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Well this is to feed a cat water spray repellent device so will only be used when they are detected, but obviously needs a supply of water available for it to work. Also, I believe drip irrigation is not included in a hose pipe ban as it is a very economical way of watering.

Good morning! Yes, I already have something like that but the one I have allows a run time of 240 mins and this one looks like 120 mins. I need something that will turn on a say 7pm and turn off at 7am. Any ideas?

Hi, I would like to buy a set able timer for the hose. I already have two timers but they don’t do what I want. All I want to do is to be able to set a on time and an off time. So literally a valve with an on and off time. I can’t for the life of me find one. Can someone recommend an option? Many thanks, E

Thanks I will try that

Good evening, I have an outside tap with a 3/4"thread. I'm trying to set up outside irrigation and the timer connector is 1". It comes with a 3/4" to 1" adapter which I thread on as far as it can go. The connector leaks and I initially thought i was a problem with the connector itself however on further inspection it appears the the connector is not screwing in far enough and mating with the washer/seal because it is hitting the underside of the tap (see picture). Is there a shallower adapter I could use? Seems to be a bit limiting if the tap is so poorly designed you can't use standard fittings? Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks, E

Oh wow! The plug cutter would be fantatsic, I will have a look at that. Many thanks. Ed

Hi everyone, Well...I'm now 5 years into landscaping the garden and currently making a cedar bench. I'm looking to screw the cedar edge panels together with a 9mm countersink (as shown in the image). Then I'm planning to glue and dowel to cover up the screws and provide a flush look to the face. I'm struggling to find some cedar dowels so looking for other ideas. Would Oak dowels be suitable? or something else? Many thanks, Ed

The pizza oven has arrived - all 380kg of it. I now have the challenge of getting it into position in one piece. Got and engine hoist coming in a few weeks.

Cheers Gus, Infact I always wanted to be a pilot but I’m slightly colourblind so went down the engineering route to get as close as I could. It’s actually quite a common route to be a pilot. Pretty handy having a thorough grounding in what’s going on. It turned out there are degrees of colourblindness and I actually passed the test in 2007. I then got onto the cadet programme with an airline and the rest is history. I think I’d do a better job on the rendering if I did it again. The mix was too dry and I was also rushing as my wife had organised meeting friends down the pub that afternoon - not good for good rendering it turns out. 😂 I’m just saying it’s “rustic”

Hi Gus, Thanks for the comments, appreciate it. As joe90 said it's only to support a shelf, which will have some wood and other items on it. I'm also an engineer, although the aerospace kind by training (now I fly for a living) so completely get where you're coming from. This is only a DIY Pizza oven project. Anything more serious I would be getting a professional in! Anyway...it turned out OK, apart from the rendering which is awful! Cheers, Ed

Ahh I misread. I thought that price was for 1! Doh! That is good value. I think I will go for the 122mm versions as the batten is 50mm thick and render about 10mm thick so that will leave 62mm into the concrete. Or do you think the 102mm will be fine? Cheers.

Going to go for these - amazingly they're significantly cheaper at B&Q https://www.diy.com/departments/hardware/screws/DIY580655.cat?Length+(mm)=120&Suitable+for=Concrete

Hmm, I selected masonry screws in the filter and the one I linked to came up. I guess that's not the right one then? I see yours specifically says concrete screw. Thanks for that.

And in hindsight this would have been a good way of doing it, unfortunately the blocks are in and rendered....well, rendered badly!

OK I will give them a go. Any recommendations on brand? I will need some 100mm long. Something like these? https://www.screwfix.com/p/turbo-tx-tx-double-countersunk-self-drilling-multipurpose-screws-6mm-x-100mm-100-pack/586vv