Dishwasher Installation

When it comes to installing dishwashers, even new home builders tend to shy away from the job and leave it to qualified plumbers, simply because of the issues encountered with subsequent water damage caused by poor installation techniques.

Here’s why?

If you are considering installing your own dishwasher DIY, then ensure the following:

1.      Water Supply Hose - The washer or seal if firmly in place at the hose end that is screwed into the tap or faucet. Once this is in place tighten firmly, but do not over tighten as this can also cause a leak as over-tightening will crush the seal.

2.      Waste Discharge Hose – (Now this is the interesting one that causes most of the issues) when connecting the waste hose to the sink waste pipe, trap or bend, the hose is pushed straight onto the fitting and clamped into place with a jubilee clip or similar. They forget to drill out a hole and remove the PVC to allow the waste water to pass into the waste pipe, or they inaccurately drill the hole perforating the walls of the PVC waste pipe where the hose is pushed on.

What happens next, is once the dish washer is turned on the waste water has nowhere to go, backs up and damages the dishwasher pump, spewing waste water out over the cabinet work and onto flooring. This process normally happens when you hit the go button and immediately leave the house to go shopping.

Without following these simple steps when installing dishwashers, DIY installers have caused themselves thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to cabinet work, bench tops, timbers floors and list goes on……….. Happy DIY!

 

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House & Home - Renovations and Makeovers

If your renovating or undertaking a complete makeover of your house and home, then make managing your project that little bit simpler by browsing for all your products and items in the one place, while at the same time getting Great Prices...... It just makes good sense! 

Deal Yard - Brand Name Products At Great Prices

Found some really great bargains here, worth checking out, for example up to 80% off electronics. Let us know what you think or find by leaving a comment.

Detective 101 - Remote Control Spy Vehicle

Check out any scene before entering with this remote control Wi-Fi all terrain spy chaser. Camera can capture up to 30 metres indoors and up to 100 metres outside. A must have for any budding detective.

 

 

 

Testing a Surface for Painting

Before painting over a gloss or semi-gloss painted surface check the old paint is in good enough condition to take further coats of new paint. Make cross-cuts over the surface at intervals of about 500mm or so. Place a strip of adhesive tape across the centre of the cross and press and press it firmly to the painted surface. Pull the tape away sharply. If some of the old paint flakes off, the surface must be treated with paint stripper or sanded right back as the old paint is unsound.  

Detective 101 - Surveillance System

 

Increase your surveillance professionalism with this comprehensive system, complete with remote site access. Allows you to keep a close eye on any target. Records up to 480  NTSC images per second, records while playing back and transmitting. Get your cuffs ready!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detective 101 - Concealed USB & Bottle Opener

 

Concealable 16Gb USB - Ideal for undercover work at parties. Download files and documents from your targets office, then head downstairs to open up a cold one! 



iPhone Screen Protectors

I don't know about  you, but I am forever dropping my phone. In fact the last one I dropped landed on the road. I jumped forward to stop an approaching car, only to watch as the driver drove straight over it. After scrapping it off the road and turning it over, I found the screen totally shattered. The only thing holding it together was the screen protector. I kept on using the cell phone until the replacement arrived a week later. The first thing I do when I receive a new phone now is stick on a screen protector. This pack of five is great as I can keep spares in my draw at work and change them when required. Great value. 

 

I hope that driver who killed my cell phone in the 'hit n run' lives with the guilt for the rest of her days. 

 

Weight Loss Tip

 

Five Deadly Sins (Ok 5 fat producing foods to think about!)

Try your best to minimise these unhealthy foods from your diet — or eat them on rare occasions only:

1. Rice Cakes

They may have been touted as the ultimate diet food during the low-fat & no-fat craze of the late 1980s and 1990s, but don’t be fooled. Rice cakes can have a glycaemic index rating as high as 91 (pure glucose has a rating of 100), making it the kind of carbohydrate that will send your blood sugar on a roller coaster ride. This is bad for weight loss and for your health.

2. Fat-Free Salad Dressing

Fat-free salad dressings are a perfect example of good food gone bad. Salad dressing is the perfect combination of vinegar (which helps control blood sugar) and plant oils (full of essential fatty acids and sometimes antioxidants). However, an irrational fear of dietary fats has forced food companies to mess around with this perfect blend. The resulting fat-free salad dressings have introduced sugar and high fructose corn syrup, un-pronounceable emulsifying agents, and other food science secrets used to make the unnatural seem natural.

3. Shark

The risk benefit ratio of eating fish (The benefits of omega-3 fats versus the risk of mercury) typically falls in favour of the omega-3 fats and their incredible health effects. Shark is one of the exceptions. Despite having an omega-3 fat content similar to tuna, shark contains almost three times the amount of mercury. Tilefish is another high mercury low omega-3 fish that should be avoided.

4. Refined and Re-Fortified Grains

Unfortunately this rules out a majority of the carbohydrates found on supermarket shelves. Refined and re-fortified grains are grain-based foods like certain breakfast cereals, pastas and rice products that have been refined such that the naturally occurring fibre, vitamins and minerals have been removed. Companies then replace the fibre and synthetic versions of the vitamins and minerals that were initially removed. Sometimes (and this is really sneaky) they put everything back in naturally occurring ratios so that they can still claim the food contains ‘whole grains’.

A great tip - Just eat the real unfortified stuff in the first place.

5. Grits

Another hyper-refined carbohydrate, grits are the small leftover pieces from corn processing. Nutritionally speaking, grits lack significant amounts of vitamins or minerals. They contain a minute amount of fibre and no essential fats. Their flavour is lacking and thus butter or heavy cream is used to make them palatable, bringing together the blood-vessel-destroying, unholy marriage of simple carbohydrates and saturated fat.

Happy eating!

The Exact Reason You Should Never Diet Like A Man

Dramatically Increase Your Female Metabolism

If you begin using this somewhat unusual tip starting today you can literally expect to drop up to 3 dress sizes inside a week, which may sound far-fetched to you like it did to all women that have done it using this tip.

You'll also see how this unusual tip allows you to strategically eat the foods you crave most and still experience the slimmest, sexiest waistline of your life. Plus, you'll also learn which common foods touted as "healthy" can make losing a single pound virtually impossible for women.

Now your thinking you've heard and tried it all when it comes to dieting and weight loss, but you've NEVER seen anything like this before and you're about to be absolutely amazed.

Before we go any further, you must know this has nothing to do with silly exercise machines, cardio, restrictive or pre-packaged diets, or whatever weird berry pill the diet industry is talking about these days. This is something completely different and you're going to love it....................

 

Laura Ashley - Spring 2014 Collection

Only The Brave Tattoo

That's right, only the brave tattoo! The rest of us simply splash on Only The Brave Tattoo by Diesel.

Diesel for Men, for those who want to Rock.............................

 

The Croods

Feeling a bit sluggish, got a bit of the caveman thing happening - It's time to get back into life and play The Croods

Hypnotic Poison

Very Hypnotic Poison Eau Sensuelle by Christian Dior - for that special Women

Random Bargains at Maverick DIY

Check out the random bargains listed here - unusual gifts through to that something different for the hard to please person in your life.................

Giant Swiss Army Knife

Giant Swiss Army Knife, to meet all situations imaginable. Comes with 87 implements, 141 functions - perfect for the collector.

 

Spy Plane

Very cool remote control plane for all you budding 007 types out there. With LCD monitor, video recording and auto pilot system. Check this out before it fly's off the shelf!

Kindle Paperwhite

My kids have never wanted to read as much since they got their hands on this Kindle E-reader. Bedtime story reading is fun again, and we can do it with the lights dimmed.

Attention Grabber

You can use contrast in your garden to create attention-grabbing features. Plant white impatiens or hot pink cyclamen in shady spots to create highlights. Strong architectural plants such as agaves, mother-in-laws tongue and cacti can also create stunning attention-grabbers. Happy Gardening!

Baby - Boys Cape Henry Beach Denim Set

Versatile comfortable set with sweater, shirt and denim jeans all machine washable cotton.

 

Dewalt 6 Tool Combo Kit

Very handy combo kit to keep in the back of the truck or car. Great selection of cordless tools that get you through most tasks without having to worry about a power source. What do you get?

• 18 volt cordless hammer drill
• 18 volt cordless circular saw
• 18 volt cordless reciprocating saw
• 18 volt cordless impact driver
• 18 volt cordless cut-off tool
• 18 volt flexible floodlight for hands free use +
• Carry bag

 

Brick Laying

If you are not skilled when it comes to laying bricks, then have a practice run using seconds. Bag them with one of the many cement products available on the market today. Remember take your time, and don't lay the mortar on too thick!

Tight String Lines...........

Heads Up Display

 

 

Don't look down when you’re driving, look up - with the dash mounted heads up display projector. This little guy........... 

• Works wirelessly with compatible Bluetooth-enabled smartphones (Paid app required)
• Advanced navigation through projection
• Projects navigation information onto your windshield
• Provides estimated time of arrival and lane assist
• Offers speed, traffic and camera alerts..........      

 

Maverick On The Water

The weekends here, the boats all fuelled and ready to go. Just one more thing to remember - Online Shopping with Maverick DIY, bon voyage..............