Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've been
writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also advertise
with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets that overflow or
won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs & screws.

It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be short,
not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't want to do my
self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?



--
Dave
The Medway Handyman & Author :-)
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've
been writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also
advertise with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets
that overflow or won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs &
screws.

It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free
publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be
short, not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't
want to do my self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?

Yes,tell them about uk-d-i-y then they won't have to buy the magazine.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've
been writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine

Any ideas for subjects?

Yes,tell them about uk-d-i-y then they won't have to buy the magazine.

They don't buy it now though - it's free!!

Any ideas for subjects?

Types of paint, how to paint stuff like doors / radiators, decorating
behind radiators, balancing radiators, assembling flat pack furniture,
"damp" problems (i.e. make sure air gets to circulate in corners piled
high in crap where the walls go black), replacing a eurolock, adjusting
a upvc door, how to get spiders out of the bath (we find leaving a few
sheets of loo roll hanging over the sloping end works great) - and how
about something on the new wiring regs ? (changes of core colours etc)

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
. uk...
Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've been
writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also advertise
with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets that overflow or
won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs & screws.

It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be short,
not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't want to do my
self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?

disconnecting and reconnecting a dishwasher or washing machine
(As people normally don't realise their new machine with free fitting, won't
be fitted for free unless the old one is disconnected until after the thing
is delivered, and the delivery people refuse to do it as you haven't
complied with the terms and conditions!)

Maybe showing people the difference between different types of drill bit (My
mum attempted to drill through a cupboard door with a masonry drill bit
(with the drill on hammer mode)
The results were actually OK as far as the hole went (Surprisingly); (Must
have taken ages though!) but somehow the drill bit was at 90 degrees to the
drill when she was finished!

Changing a plugtop or fuse in a plugtop

Installing a telephone socket (Maybe even suggesting using a filtered
faceplate if ADSL is present)

You could do changing light switches & fittings, sockets, etc. You would
need to make bloody sure you make all the safety suggestions here!

Adding a new ariel socket (Depending on column space, you could go into
proper distribution systems that feed Sky etc. around the house.

Putting up a (level) shelf

Filling a small hole in a wall

Laying Laminate flooring

Putting up curtains/blinds in different types of window (Normal & Bay etc..)

Replacing a consumer unit :-)

I am sure people here would be happy to read through your future submissions
before they are submitted, so you don't make yourself look an arse by
forgetting something!

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Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas!

Making a compost bin from old pallets.

Fitting a CFL lamp!

Changing a plug/fuse.

Stopping squeaks and rattles.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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from Colin Wilson contains these words:

how to get spiders out of the bath (we find leaving a few
sheets of loo roll hanging over the sloping end works great)

Just leave the plug dangling but not in the hole. They climb up the chain.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Sparks wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
. uk...

Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've been
writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also advertise
with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets that overflow or
won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs & screws.

Any ideas for subjects?

You could do changing light switches & fittings, sockets, etc. You would
need to make bloody sure you make all the safety suggestions here!

Best be careful if you do that. Youre a professional offering advice,
so if some moron follows your advice and gets injured, you're in the
firing line. And morons are very inventive, and entirely oblivious to
those extra risks that are plain obvious to the rest of us.


NT

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've been
writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also advertise
with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets that overflow or
won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs & screws.

Changing a standard tap washer

wiring a mains plug (maybe dangerous)

tiling (maybe not good)


It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be short,
not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't want to do my
self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?




--
geoff

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've
been writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also
advertise with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets
that overflow or won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs &
screws.

It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free
publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be
short, not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't
want to do my self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?


Yes,tell them about uk-d-i-y then they won't have to buy the magazine.


.... or employ the Medway Handyman!

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 21:22:47 GMT, in uk.d-i-y "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've been
writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also advertise
with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets that overflow or
won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs & screws.

It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be short,
not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't want to do my
self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?

Apart from the ideas already put forward, have you retained copyright?
If so, are any of them suitable for our FAQ?

Phil
The uk.d-i-y FAQ is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/
The Google uk.d-i-y archive is at http://tinyurl.com/65kwq
Remove NOSPAM from address to email me

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've been
writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also advertise
with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets that overflow or
won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs & screws.

It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be short,
not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't want to do my
self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?

How to recover a plastered wall that has been over-enthusiasticly
scraped clean of wall paper. Paint is pealing off, scraper marks and
they want to paint it.

How best to use that stuff that Pollycell sell without the squeegee that
cost another few quids. The one that is used to smooth out a rough
textured wall.

How to prepare new plaster for emulsion.

When and how (and why) to use PVA.

The best way to remove skirting, without damaging it, before laying
laminate flooring.

How to remove artex/woodchip wall paper.

How to remove a radiator before decorating behind it. Including the
stripping of old wall paper.

How to use a Tiger claw to get stubborn vinyl paper off a wall.

How a 13 Amp plug should be wired and why.

Why a fuse is there to protect the wiring and what Amp fuse to use for
what and why.

Why RCDs sometime trip for no reason.

Why RCDs trip regularly and how to diagnose why.

Why double glazing sometimes mists up inside and how to cure it.

That's all for now. I hope it helps you, as I see these as everyday
problems for the clue less.

Dave

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Any ideas for subjects?

Putting up a shelf

Fixing a curtain track

Curing a squeeky floorboard / stair tread

Easing a sticking door / drawer

Clearing gutters

Making a base for a shed

Cleaning oil off a driveway



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Cheers,

John.

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi All

As part of my Medway Handyman strategy to take over the world, I've been
writing a DIY column in a local monthly free magazine ( I also advertise
with them). So far I've done; Unblocking a sink, toilets that overflow or
won't flush, bleeding radiators and wall plugs & screws.

It's been a great success; the magazine gets a free 'public interest'
article, the public get some free advice - and I get some free publicity.

Trouble is, I'm now running out of ideas! The articles need to be short,
not too technical and about very simple tasks. I also don't want to do my
self out of work :-)

Any ideas for subjects?


Extracting lobsters from Jayne Mansfield's bum? (Derek and Clive
http://www.phespirit.info/derekandclive/ )

The message
from "The Medway Handyman" contains
these words:

Any ideas for subjects?

How to choose a handyman?

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 01:24:56 +0100, John Rumm wrote
(in article ):

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Any ideas for subjects?

Putting up a shelf

Fixing a curtain track

Curing a squeeky floorboard / stair tread

Easing a sticking door / drawer

Clearing gutters

Making a base for a shed

Cleaning oil off a driveway





John

You could hire Dave to do all these jobs for you and pay him in round tuits
;-)