Recent content by Big G

Our central heating is currently a gravity system. It is plumbed in a similar way to the diagram on page 9 of the glowworm instruction book - diagram 3.3. http://www.glow-worm.co.uk/stepone/data/downloads_sd/73/00/00/ultimate50bf.pdf The only difference is that there is no cylinder stat...

I am currently in the planning stages for a few electrical projects that I have on the go. All of these are Part P so I will need to either get a proper sparky in or do the work myself and get the work signed off. One of the jobs is to fit some sort of driveway lighting. We currently have...

There is a wall on the boundary of our property and this wall is in a dangerous condition. I believe that we are responsible for the upkeep of the wall (our house was built in 1934 and the eight houses alongside the side of the house are 1940’s). The wall varies in height from about 3...

Another idea was to use a lap joint with the joint being the full 75mm wide and using a couple of bits of wood to the side of the post that the rail would connect to for added strength. G

The above should be a drawing of the proposed fence. a.) is a birds eye view b.) is front view Drawings 1) & 2) are birds eye views of two different lap joints while 3) is a front view of another lap joint and 4 is simply having the rails staggered on the post. Hope that makes...

Posts 6 foot apart. Five and a half foot high. Three rails, top, mid and bottom. Going to have vertical planks attached 100mm * 19mm with about a 25 mm gap between. Posts are concreted in. Cheers G

Thanks to all of you that have answered previous questions about my fence building project. Normally I’d just cobble together a fence but, as this is a joint project between myself and a neighbour, it has to be completed with a bit more skill. I’ve got my posts in and am now about to fix the...

Is this chimney on an outside wall? I did a Google regarding the products of combustion (water) condensing on the inside of the chimney. The general consensus was that although water vapour is produced, it should not cause a problem unless there is another underlying problem with the chimney...

Whilst I would agree that electric garden lights are better, they are not always convenient. Especially if you just want to plonk a few down in the middle of the garden - a long way from a socket. Question - which is going off thread a bit - are low voltage garden lights part of part P...

Are they really starting to fail or is it the fact that the sun isn’t getting high enough in the sky to charge them? Many of my neighbours have got solar lights and in the summer they work well but they are currently (at night) not worth having. G

Cheers for the answer. I'm pleased I can use the existing stuff I've got - even though it will take ages to break up as it's bloomin' hard. It will save me on skip hire and on the cost of buying hardcore. Just need to buy a wacker now – Screwfix do a 10lb one. Could hire a petrol vibrating...

Are you using any of the chimneys? If what the damp expert is saying is true, the mid feathers in the chimney may have gone. Was the noise of dripping actually the sound of water dripping, or could it have been water simply hitting the cowl? We had one of our chimneys lined with an...

Quick lesson - apologies if this is teaching anyone how to suck eggs. The leaseholder is the person (the tenant) who lives in a leasehold house. The leaseholder can also be called the lessee. Although they own the house, they do not own the land and they are charged ground rent - for our...

For the price of what you’re going to be charged for removing the paper, buy a steam wallpaper stripper from Wickes or somewhere. Just remember to tip the ‘plate’ away from you when taking away from the ceiling. Take the paper off, see what the existing ceiling is like – if OK, get a...

At work at the moment. I'll e-mail you tonight. It may come to nothing - it's just I know that my lessors are being rather naughty in this area. Gordon