Recent content by Mister Dobbo

I've not got any high level cupboards to use. I'm runing from the cooker supply breaker to keep the to items grouped together, I wouldn't have thought it would matter too much would it?? I'm going back to the DB so it's no problem spurring it off any circuit really. That would be a great...

Thanks for the advice, I think like sparkticus suggests I will get a nice looking brushed steel one and have it in the kitchen even though I doubt it will hardly ever get used. It makes sense having it by the appliance I suppose. 8)

I think I know the answer but.....does the switched fused spur have to be near the hood? The cooker hood is on a wall with the consumer unit unit behind in the garage, I want to run the supply off the cooker breaker via the FCU in the garage through the wall straight into the hood so no visible...

Thanks r896neo, I cant see the sun being a problem so I don't think I'll need to wet it then!

Gone with the wet mix as advised and all going well :D With the pointing I was going to use 3:1 soft sand & cement fairly dry so I don't stain the paving, should I sprinkle with a bit of water when it's pointed up to help it cure? The paving mortar will have dried as I'll do all the...

Hmm, one site said the 10:1 ratio as it only need to bind the grit sand, others say 5:1. I'll go 6:1 semi-dry! I was looking at this site: http://www.pavingexpert.com/layflag3.htm#bornb

Hello, I'm going to be laying a 35m2 patio on a concrete slab, the slab was a workshop and is reinforced, solid with no cracks. I was going to lay the slabs with a slight incline for drainage. The mix I was going to lay them on is lean mix mortar (10 grit sand - 1 cement) semi-dry starting...

Shows up on my PC must be a cached image :oops: Link removed!

Hello, a quick question hopefully as I'm in the middle of doing the job!! :? I've fitted the cooker switch to the side of the cooker position above worktop height, I'm now doing the connection box position, I would like to place it in directly below the switch then run the cooker cable to...

The reason I went down the Audacity route really was for recording BBC IPlayer programs that you cant download, the youtube bit is a useful by-product!! I like realplayer for videos, not tried saving as mp3, I'll try that. :)

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ it free and works a treat, you can export to mp3, I use it to record music from YouTube and streamed radio. You'll need LAME to export to mp3 http://lame.buanzo.com.ar It record whatever goes to your speaker output, so ANY PC sounds will end up on the...

@ regsmyth It has Red Plastering sand on the bag! Thanks for the advice I will use it at 5:1. @ PrenticeBoyofDerry Sounds so simple, the question I was trying to find out if the 2 things are the same as or can be used as the same thing as a substitution. :roll: It's only a small bag, I...

Anyone recommend a building forum that has a builder that would know then? :lol:

Just a quick one....hopefully! I ordered a bag of building sand from my builder merchant and I got a bag of red plastering sand. Can I user it as normal building sand i.e. for bricks and pointing. I used to think sand is sand but I know that's not the case now. The building side of things...

I think that free anti virus argument changed when Microsoft released Microsoft Essentials. I was listening to a security podcast the other day and the opinion is that it is the one to go for now. They have massive resources and inside knowledge, and wouldn't enter the game unless they had a...