Recent content by bigray1

Confused now gents. I have a digger turning up tomorrow to excavate the ground. A firm that a doing a drive at the end if my culdesac said I only need to go down 6inches, add about 3 1/2 inches of sub base then 1/2 inch of sand. They also said type 1 mot is not necessary. They are using...

Sorry Pred, how do you mean 100mm compacted half to dust???

Why no to 60mm of sand mate? Paving expert site recommends 55-65mm. I have just removed the turf and began removing the soil, however I can only physically dig down a couple of inches before the ground becomes too hard and rocky. I can't even get through it with a large pick axe. Will I...

Evening all I am looking to extend my current driveway. At present I have a 25 x 17ft part of my front garden which is half grass and the other half concrete. I am looking to convert the whole area to a large driveway. I know you are supposed to have around 100-150mm type 1 then around...

Not sure you can get trailing lead ac/dc adapters. As for the FCU, I thought about fitting one, but what size fuse would I fit for something that is drawing 500ma???

At risk of getting shot down, I'm going to ask anyway :oops: I have an under stairs cupboard with a single light switch and single 40W bulb. There are no sockets in there and would be a pain to get a spur to it. My question is, can I run a single socket from the light switch. I know...

Cheers for the reply mate. I did think this may be the issue at first, as my tank in the loft is at the same height as the shower pump. However, this poses the question as to how the old shower worked perfectly. As I said, if I turn on the shower nothing happens apart from a very small...

Afternoon all. Recently moved into a new house that had all gold/brass trim bathroom. The shower was a wall mounted thermostatic mixer which worked fine until the cartridge failed. Instead of buying a new one we opted for all new chrome equipment. ....fitted the new therm. mixer...

The more I research into this, the more it grabs my interest. To that end, I am now looking into taking the neccesary courses to enable me to legally work and certify my work in my home. The problem I am having is all the courses I have seen are full time (working hours) course which is not...

I realise that I will need someone to carry out/test/cert the work but just thought if I had an idea of what I wanted then it would save some time when I get the leccy in. On further inspection, it appears as though the 4mm SWA is simply piggy backed onto the back of a standard single socket...

I'll try and give as much info as possible, so please bear with me.... I have just moved into a new house that has a brick built outbuilding halfway down the garden. At the moment, there is a 4mm armoured cable which appears to have been spurred from the downstairs ring in the dining room...

My friend has a wireless system installed on his property but has never has an external bell (only an internal one which seems strange). He has asked me to ask you guys whether it is possible to add any wireless bell box that works on 433mhz as this is what his system works on. Any ideas???

Are you sure your phone service is provided by Virgin? If you do not want tv or broadband from Virgin, simply unscrew both top cables that go into the splitter and remove them completely from your property.

No problems mate, I'll be here. Good luck

If you are only needing the telephone supply from Virgin, it is simply a case of opening the Omni box outside (grey box), which is usually held shut with a cable tie at the bottom. Inside you will find a shotgun cable containing catv (tv/broadband) and a telephone supply. These will be your...