Recent content by bukwali

Hi, I'm in the UK at present, but generally live in Cebu,Philippines, I am considering starting a small business, making both standard and ornate type window and door grills,all houses have these fitted in the Philippines and seem to range from welded reinforcement bar, too top end twisted and...

Hi Londonboy, yes your right about the pull cord type, I may exchange mine, your also right about the dampness, my neighbour had the biggest damp problem, which was initially hidden behind tanking, this lasted some years but eventually damp came through, it was then sealed using oldroyd cavity...

Hi, I was just talking to a neighbour who also has his kitchen in the cellar, he says that he tried a humidistat type extractor a couple of years ago, and from the time it was fitted it didn't seem to ever go off because of the humidity levels in his kitchen, the only way he could control it was...

Thanks for the info londonboy, we already have the fan its a Domus 100, H1 Humidistat wall fan, if it looks like we have to chase out the walls for three core and earth, I'll just wire it direct and control it as before from the switched fuse. thanks John

Hi All, I'll try not to make this too longwinded, our Kitchen is in a cellar and has allways been a damp place, the present extractor fan in the kitchen is vented directly out of an external wall which vents externally about 250mm above ground level. this fan is now broken and we would like to...

Hi Aces, I would say that there are several ways to deal with your situation, The most effective and pukker job would be to remove all the slabs/stone that already exist down too 200mm [8''] then add hard core over the whole site, making sure its of an even thickness of approx 75mm[3''] and well...

Hi All, I'm from the UK, and a carpenter by trade, but have been around most of the building trades for many years, so am fairly experienced. I'm considering building an outside swimming pool, I will build it myself, because i live in the philippines a lot of the more traditional pool kits...