Recent content by crustycracker

MMmmm, good point, missed that one out about the pump, cos oddly enough that is my 2nd pump in 3 years. Did wonder about the gravity bit, the Rayburn was gravity to the cylinder when I first moved in but pumped for the heating. 28mm pipe not accessible to outside. Have a bad feeling about...

Having removed the Rayburn last Summer due to on going building works I didn't envisage still having no means of making hot water or heating the rads. Using fan heaters and immersion heaters is worryingly expensive so desperate to get something sorted quick. As a stop-gap I am thinking of...

Has anybody ever tried to assemble a SIP 01541 Table Saw successfully using the instructions supplied? Talk about losing the will to live. I eventually completed building mine after about a week (on and off). I was so close to skipping the damn thing. The new saw is complete now and I tried...

I have looked thru' various topics on this site, has anybody seen anything relating to DIY bio-gas in UK? There are loads of sites, mostly foreign, showing completed projects or vaguely running thru' construction of such projects for biogas chambers to make gas which you can then use for...

Latest ------ I have since heard from the planning department who say that the subject is a grey area and I will have to supply details, which you would anyway if making a planning application, and that I must submit a Certificate of Lawfullness. Not really an awful lot of help. What the hell...

I am hoping to start building a new side extension later this year (weather pending) of size 8m x 4m. All PP is approved. However after browsing thru various website recently I became aware of 'the basement'. I turned away at first but reading about it more and more I then considered whether...