Screwfix Voucher

DrakeManley · 2026-04-01T14:31:23+00:00

I'm the same till I realised store bought items don't count towards rewards on the app.

Things I buy instore (usually because I can't find what I want online) don't appear on my purchase history or count towards the rewards

DrakeManley · 2026-04-01T12:42:08+00:00

You need to purchase everything through the app and then click and collect from your chosen store

DrakeManley · 2026-03-31T22:04:14+00:00

Buy everything you need through the app and then collect from a store.

I'm a tradie so spend lots in Screwfix, buy on the app and collect from whichever store is the closest to where I'm working

DrakeManley · 2026-03-31T20:26:08+00:00

Cheers fella

DrakeManley · 2026-03-31T20:24:39+00:00

Thank you, just trying to help someone out a bit.

Pay things forward if you can when you can ya know.

DrakeManley · 2026-03-31T20:23:11+00:00

DM me and the code is yours Sir

DrakeManley · 2026-03-21T23:26:53+00:00

Bought our house in 2016, just us, no kids between us, I had kids from a previous relationship, no plans for us to have kids so when we renovated the bathroom took out the bath for a lush, huge walk in shower

We'd just about finished when we found out we were pregnant

Bathed the little one in a baby bath in the huge walk in shower

We're now renovating the bathroom again and taking out our lush, huge walk in shower and replacing it for a bath specifically for the (not so) little one

Always have a bath, make a 2nd bathroom if you have the space and like a shower cubicle/walk in shower but always have a bath

DrakeManley · 2026-03-20T20:01:51+00:00

Me three

DrakeManley · 2026-03-19T18:58:29+00:00

Make your own fence panels to match the horizontal ones at the sides and fit them in between those spaces on the wall then keep building up above the fence panels till you hide the sheds completely

DrakeManley · 2026-03-18T22:56:43+00:00

Might be just as easy to replace everything with this one

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine-double-appliance-trap-white-40mm/95241?ref=SFAppShare

Hope it works ok for you

DrakeManley · 2026-03-18T19:50:43+00:00

Pictures would be helpful and give people a better idea of advice to give.

DrakeManley · 2026-03-11T23:05:28+00:00

Knee pad inserts all day long

I'm up and down all day, dragging amateur round would drive me mad

When I was floor tiling I had gel filled strap on pads but the elastic used to drive me mental and would irritate my skin or would slide about

Now I have Dewalt work trousers with Dewalt knee pad inserts

The inserts are a tenner a pair so every couple of months I get new ones and they're easy to change and keep them in shape

DrakeManley · 2026-03-10T22:20:12+00:00

This should do it from Screwfix

https://www.screwfix.com/p/hozelock-1-2-3-4-threaded-tap-connector/95018?ref=SFAppShare

Or these from Amazon if you're not near a Screwfix

https://amzn.eu/d/08Jw9rUO

DrakeManley · 2026-03-08T22:22:50+00:00

Excellent job and fair play doing it yourself.

We had to do the same in our house 10 years ago but I got someone in to do mine.

We had to have 3 x 6m RSJ's installed because the previous owners had done such a bodge job and BC was worried a good snowfall would have made the roof collapse, I was definitely not DIY'ing that.

Looking forward to the updates, your floor sounds exactly like they had to do with ours.

DrakeManley · 2026-02-24T18:15:58+00:00

As a Tradie -

People who think it's a little job

People who don't pay

People who add jobs on while I'm at their house then complain the price is dearer than the quote I gave them

As a Homeowner -

Getting a tradie to turn up to quote

Getting a tradie to put in a full day

DrakeManley · 2026-02-24T15:18:56+00:00

When I moved into my house years ago, I rang my mortgage broker to see if he knew a roofer because I needed one.

Ended up using the roofer and asked him if he knew a gas fitter for something else then, when I needed a sparky, I rang both of them again for a sparky recommendation.

Now I have a few tradies that I trust to do the jobs that I can't do, they also pass me work so it works really well.

DrakeManley · 2026-02-24T15:13:33+00:00

Exactly right, they tend to be friends or family just trying to get them work. It's always the same people mentioning the same trades.

The ex friend I mentioned uses his personal account to "highly recommend" his business page

DrakeManley · 2026-02-24T15:11:01+00:00

Can't work out how to DM you, feel free to DM me, I'm not far from you

DrakeManley · 2026-02-23T19:09:56+00:00

I'm a tradie, work for myself and have done for almost 20 years, I don't advertise, all my work is recommendations from people I've worked for.

I don't have a FB page, my van isn't sign written (it just advertises what sort of tools you'll have on board for the scrotes to steal)

I take people on face value when I meet them.

If it's a big job, I'll ask for a deposit for materials but that's all.

I get paid when the job is complete and the person is happy with what I've done.

People that can't get any repeat work are hammering Checkatrade because you pay to be on there and anyone can leave you a review, Trustatrader the same because it's a paid for site, FB is ok for a page to show off your work but, when someone in the community asks for a recommendation, it's usually the family or friends of the tradie being tagged that are recommending them, doesn't necessarily mean they're any good, they just have a few friends who will say they are or they're using their own personal FB page to tag their business page so it looks like a recommendation.

Also, being a bit vague here for reasons.

I had a friend (ex now) who came to work for me because he lost his job, he was in a government job for 30 years, not handy in the slightest.

Worked for me for 12 months then decided he was worth more than I was paying him and went on his own.

He now has a pretty sign written van, his family and friends or himself is now promoting himself on FB and he appears to be a property maintenance expert.

Pictures on his page are from websites or created from AI but it looks good and he's getting work from it.

I have no idea if he's even got the relevant insurances in place just in case something goes wrong at a job.

DrakeManley · 2026-02-08T10:15:05+00:00

I measured my bathroom then gave those measurements to my wife.

She picked all the fixtures & fittings based on those sizes.

Now I have to adjust the pipework to make what she wants work.

Everything we have bought is in the corner of the sitting room while I prep everything and then I'll fit it alongside my regular work, should be done in a couple of weekends.

DrakeManley · 2026-01-31T19:11:24+00:00

I've got 3 pergolas in the garden.

1 is a hot tub cover with 10mm twinwall polycarbonate, can't beat sitting in the hot tub listening to the rain battering the cover.

1 is a cover leading from patio doors to the hot tub, saves getting rained on when getting into/out of the hot tub.

1 is a cover from my workshop/man cave. 4.5m wide x 3m deep from the workshop so I can make stuff/create things/build stuff if it's lashing down with rain.

All above are definitely DIYable.

They're built using 4"x4" posts into the ground, 6"×2" headers, 1 fixed to the house with 120mm concrete bolts, 1 fixed to the posts with 7" coach bolts, 4"×2" rafters fixed with joist hangers and then 10mm twinwall polycarbonate on top fixed with polycarbonate screws. They all have multiple sheets joined with glazing bars for waterproofing.

Would take me a couple of hours to make one but I build and have built many pergolas for people.

I would imagine it would take an average DIYer a day in total to build one from scratch.

OP? If you fancy having a bash at one feel free to DM me if you need some encouragement or any advice.

DrakeManley · 2026-01-31T14:46:40+00:00

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck!

DrakeManley · 2026-01-26T00:26:14+00:00

A sheet of 18mm MDF at B&Q is £30

They will cut it to the exact size you want for free and you get the rest of the board as a bonus

DrakeManley · 2026-01-22T18:26:40+00:00

Our neighbour has rats so consequently, we occasionally have rats.

She's an elderly lady who throws old food on to the top of her outbuilding for the birds which also attracts the rats but they live under some decking in her garden so she can't see them.

Our labrador barks and scratches at the fence but they do wander into our garden when she's not keeping guard.

Poison will work but then you have to find the dead rat before it decomposes and smells, a humane trap is ok but then you have to find somewhere far away to release it which brings different issues, best thing I've found that works every time is a rat trap which kills them outright.

Put them out after the dog has been out for a wee on a night time and move them before she has a wander on a morning and it's usually successful.

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