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    Power to garden shed

    Thinking of getting power to our garden shed and wondering if the electrician can take it from the White meter box outside the house or wether It has to come through from our consumer unit which is under the stairs and no room for another cable specially an armoured one!? Cheers
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    Missing roof slate

    Hi Eddie! yeah, still here, hanging on like a limpet.
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    Missing roof slate

    All good thanks pip, I’m an OAP now so taking things easy.
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    Missing roof slate

    Hi! I have a 9yr old building with slate roof and at the moment a raging storm has taking one of the slates, should I go back to the builder or go to my insurance company or get someone to fix it? cheers
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    A damp cottage

    A few hundred year old miners cottage made of granite.
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    A damp cottage

    Thanks alot, I will take your advice.I think what ever happens I will still need to install the ventilation system so maybe go with that until I can sort the rising damp issue. cheers
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    A damp cottage

    Yes It was someone selling whole house ventilation system, so are there people that specialize in damp or should I just get a builder in to take a look? thanks
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    A damp cottage

    Hi! we have a really damp cottage and asked to have it surveyed, this is the report:- The property was surveyed,the weather was cold and wet. The property has single glazing to the front and double glazing to the rear , of various ages. The property is in a fair/poor state of decoration with...
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    Checking our electics

    Well they assured me that they where qualified electricians but yeah! I will get It checked out.
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    Checking our electics

    Thanks alot that is very reassuring, we will get an electrician to check it over sometime but a bit strapped for cash at the mo.
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    Checking our electics

    Hello! I was reading a while ago about electrical connections to two properties from the same service box(white one outside from the provider) and we have the same situation here, the second property is our granny flat. i was concerned when I read that there should be a fused main swith between...
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    soil vent pipe

    No this is the only one, I was concerned because the bathroom stinks but after a bit of googling i discovered that its coming from the bath trap, we don't use the bath and so the water in the trap evaporated, I've run some water off and all is fine again, thanks so much for your responses, this...
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    soil vent pipe

    Hi, the soil vent pipe from behind our toilet is reduced to 55mm Is that OK ? probably the wrong terminology but hope you understand cheers
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    Range Outdoor USB 150Mbps Wifi Wireless Adapter

    I've been using a Long "Range Outdoor USB 150Mbps Wifi Wireless Adapter" to connect my laptop to my home broadband from my workshop, It works really well but I can't connect anything else. Is there any way I can get it to to transmit wifi so that I can connect my phone or other device...
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    Loft Access Door

    Sorry if this has already been covered, I had a qwik look but I'm feeling a bit crook and my eyes are not working well today, do I have to put in fire rated Loft Access Door or can I build my own with ply? there is nothing up in the roof space other than the roof trusses and cosywrap, cheers
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    To Frack or Not To Frack - That is the question

    Jumping Jack Flash!
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    sound proofing under carpet

    Thanks guys! I shall check it out.
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    sound proofing under carpet

    Thanks for that, the problem is from Traffic rather than noise so that would probably be a good solution, I just wonder if there is a more effective material on the market these days.
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    sound proofing under carpet

    We've built a flat above and its a bit noisy, people walking about and dropping stuff etc., not too bad but just thought that as we are getting flooring laid, either carpet or vinyl, maybe there is an underlay or other product that we could use to deaden the sounds a bit cheers
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    More Royal Shenanigans...

    Maybe now that we've got over anti-German sentiment from the 1st World War they should revert back to their proper name of Saxe-Coburg and more Germans would come to visit their family and spend more thus adding to our economy.....
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