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I've ended up buying the normal 8 x 4 foot size boards from a local Builders merchant.

And here's me thinking I'm pretty tech savvy working in IT !

Is Tradepoint and B&Q the same place, looking at local stores in London the two nearest to me e.g. Enfield are the same address as the B&Q store. "trade point m8" do you mean the Manchester branch?

Hi, Can anyone tell me if insulated (polystyrene) plasterboards in 50mm thickness are sold in 4 x 3ft size? and if Wickes sells them in that size?

Hi All, I'm looking at a AEG BH26LE SDS Plus Drill, Can't figure out if it is a Rotary Hammer or Hammer only drill? any ideas? anything out there which is similar in price and weight / spec? ... I have found this other Makita one: Makita HR2811F The manual online is here...

Hi guys, As a result of an independent survey of my fathers ground floor and cellar the council has improved grant funding to carry out the substantial specification in the report. I have obtained one quote from the company suggested by the surveyor but need one other competitive quote. Can...

Any chance of a PDF image / file of the particular page?

In the case of the damp/timber survey I had to really push them to look into it as they were really reluctant because the council officer disregarded the condition of the cellar because they don't fund any work to uninhabited rooms (my argument was that the condition of the cellar joists and...

The way it works is that they project manage the whole grants application, necessary surveys, quotes, and the works, adding the 10% project management fee to the grant funding request (they were recommended by the council grant officer). More I think about it I'm inclined to get another...

Thats the written explanation we are waiting for! Changing the lead main pipe and damp / timber treatment in the celler. The spark was from a company from a vetted list of contractors of the Non=profit org project managing the grant application / project (for a % fee of the grant).

My parents don't have much option of having the rewiring done or not as the funding for some other major technically unrelated work (which really has to be carried out) is tied to agreeing to the electrical works. I'm just waiting for a written response from them for the reasons behind this...

The guy who came around was just a kid, Essentially he went to the fusebox in the cellar removed each fuse and went back upstairs and plugged in the socket tester to check the ring. He never opened up anything or look at the lighting circuit, done in 20 minutes! The wiring done in 1983 was...

They live in North London (large Victorian house), the £4500 figure was actually for rewiring the existing number of sockets which is more then 2 per room on average, I expect they will provide another lower quote pricing at the 2 sockets per rm average. Something on the lines of £75 per socket...

An electrical survey was done which recommends that the house is rewired with new consumer unit, no earth bonding on lighting, spurs of spurs, and a fusebox is being used, the new kitchen is not on its own separate ring, a new Combi boiler installed last year but I don't think on a separate...

Hi, We are getting rewiring of the house done shortly which is mainly being funded by our local authority, work being done by appointed company. They are only allowing two points per room (fair enough), what we would like to know is can the electrician insist that he be allowed to removed the...