Do It Yourself (DIY)

If a pipe is leaking in your house, you normally call ...
1. a plumber
2. an electrician
3. a bloke
If a hole appears in a water pipe in your house, it's called a ...
1. burst
2. leak
3. flow
If you call a plumber to repair your gas boiler in the UK, he has to be ... registered. - this is important!
1. Corgi
2. Rat
3. Plumber.com
If you have various small repair jobs to do around the house, you may call a ... (2 answers)
1. handyman
2. odd-job man
3. chauffeur
If a knife isn't sharp it is ...
1. blunt
2. flat
3. curled
If you need a sharp knife and yours isn't sharp enough, what do you do? You ... it
1. slice
2. tone
3. sharpen
What do you call the glass in your window? A ... of glass.
1. pane
2. sliver
3. square
To put a screw into a piece of wood, what tool would you use?
1. pliers
2. a spanner
3. a screwdriver
To knock a nail into a piece of wood the tool you use is a ...
1. screwdriver
2. hammer
3. crossbow
To hammer a wooden peg into a hole in a piece of wood, the tool you normally use is a ...
1. hammer
2. grenade
3. mallet
What is a hammer normally used for? To hammer in ... .
1. a head
2. a nail
3. an idea
If you have to change a pane of glass in your window, you call a ...
1. glazier
2. glasser
3. pannier
If the outside of one of your house walls is not insulated properly against water, the inside wall will become ...
1. cloggy
2. damp
3. mossy
If wood decays because of lack of ventilation, it is called ...
1. dry rot
2. moistwood
3. waterlogged
A pane of glass fits into a ... -frame
1. widow
2. pane
3. window
If a house's front door has no bell, you'll probably use the door-..., which is in the centre of the door and used manually.
1. knocker
2. ringer
3. handle
To make a hole through a piece of metal or wood, a ... is normally used.
1. grinder
2. drill
3. screwdriver
If you want to work on an object on a work-bench and hold it firm, you use a ... (choose more than 1 answer)
1. vice
2. pair of gloves
3. clamp
You use padding or cladding round a boiler to ... it against heat-loss
1. seal
2. insulate
3. close
To stop electrical wires from short-circuiting you may use ... tape.
1. insulation
2. Scotch
3. recording
To stop leaks, draughts, or any form of leakage, you use ... tape or any ... .
1. insulator
2. warmer
3. sealant
... is sticky and sticks things together. (not glue)
1. adhesive
2. goo
3. mixer
You use ... to stick things together. It usually comes in a tube. (not adhesive)
1. glue
2. hard fixer
3. pasty
A ... is used to check to see if a surface is level or flat. (2 answers)
1. spirit level
2. spirit-level
3. level spirit
To make wood smooth after cutting it you use ... .
1. sandpaper
2. a vice
3. an arse
To make the surface of wood smooth after cutting it you use a tool called a ... .
1. smooth-plant
2. smoother
3. plane
If there is a hole in a wooden or other surface you can fill it by buying a tube of ...
1. plasticide
2. filler
3. blocker
After you place tiles on a wall or floor, you put some sealant between them to waterproof or fix them. This is called "to ..."
1. grout
2. grouch
3. growl
... is what you do to seal the spaces between tiles in a bathroom, for example.
1. grouting
2. cladding
3. proofer
When painting you may use ...-tape to cover areas you want to protect from the paint.
1. sealing
2. insulating
3. masking