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I've had a builder build a retaining wall double width.
I asked him to ensure it had weep holes with gravel backfill to let any water through.
So he built what looks a decent wall. But he's put weep vents in the front skin of brick, the kind of weep vents you put in a cavity...
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I'm replacing my guttering and downpipes. I ordered all the stuff I needed but accidently ordered 92.5 degree connectors to offset from the guttering (currently it's 112).
My question is, is there any problem with me using the 92's instead of the 112's?
Thanks
Following your advice I removed all three switches only to find a wire had somehow come out the back of the hallway switch - I screwed it back in and now all is well.
Should have looked at them all in the first place - shouldn't have assumed that wires can't work there own way loose...
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I have a 2 way switch in my hall that switches the hall and landing lights and a switch on the landing that switches the landing light.
The landing light only works when the hall switch for it is switched on, when this is on the landing light switch works to switch it on and off BUT...
Just an update for anyone interested in the result. The electricity company came out at 9am the next day and patched in a new section of cable, though I would note that they didn't bury it any deeper than before.
I didn't have to pay as they say it should have been buried 18 inches at the...
Thanks all for your good advice, just to let you know I've just phoned the electricity company and their sending someone out - they say I wont have to pay if the cable isn't buried deep enough - which at 8 - 9 inches I think I can safely say it isn't.
Thanks again.
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I've begun a project laying a new drive where previously I had a lawn, while digging out 8 inches down I struck a cable with my pick axe and sparks flew!
The cable is only about half an inch across not the kind of cable I would expect to be supplying my house! Also the depth -...