Why on earth would you use a rubber coupler instead of a slip joint? A slip joint is like a straight coupler but without the centre stop ring

Hi found this interesting thanks, I need to buy a Strimmer for my large garden. I’m overwhelmed by the maintenance, as I have no idea about that kind of stuff. Would be really useful if I could go on a course which covered the basics for maintaining machinery ie my petrol lawn mower. Jobs I would have asked my dad for help with when he was here. I would love to learn how to do simple diy for example. as tbh my lack of knowledge is somewhat embarrassing and simple task like buying a new Strimmer is daunting. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

Charlie, your advice to do a trial fit of the hinges on scrap wood is INVALUABLE. Once done you can see how they work, and then work out, first whether you should change any of your measurements BEFORE you actually cut into your doors, and later how to adjust the doors. So much easier to do with the trial piece. Thank you so much for the tip, and to everybody about to fit hinges for the first time, follow Charlie’s tip...DO A TRIAL ON SCRAP WOOD FIRST!

Why can't you put the drainage underground? Why should it be above the floor level?

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Great video Charlie. You're brave doing all that. We'll done

For the joints of the insulated drywall, just foam or glue the edge when installing.

Please recommend a good PIV for a flat on the griund floor

Definitely a heat pump dryer. Had one for about 6 months and it's plumbed in. Costs at least half as a condenser to run. It runs longer and less hot however is more gentle to the clothes

Thank you so much Causes and prevention make it so much more understandable to me now. My home still has pr oblems , but lifestyle and behavioural changes reduced the condensation in my home by 50%

Good info as always

I was looking for a video on replacing bath tap washers, the normal old fashioned washers, not the cartridge type fittings but cannot seem to find one on your channel. Maybe you can do one on this subject?

Excellent tutorial Charlie. So, so useful! Just about to tackle some very irregular skirting boards, and been putting it off 😂. Know EXACTLY what I need to do now, you covered every issue and step perfectly👌

Garden lighting, looking forward to that!😊

Excellent Who checked their Whats App watching this video at 4:46 Thanks for sharing

Great video! Does the central screw need to be fully screwed or can it protrude slightly to allow a mirror to be hung from the screw?

When you solvent welding twist the fitting a bit as it spreads the glue nicely and means you don’t have a dry spot which can cause a leak

I'm always amazed and envious of the number of skills you can turn your hand to.

I have to concur with @colingoode3702. Our builders mis-positioned a stud wall when building our new extension/utility room so we were 20 cms short from being able to put all the white goods under one run of counter and sink. The heat pump tumble dryer works at lower temperatures and uses less power and doesn’t shrink delicates. We use the manual emptying of the water tank and it’s free standing with no ducting and pipe work to the outside needed. We can move it to the integral garage if need be in the future and we also run it on our PV/battery system.👍🏻

lol strange video I’ve just done aco’s around my house and in front of the garage over the 2 weeks only to see you doing drains too lol

What I would do is use a file instead of a blade

As an American, will any of this be relevant to me? no, do i still love watching this stuff, YES! (i dont know any places that use that type of slip together piping with o-rings, its all solvent welded PVC for drainage, unless old then its cast iron, and then if really old clay pipe

Heat pump every time: much cheaper to run and kinder on your clothes

Great video. I have a miele heat pump tumble dryer and can't recommend it enough. Much cheaper to run, you can put anything in it, without worrying about damage. Personally, I don't think that it takes much longer to dry than the other types of dryer. Absolutely love mine.

how you know it doesn't leak?

Thank you for this video, loved it! I am surely going to give it a try. I was wondering if you @charliediyte can advice on how safe against robbery is the system. I am afraid that I live in an area where it is not uncommon to have your bike stolen, an electric one would be very tempting, can you easily remove the battery or display? (if they cannot steal the whole bike maybe someone may attempt to steal the battery alone). Also, have you had a chance to test your converted bike on rainy days? Finally, do you know how long does it take to recharge the battery? Thank you very much for any thoughts on these questions!!

Love your videos so much. The music in this one was utterly terrible.

Also a +1 for the heat pump dryer. Had it 4 years. No issues. It's not plumbed in. But it's not in its final location. Seems cheap enough to run too.

Those tools leave a thin film where you scrape

Great, a Charlie video. How I’ve missed them. I’ll never need to do this but still found it interesting. You make it look so easy. Well done. Can’t wait for next vid.

Avoid condenser tumble dryers because they are the type that set on fire, and are also a lot less efficient. Get a heat pump tumble dryer.

Great watch and the sneak peak bits of garden in the background look fabulous. Top work all round!

Hi Charlie. Great video. Was great to meet and chat with you at Makers Central.

👍👍👍. Thank you Charlie

Definitely get a heat pump dryer! We got one 8 months ago and I've been blown away. I was worried it would take forever to dry, but really doesn't. It seems to take as long as our old dryer, but it uses pennies per cycle.

Nice one! Thank you.

We’ve had a heat pump tumble dryer for about 6 years or so now and have had no issues with it. I can see from my energy monitoring that at most it uses about 400w, so practically free if it’s sunny and you have PV. I don’t even bother to hang clothes out anymore if the suns out, they all just go in the dryer! The manufacturer is grundig and it cost about £450 if I remember correctly. The previous tumble dryer got lint on the heating elements and started to smoke so we got rid it it

I agree, I use it all the time, it’s like get out of jail paint. It will take anything and go on anything - the only thing is it’s expensive and messy if you don’t know what you’re doing..

We changed our condenser tumble dryer for a Heat Pump model. Reason, the condenser dryer was costing a fortune to run (even on cheaper night rate tariff) also, even though it was located in the garage it was getting noisy - bearings. Because they can't be run in unheated rooms that drop to 12c or less, we relocated the new HP dryer into our kitchen & it costs less than 2/3rds less than the run cost of the condenser dryer. The condense water goes into a manual empty container but there is also an option to plumb it into a drain if required & a bit more regular extra damp fluff removal from the heat exchanger is needed. HP dryers are expensive to buy but will pay for themselves in the long run, especially when we run it off of solar charged batteries for £0.

Looks like a great install! Good to see you constantly checked the fall. One comment though, looks like the large diameter pvc external pipe has very thin walls. I follow another channel called gate city foundation drainage and they usually use schedule 40 pvc pipe which on a 4 inch pipe has a wall thickness of about 6mm. Usually they glue their fittings together. Also, that corrugated pipe you had was a really bad idea, gate city foundation drainage goes into great detail of why corrugated soakaways are completely useless. You want to drain the water away from your foundation, not keep it around it. A really great channel to watch if you’re interested in drainage!

I have a Heat Pump tumble dryer and I have had no issues. It’s plumbed in to get rid of the waste water instead of going into the water tank. Oh and as James from plumberparts says “Solvent Weld is cheap, leaks are expensive” so no need to worry about using excess!

Good God man! Get yourself a pair of sunglasses; watching you squint in that sunlight is painful.😎

Good work & thanks for sharing the knowledge Charlie. Similarly, I was left without a clue what to do when my kitchen waste pipe collapsed & the plumber I used regularly wasn't interested. Luckily some informal chats @ screwfix guided me to a successful (& significantly cheaper) resolution; it's all worked perfectly ever since.

I found this really interesting.

Next time you can line mark with flour - it's way cheaper than marker spray and works better, plus it disappears after your done by itself.

What kind of fall did you have for the new pipes placed?

I do like the idea of the IP65 socket/spur under the sink.