Recent content by paulsm

I cant remember the exact numbers but they have the kite mark on the bakc which dates them around 1850

no they are all from the same house and are about 1850

I just noticed I didnt put that they were showing the year ie 1787 so I know they are old which I why I thought they might have a specific name

only these are not on a plaque they are all seperate, there might not be a specific name for them I was just curious, obviously from some of the replies this forum allows children to join up, any grown up building forums you know of?

Hello I have got a set of 9" cast iron house year numbers ie 1 8 7 8 I was just curious if they have a proper name not just metal house numbers???

I am sick of my 2 sheds leaking, I was thinking of getting a good jobs done on them by a local roofer ie proper torched on felt, they are both 8"x6" any rough guides on how much to expect to pay?

I need a single bowl sink to replace an existing one but it needs to be 965mm long it has to be single bowl to fit in to a 500mm cabinet, any ideas guys? most seem to fall short unless they are 1.5bowl

luckily enough its only about 4m away and I intend to boss it as close to the floor as poss so the try will have to be raised but not too much. I just wondered if it needed a vent to let air in to enable flow away.

I need to run a shower outlet into the pan connector in the next room, as there wont be much drop I will be bossing on the side of the connector if I can get one as the bossed pan connectors seem to have hte connection on the top. Question is would I need to vent the shower waste somewhere to...

I am looking at fitting 2 sets of lv dowlighters from wickes 1 trasformer runs 4 lights , question is do I replace my pendant fitting with a jb then run a cable to each transformer? ie like a y shape. I am competant but just want to double check how to do it, the electrics are all going to be...

I thought it would be cheaper but it seems fitters only want to fit new , I had someone out who said if he fixed one leak another would spring up then proceeded to quote me £1000 to fit a new boiler (which was all he wanted to do I think) it is leaking from up in the back and not the pipework...

got an estimate gas 4 you? or do you only cover Norwich?

I have got a chafateux which has a leak and loses pressure slowly , from what I can gather these arent the best and and wondering whether to repair or replace it , bearing in mind I am only doing the house up to sell and not keeping it I just need a cheap condensing combi that looks good for...