Recent content by John sankus

Yep.. that's exactly what it is. I think i'll get a man in... I know my limitations...

Better get my thinking cap on... I'll wear it under the helmet... :D

The springs, I think (can't remember) are on the top of the door, enclosed in a square tube (is that an xymoron?) or, the square tube might be on the inside wall, sitting just above the door - in which case I won't be able to get near it if the door is open... (the latter is more likely...) I...

Thanks bud. I'll still have to get new wire - snapped on one side (not the side with the varicose vein spring though...)

Closing the garage door last night, cable snapped as I was closing it, which meant it came down with a bang, and jammed shut. Luckily there is a side door... anyway, I managed to get it free - the speed of the closure had meant the stop had over-travelled a wee bit, so once that was free I could...

Perhaps my terminology is wrong... the panel with all the mcb's that controls all the electrics in the house is what is above the front door...

I switched the trip switch off, yes, and after checking the units were no longer operational, I removed them. I'm obviously missing something important here - I have no wish to injure myself. What more should I do if I wish to change light fittings or remove redundant static equipment other than...

Imagine a roof, pointy at the top, sloping downwards. Imagine a fat sod who weighs 17½ stone and has a broken leg trying to make his way through gaps, in beams and joists, narrower than his waist towards the (very) thin end of the wedge, which is where the cable comes through ceiling into the...

Thanks guys. The main issue with the cable is that the box is above the front door .. it's a bungalow so the roof space is extremely small at that point, and there is no way I'll get to it. There are plug sockets and switches etc in the loft... Spider-infested place... I'll have a think... This...

Evening all. I'm replacing the electric shower in bathroom with mixer shower. I've already taken out the shower unit, the water feed pipes and the pull-cord in the ceiling that switched it on and off, but now have about 6m of cable in the loft where one end is attached to MCB and the other is...

I think you're right... The spur goes down as well as up and that is what services the bathrooms and heating.

That's the thing - despite that mains shut off tap looking as if it only services the sink, turning it off also cuts off the water to the bathrooms as well...

Hi all. We have recently moved into a place and I want to rearrange the kitchen a little, which includes replacing the worktop and the sink, and the kitchen cabinet the sink sits on however, I am a little puzzled by the pipework here. I've attached a pic that shows the arrangement of the pipes...

Hi. We are looking to have lpg for hob, probably couple of 47kg cylinders. I'm not looking to do this myself but am just wondering about the difficulty of such an exercise and the possible costs involved. I know these things usually need to be outside, so, question is, will we have to pull out...

Morning all. I am sure the question has been asked before, but here's the situation. I am looking to lay probably up to 60m2 of patio, some of it over the site of a removed concrete path (was broken, uneven etc). What was under the concrete could probably be called sub base - I think its's a bit...