Recent content by Nick98

Could anyone please offer some advice/guidance on what the legal requirements are for a landlord when it comes to electrical certification? I ask as my mum is just coming to the end of having a refurb done on a house she intends to rent out. The property was renovated about 6 years ago under a...

Its a matter of personal taste but I wouldn't recommend mixing aggregates if you can avoid it as it never looks 'natural'. For drives then the only thing I would recommend is something called 'South Cerney' gravel. It is commonly used for drives as it doesn't contain flint which normal...

Shaun I am suprised they recommended kiln dried sand - not the thing to use for gaps that are that wide! A question though is are the flags bedded down solidly so they are firm? If so then you would be best actually point them in using mortar. Just get some ordinary building sand and...

Mike I'll ask my mate the question about the axle type and get back to you with a answer here! Nick

This isn't my area of expertise but a very good mate of mine is a mower technician and so I have asked him. His feedback is that this is not unheard of on this machine, especially one about 10 years old. There are three possible options as follows: 1. If you are lucky it may just be poor...

Hmmm - do you get anything out of the pipe beyond the hedge to give you some confidence that the two are connected? If not then either there is another pipe (the two pipes are separate things) - or you have a major breech in the pipe run. I know that sounds obvious but I have had friends who...

What make? Probably the bevel gears in the head that turn rotary drive into oscillating motion on the cutters are shot - depending on what make you might be able to get spares, if its Chinese though then unlikely. To test take the head off and see what happens when you spin the coupling in...

Did you buy it as I see it sold with 1 bid? Also just to clarify AFAIK your existing boiler can be repaired to your hearts content with no issues. The problem comes if you were to remove and reinstall a different boiler as that would be classed as a new installation. In this scenario it...

There is a Potterton Prima 40f being sold on Ebay at the moment - ends tonight. Item no is 120739455568. I know yours is a 30f but casings may well be the same so worth some quick research to see if they are. Admittedly its in Cheltenham but if it was the case of a trip from Nottingham to...

Didn't mean to cause offence but struggling to see how I am talking rubbish? From the OP I read it as supply and fit 25m of SWA to a previously installed set up in the garage. The £600 I paid was to install everything other than dig and backfill the trench. All I am saying is that it seemed a...

I am a DIY'er, not an electrician but would suggest from my perspective it is a little pricey, but not too outrageous. The experts/electricians on here will have a view I'm sure but it is difficult to say if the materials cost is high as only he would know what calculations he has used to...

Agreed - I think he just used the steel as an extra precaution as he didn't want the footing fracturing due to the weight of the inner skin. Very true - the method I described/used was about as much as the height would cope with. Any higher and the builder would have used a hollow block and...

I had something similar built last year at home, it was a lot longer (circa 20m) but roughly the same height with 3 pillars. I will describe the method below but please bare in mind it is not a straightforward as it might seem as the weight of the soil the wall holds back is scary. Anything...