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Hello, this is a house in UK, built in the early '70s. Some parts of the outer walls are made of concrete blocks. I suppose they are one of the usual types: e.g., aggregate, lightweight or aircrete, but I'm not sure which one. I would like to know in order to buy the appropriate anchors/fixings. Any suggestion/input welcome. Their size is approximately 44.5x22cm, they have no identifying signs or marks visible. I attach pics. TIA
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We have ikea bathroom cabinets to mount on our bathroom porcelain tiles. They are Godmorgon 40x14x96 and weigh 12kg each. I remember that the tiles being a nightmare to drill into to mount a towel rail, I had to buy some diamond drill bits and even then it took ages to drill into them and I was worried I might break the tile, they are large 60x45cm tiles. So wondering if I could mount the tiles using some 3M VHB tape like this one here Ikea had the tape on these hooks we used in the bathroom and I swear I could used them as rock climbing holds. So I'm thinking of getting a roll of tape and sticking it to wall side of the four sides of the cabinet, letting that cure for a day and then sticking it to the wall. Has anyone used that tape for doing something like this and did it work?
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Following on from this post , and to prevent the Post Office suing us, I've been doing some experiments on mending the sandstone door post; and this is what I found. I decided on an experiment to see how I could glue one piece of sandstone to another. Using one of the many sandstone boulders lying around our garden (£5:00 each to anyone who'll come and take them away) .... I split one of the boulders straight down the middle. Easy. I drilled a hole straight through both halves of the stone and inserted a 12mm threaded rod to act as a pin. I glued (well, resin bonded) the threaded rod into place. And slid the two halves together In a couple of the boulders in the trial holes I drilled, the sandstone split. I don't want to repeat that experience when I do it for real on the doorpost. To make the holes, I used a cheap generic 14mm drill bit and a hand-held Bosch drill. How can I reduce the chance of splitting the sandstone on the doorpost? As I see it, I have a good chance of making the problem worse - splitting even more of the sandstone out of the doorpost.
