Recent content by JDLDIY

Hi there. I'm looking to create a covered area between my house wall and my boundary. About 7m long and just over a metre wide. It'll be invaluable ging forward, we really need the space. I'm struggling a little with the design and would appreciate and ideas/advice. I'm thinking 4" x 2"...

I'll have a look for one, many thanks Hi, nope, fraid not. The rest of the shed (80% of the shed) wasn't put together with stainless/galvanised and I'll have to treat all the nail heads before painting it - the shed was stained previously. I painted another shed of mine and it seems that when...

Hi there. I've just had to replace some of the cladding on my shed. Nailed the boards on and I need to get them protected asap. I coated (x3) the boards with preservative, but I want to make sure the nails don't rust through onto the paint as I've had before. What do I use on the nails? I've...

Many thanks Ok, so it is perfectly doable, excellent news. What's an AIUI and what's a DNO? I think the pragmatic way forward may be to move the CU to the hallway, which could be within 3m, just left along the front wall and the other side of an internal wall. How are the tails routed in this...

Ah, I see, I thought he might be checking whether it was to be a bathroom... It’s just not in a convenient place/room, so I wanted to see what my options are for moving it. But I won’t if there’s too much cost/complication/work involved in doing so.

Thanks for your reply, yes, the whole house needs re-wiring anyway. Many thanks, office/spare room, why do you ask?

Hi there, so the situation is that currently, the mains electric supply cable comes from the road to a meter, which is mounted in a recessed wall box on the front wall. From there, power is run to a consumer unit directly inside, behind the meter box, this is in our existing kitchen. We are...

Hi there. We currently have a lead supply pipe and I’ve decided to replace it prior to embarking on a large building project. Whilst I’m doing it, I’m planning to T-off the new supply pipe to a standpipe (to wash cars/bikes/boots/dogs etc) and I’d also like to consider plumbing hot water pipes...

Many thanks to all, I've posted this in Plumbing - Mods please feel free to remove from here

Hi there. I'd originally posted this in the Garden forum, but actually I think this might be the better place for it, apologies to anyone who's had to read this twice! I need to run hot and cold water supplies to an outbuilding and also to either end of my garden. What's the best way to go...

Hi, well actually that's not the main reason, but if it'll work yes I might do that. Yes, I'd like to know what depth and how to insulate the pipe....

Hi there. I need to run hot and cold water supplies to an outbuilding and also to either ends of my garden. What's the best way to go about this? I'm guessing I'll need to use blue plastic water pipe (I need to replace the house's lead supply pipe anyway), but how deep should I lay it, how...

Right, that’s great advice, much appreciated. Very useful and has given me a decent starting point - looks like I might need to rethink the electric shower for a water fed option for starters.

Thanks for the link, I’ll have a look at that. I am not intending to do any of this DIY!! What I was after was just getting a feel for what is involved and the available options which I can compare with what I’m told when I get people around. The deal breaker is whether we can connect to the...

Ah ok, I see. Well this is a good point because I’d actually like to be able to run my air compressor off the electric and this routinely trips the mcb in the garage - I think it really needs a 20A supply. Long term I’d still like to run that as well as a fridge, computers, TV etc etc, it’ll...