Recent content by dancleary

Hi all, discovered that the reason for water puring through my kitchen ceiling is a waste overflow which was literally "pushed" in at either end, at the overflow grille, and at the end where it enters the main waste pipe. It Tested this by aiming the shower head at the overflow grille and...

Just to close this one out, replaced the transformer and all is good. Thanks for the replies.

Hi all, The previous owners had some strange ideas when it came to room layout. The door leading to the dining room, direct from the living room is approx 4 ft from one corner, and 10ft from the other. The door therefore opens virtually straight onto the settee, preventing you from seeing...

ok, thanks Steve. With what you've said in mind, any thoughts on why the lights/tf would go seemingly without warning- could the transformer finally have given up the ghost?

Had a previous problem with one of the 2 banks of halogen capsules in my kitchen, both of which were serviced by an individual transformer. Turned out the transformer could handle 105W, and there were 10 x 50w capsules in place!! So, I took all the caps out and put in 5x10w and it worked...

Thanks for the reply Moz. Any ideas re estimates? I would probably need the 1m channels putting across the length of the garage door- the drain that the sink/washing machine feeds into is approx facing the garage 5m away. Cheers Dan

As per title really- god knows what the previous owners were doing, but in my back garden when it rains the rainwater congregates in an attractive puddle outside the whole length of the garage door. It looks as if they had tried to drill some holes in the concrete without much success- so what i...

thanks for the replies!

hi This is my first post on what seems a very helpful forum! Can anyone given me an estimate to replace a seized stopcock. It is accessible enough, in the cupboard under the kitchen sink. Tried everything, spanners, WD40 wrenches the lot. The only thing I have succeeded in doing is...