Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

Yes, he can refuse, hopefully you have the refusal in writing, and the suggestion that it all needs ripping out - you can then, hopefully, go about recovering the amount you paid in deposit for the work. Have you had a quote from the other guy, to do it properly?

Life is so much simpler, with an ICE.

Since always. Drawn one way, by the DC polarity, there is no spring, so it doesn't fly back, so you just get a ding. Drawn the other way, by the opposit polarity, it is drawn against a spring, which fires it back when the button is released, and so you get the dual ding-dong.

That didn't trun out well :-( I put the sausage in 20 minutes before the batter, then the batter later. The sausage was over-cooked, and I didn't put enough batter in, or maybe it was just too thin. Better luck next time.

Buy yourself a 'voltstick', and learn how to make use of it. They are a very safe way for the unskilled to see what is live and not live, without needing to open things up, or disconnect things.

And on that page, it lists the various models. Click the one (though are all fairly similar), which matches the model of bell/sounder you have. That particular chime, supports two bell pushes, each giving a different chime. Ding, and ding-dong, so you know which has been pressed.

A shared/borrowed neutral, would show up by tripping, the instant the light was turned on which was borrowing - so not that.

I cannot remember much, but I don't remember them changing the pipe. I know my father would never tackle much DIY, and was always wary of gas and electrics, he always got someone in and trusted them to do the job properly. This is the first I have ever heard of copper, not being allowed on town gas.

It's no more difficult than Lego., but using mortar. You gain confidence by doing.... You have wall at either edge, all you need is a straight length of timber to align the bricks, as you place them, between rest of the wall. Use a small empty pan/paint container, etc., to measure your sand...

Checkatrade, and their similar sites, attracts all the chancers, and wannabe tradesmen. Keep well away from such sites. You would get a better job, less stressful, by simply doing it yourself.

In one location, I used a Friedland long range system, but ended up modifying it because the range wasn't adequate, in a bank, with the push outdoors, at the door. I installed the bell-push indoors, in the ceiling, with a pair of wires soldered across the internal button, then ran the wire to a...

It had been a gas board install, of a new gas fire, not long before, with the pipe run in proximity to the existing bare earth wire. My parents some years later, moved to another house, which needed an open vented gas water installed. They again got the gas board out to instal it, by now I...

Absolutely no need, they will already know you have broken the seal, and pulled the fuse. Smart Meters instantly report back, any interference with them, or their supply. What a silly thing to do!

!950's and I was quite young. The reason I remember it was, a bare earth wire had been run alongside it. There must have been some voltage difference between the copper pipe, and the earth wire, because it eroded a hole in the pipe, and ignited the leaking gas. This was run in the celler, by the...

Estonia, backed by uk.gov guarantee. I got fed up with the zero interest accounts offered by the UK big banks, where you have meet certain conditions of putting so much in per month, a minimum number of DD's, special offers, and discounts on ice creams I didn't want. I just wanted a plain...