Recent content by Earlm

Hi, I am having a new kitchen fitted, and the electrian has agreed to fit LED plinth lights if I source what I want. I will need 5 metres, and fancy the multi coloured ones, but in going for those, am I sacrificing brightness over just white light? I was thinking about something like...

Thanks again for the suggestions. I was thinking about putting some steps in the middle of the walls. If I want to use ornate (expensive) bricks, can use cheaper ones in the foundations then build the wall that will be seen on top? To go 700mm underground would have as much underground as...

Thanks again. I thought about sleepers but they wont fit in with the rest of the house, its a 4 year old flat pack house so the 'rustic' look would be out of place. As for getting someone in, I'm too tight!

Thanks for the help mate. I've just stuck some better numbers into the diagram, the middle wall will have to support 2.5 ft of soil, and the top and bottom walls 1.25 ft, the sides will be similar. The soil seems very clean and firm regular top soil - the houses we only built 4 years...

I intend to build walls infront of the fences, only as high as my new ground level + a brick height. The ground level of the garden at the bottom of my garden is pretty much the same, the slope continues down their garden, as you can see by the top of their fence.

My back garden is a fairly big slope. When we moved in it was gravelled and whilst it looked alright it wasn't really usable. I now want to redo it so that there are a 2 main tiers with brick supporting walls. Here's the garden: This is a very amateur diagram of what I'm thinking...

Replaced the diaphragm today with the very cheap part as above and its done just the trick. The guy was very helpful and quick, so worth a shout if you need any thing.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6036355567&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Is this the right part? Thanks.

Thanks for your post Tony - any help you could give would be excellent, and will hopefully save me a few quid!

Hi, Thanks for your help. Where can I find details on this, and buy the part?

I've also been told, although maybe tonge in cheek, that this boiler is really cheap and nasty and rather than chase my tail fault finding I would be better having a better new one fitted. That a decent new one would cost about £850 trade.

Thanks. I've been told its probably the hot domestic water flow valve. Is that not likely to be the case?

I've got a 'Ideal C95FF' gas combi boiler, that was fitted to the house from new about 4 years ago. There is a delay in the boiler lighting. I timed it from when you turn the shower on full, to when the pilot light ignites at 49 seconds later. If you turn a tap so the water flows slowly...