Recent content by milbo1990

Hi All, I'm currently doing a makeover on my garage and the old concrete floor is a bit rough on the surface, so it needs smoothing over before I lay some vinyl over it. I was going to buy some flooring compound, but I've got a few bags of sand and cement lying around which will otherwise go...

No, there was never any answer when I called and they didn’t respond to my online enquiry. I’ve bought an ex-display E-Compact pellet boiler since anyway which has only ran for around 1000 hours. My plan is to install it myself as my autumn project this year - need to build an out-house for it...

Hi All, I've got a 1960's bungalow which I'm planning to build a first-floor extension of timber frame construction in a couple of years' time. So, I've started doing some preliminary drawings and research before I involve a timber frame designer... I'm wondering if anyone here can answer a...

Ok - that's good to know. I'll try them later and report back!

Thanks for your help. Seems I don't qualify for the scheme because I'm not in receipt of any benefits :-(

Whereabouts are they based? I’m struggling to find them online.

Very interesting. Do you mind me asking the name of the company? Was it just the boiler which they installed - or did it include all thermal store, radiators etc?

I'm in the market for a pellet boiler as we currently rely on old storage heaters (which are terrible) and there's no gas supply in our village. What's the catch with having this installed for free? I've struggled to find anything at less than £10k so far.

Hi All, I've built a small retaining wall in my garden (approx 10m2) from blockwork which I would like rendered to match in with my house. Trouble is, it's proving quite difficult to get anyone interested in such a small job, particularly at this time of year. I thought about having a go...

Well therein lies the problem! A call to RPP confirms that I've been handed single pole switches. Guess I'll be going back to CEF for a third time them tomorrow!!

How do you identify a DP switch, over an SP?

I was originally told by a kitchen fitter friend that you have to be able to remotely switch integrated appliances. If that's not the case, I've always got the option of fitting normal 2G 13a outlets with the appliances spurred off each. That said, I'd like to make this work if I can.

They're RPP Easyclick switches, from City Electrical Factors. They do produce 16a switches with appliance names printed onto them - so I've got no reason to disbelieve that these are the correct switches. So do I just run a live feed from the 13a outlet module to the 'live1' terminal, run the...

Sorry to resurrect this - having now spoken with the manufacturer direct - 16a DP switches are what I need. These have the terminals 'live 1' and 'com' and the manufacturer reassures me that they're normally used for what I want. So - does anyone know how I get the live feed to my switch and...

Interesting! Kitchen fitter I know said it was a requirement now! Might reconsider in that case...