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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...

undoubtably the answer is yes - you can add decking but there are a few more questions that people on here will need answers to. As an example how big an area are you thinking of? How high will the decking be off the ground in an ideal world (this is important as in some situations/heights you...

If I understand you correctly you mean that the posts are set square to a line (say pointing at 12 o'clock) but the fence goes off at say 2 o'clock thus leaving a gap between post and rail? If that is the case then just trim the end of the rails so the angle allows a butt joint to be made to...

What carlsquires is saying is that it is not a fault, but a designed in feature. There are many experts on here who will give you a full explanation but in an older style system where you have Hot Water (HW) supplied by gravity and Central Heating (CH) supplied by a CH pump the bathroom...

I was going to post the following in DIY disasters but there is a serious point in the following - and a good indicator of why untrained people should not play with electrics!! Back in 2001 I moved into a chalet bungalow with my wife, it was built in the 1930's as a traditional bungalow but...

A stupid question maybe but why dont you move the socket? On the assumption you have suspended floors then you will have to lift them to re-route the pipework to the radiator so you could move the socket along at the same time. If you aren't fussed which way it goes you might even have...