Recent content by duncb

Hi Everybody. I have a pitched garage roof that is leaking in quite a few areas as the corrugated sheets have cracked and broken, so I am looking at replacing it. I have read through this forum and quite a few searches advise against using chipboard as replacement however I have access to quite...

Sounds very much like a flat battery to me, The cold weather soon shows up any faulty batteries.

Thanks for quick reply. Yes the temperature readings were checked after all connections tightened,and the cable was cut back to clean wire as there was plenty to spare. As I said it could have been like this before and just gone unnoticed it was just through keeping an eye on following...

Information required please, I have a 9.5 KW shower which is powered from the consumer unit with a Wylex 63amp load /30ma trip RCD through a 40amp MCB then on to 50amp MK pull switch then to the shower all run in 10mm cable. Distance from consumer unit to shower approx. 15 meters with wiring...

Around us they only replaced the lamp fitting on top.

Yes we have had them for about 6 month, might be more efficient certainly don't seem as bright.

It did cross my mind to buy one but at the moment i cant really see any jobs occuring were it would be cost effective to buy one, but thanks for the suggestion.

Hi all, i am after some advice regarding mixing mortar, Normally i mix my mortar on a piece of wood by hand adding water as i go along till it looks about right (only small amounts), When the weather improves i'll be mixing quite abit to rebuild a wall so was looking at hiring a mixer, what...

Hi everybody, I live in an end terraced house built around 1900 with a standard slate and underfelt roof. I am looking at increasing the insulation in my loft, at present the existing insulation is squeezd between 100mm (approx) ceiling joist then covered over with loft flooring boards. the...

Thanks everybody for your replies, But basically i'm still confused, looking at the replies i guess the majority of you say the answer is a no no. Just to clarify the wiring is clipped to the wall where it will rise through the insulation and then trunking over it to keep it seperate from the...

Hello everybody, Sorry if this seems to be another of hose repeated questions, but i have looked through other post with similar situations but found mixed answers, My question is, i am planning to istall floor insulation to my suspended ground floor, and having read about how the...

The reason i was asking was more out of curiosity than having an actual problem, at the moment the insulation is between the ceiling rafters, if i understand things correctly is this classed as a cold roof situation, where as a warm room has insulation on the roofing joist. Answers in laymans...

Hi, I have searched through various subjects but cannot find a simple answer, My question may be a stupid one to some of he experts out there but may help me in future, What is the difference between a warm roof and a cold roof constuction, what is the definition of either, i have a slate...

I posted a topic in the building section of the forum then later on i posted a reply with some pictures, when i went to check the reply was ok on the forum i noticed that the whole section was wider than the screen so had to scroll across to read proper (annoying). I am sure it wasn't like this...

Pictures of damaged brick wall as reqested I know there only bricks but hopefully some one can give me a reason for the bricks crumbling or is it just frost as in my earlier post.