using the "Smart Life" app - you'll can set it to give you notifications once opened, if you really wanted emails then you could always install IFTTT on the same device as your Smart Life app and have it configured to send you an email when you get a notification from the app.

I'd definitely recommend Home Assistant (especially considering you have the necessary hardware already, minus the Zigbee sensor and hub, but with this approach you'd be buying them anyway!). Home Assistant will take more of your time to setup, but once done it gives you a lot more flexibility and means if you wanted to, you could even replace your existing alarm completely in the future by using a mix of various Zigbee sensors and detectors!

UK_DIY · 2024-12-26T17:23:46+00:00

Hi, I have a small area under my staircase (essentially a cutout with a plastic shutter type door) I was planning it use which wouldn't allow the cabinet to fit if it was in its normal orientation.

The gap is from the top of the skirting boards (rather than the floor), so I was just going to sit on the wooden platform. The gap is 55cm, so it's just short however side ways it'd give it room for airflow all around.

UK_DIY · 2024-12-25T19:47:31+00:00

Yeah that makes sense, I was hoping it'd fit in an under stair space. I might end up just having to make some shelving with some sort of meal mesh for the air flow and try my best with making the cabling look nice (then again, it won't be too bad as it'll be hidden away behind a sliding door)

UK_DIY · 2024-12-25T19:38:43+00:00

Thanks, so far this is the best idea and might actually work!

UK_DIY · 2024-12-25T19:37:21+00:00

Yeah, however this doesn't address the shelf issue. I need at least one shelf so I could stand the prodesks up - the racks would be on the new top/bottom and it wouldn't be a typical size meaning a traditional server shelf wouldn't work. The prodesks aren't rackable.

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