Recent content by emilne82

Thermo, many thanks.

Folks, Iam looking to put some decking in the back garden against the house. The decking will be raised 40cm from the ground. (which is paving slabs) Size of the decking is 2m* 7m. I am planning on putting the upright every 1m, quesiton is would it be allright to use 75*75mm posts or...

Thanks for your replys. Think it will be the mole grips. One of our neighboors is a grump s0d and dontthink they would agree to having their watter turned off even for 5minutes.

Folks, The stop cock is located under the kitchen sink, the spindle for the handle is their but not the actual red hande used to turn. I have purshed a new stop cock but we are unable to turn the water off from outside the property as it is shared with 5 other houses! Can we turn the stop...

Cheers for the info.

Folks, Now that summer is here and I have a week off work, I am thinking of paiting the exterior of our house. The exterior walls are rendered but are in good condition no cracks. Can i use a normal bruch/roller to paint this? and what manufactureer of exterior massionar paint would you...

Our house has solid walls constructed on poured concrete, and as such we are unable to use cavity wall insulation. I was thinking of putting a stud wall against all of the outside walls and lining it with Airtec Double Insulation. I really don’t want to be losing more than 2 inches from the...

Looks like i can just plaster on top of this then. I shall be doing this tonight any last minute tips?

Having removed tiles from a partial tiled wall in the kitchen. I am left with an area of about 6 foot long by 2 foot in height where the tiles have taken the plaster of the wall. I am left with an orange sandy substance that when rubbed the grains of sand falls away. This orange sandy stuff is...

WE have recently moved into this house it is about 40 years old and has gas central heating. According to a very nosy neigh door the boiler was installed in the last 80’s. In our attic we have three water tanks, one that looks as though its for an electrical emersion heater cylinder, a metallic...

My one just stands their asking "Whats that and what does this do?" while complaining it's taking to much time. Then if you ask her to help hold anything she complain that she cant!! How do you get on with your missus while working on projects?

Good morning, Had a look at the cu last night and only one 6mm wire is coming out of it and that is for the cooker radial. I tested the wires using a volt meter which reported no current. I also checked with one of those pen things (forget the name), again that reported no volts. I am going to...

Thanks for all the replys

Following on from my last post //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=64061 . It has been suggested that I continue the radial with a min of 4mm cable. However I am having problems sourcing this cable locally the local BnQ does not sell it and nether does Focus. So the next logical size to...

Thanks for the replys guys. I am unable to look at the CU just now as I am at work but I will check to night and post back. The cables are connected using black colored chock blocks. I thin i will start knocking off some plaster tonight and follow the wires.