Sep 29
Could the days of mixing the two parts of glue together like our dads did be numbered?
DIY Doctor has, for a long time, promoted two-part adhesives. Over the years we have used hundreds of different adhesives for thousands of different jobs. For reliability and super strength we have returned to two-part araldite pretty much every time.
Then we received a sample of Araldite’s new product, Fusion Power Adhesive. It is a typical Araldite product in-so-much as it is a two-part adhesive, but unlike the others its all in one applicator. It mixes itself as you press down on the syringe type applicator and has the strength of every other Araldite product. The difference with this one is……It achieves that unbelievable strength in seconds rather than minutes or hours.
Araldite sent us half a dozen tubes (It is a one-shot, throw away product) and we got so exited after we used the first one, we ended up with a briefcase stuck to a wall “Just to see if it would” !
It did.
It truly is the king of adhesives and we can only hope Araldite have plans to bring out a 6 or 10 shot dispenser. It is a little pricey at £3.00 per shot, but when you have finally managed to mend something that you have been trying to fix for months, you might come to the same conclusion as us…….It’s worth every penny!
As part of the launch of this “wonder adhesive” Araldite have launched a new game on their website…. You can either
click here to go to their site or play the game below, it truly is great fun and (for fear of getting many abusive emails) you’ll be stuck to your computer screen for hours….I know, “Don’t give up your day job” !
By the way – Araldite Fusion can now be purchased from Screwfix and Focus!!!
Sep 28
Can anyone advise the easiest way of covering
a concrete driveway? Can I put gravel or shingle on the top of it?
Sep 14
Hi, i’m hoping someone can help, if possible….. i’m fitting a new ceiling light (with 3 seperate 25w bulbs) in the bathroom, and don’t know how to connect with the old wiring from above, which has 2 earth wires (previously connected to a “line”? screw point for the old light), 2 black wires (which went to the “loop-in”, then to the bulb), and 1 red (to the neutral, then to the bulb). i think i can identify which of these run back to the switch, but how should the new light be connected through its live, neutral, earth block, please?
At the (1-way) switch end, there are 2 earth wires, 2 red wires joined together, and 1 more single red. Will they connect to the new pull-switch quite easily? The connectors there are com-L, L1 and L2, as well as the earth.
Sorry if this is basic – or if i’ve made no sense – but good advice would really be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Sep 14
Hi, can someone lease let me know if there are restrictions on where an electrical point can be sited in relation to the position of a gas cooker. i want to move a point (which supplies the elecs to the cooker) i’ve just found behind the cupboard i’m replacing.
Cheers for any help……. Dave 
Sep 14
Can anyone assist? I drained my cold water tank using the cold tap in bathroom to enable me to remove the toilet cistern . On re filling the tank the cold tap and toilet cistern inlet refuse to deliver water , and the hot water tap dried up after a short output. I have tried blowing back through both taps and forcing cold water using the downstairs mixer tap back through the hot system… nothing but a few drips of water through the toilet fill which is lower than the two bathroom taps ….
