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Seriously mate...... get someone in!!!! :shock:

[/url] very good answer!!! places like richer sounds make a good percentage of their profit selling ridiculously expensive 'wires'!!!!

I'm considering resurfacing (it's not really enamelling ) an old large steel bath and have been recommended a kit called the Jeager II Bath & Tile resurfacing kit. Anyone used one of these? And have any tips/problems/alternative suggestions, (except buying a new plastic bath) :wink:

cheers guys, tap and stopvalve all installed! 8) Understand now about the syphonage prooblem, though the tap has a one way valve in it....clever!

I'm currently planning the fitting of an outside tap, and what you've listed here sounds very simple. However I've got two OLD diy books. They both seem concerned about having an inside stop valve, to enable draining the ext. pipe in cold weather. And one says 'should be fitted to the rising...

I'm with you lornaloo,........there's loads of dodgy wiring jobs done by people in the trade and just 'cos you aint a qualified sparky don't mean you're going to do a dodgy job. If you research well enough, understand electricity and follow the reg's people shouldn't have a go. I hate the...

Thanks davy, that's very clear and makes a lot of sense. This is not the case throughout the house, just the garage. One possible reason for the fused, switched junction box for the garage light switch might (i'm guessing) be due to the fact that the roof was so leaky, the fuse protecting...

Thanks for that ppuch1.........to be honest when i discovered that the lighting was on a socket spur i was very surprised. I am also surprised that 2.5mm twin and earth and a junction box was used to supply just the lights. Unless (i am thinking) it was done to enable possible future extension...

My parents house was totally re-wired around 8 years ago. Very good job too. However I want to add a double socket for small power tools. The light switch is a fused junction box, on a 2.5mm (3m) spur from the one (ring main) socket. So this spur from the socket only supplies 300W of...