Recent content by russellellwood

Good evening, I am after some help/advice. I have sse home shield boiler care. I have the above boiler serviced annually. 2 weeks ago I had intermittent hot water. The divert valve was replaced by SSE, it was noticed the expansion tank wa leaking, this was also replaced. When the heating...

Afternoon all, I have a company coming round on Monday to erect a fence in my garden. The fence will be on top of a 1m high wall. The fence is 50cm in height. The company came on Friday to do a little prep work. The prep work consisted of cementing and screwing length of 6" x 2" on to the...

I stripped all the old varnish of my front door yesterday(Saturday) and applied two coats of "Ronseal Super Flexible Primer and Undercoat" the paint went on well leaving a nice smooth finish. I rubbed down with 240 grit after the 2nd undercoat had dried. This morning (Sunday) I applied the...

I am after some spindles as per the ones in the left hand side of the picture. I have spent many hours looking but have been unable to find ones to match. Any help as to where I could get some would be great. Cheers Russell

I noticed on my worcester 28CDi the pressure gauge was reading zero. I went to fill up the water level. When filling up the pressure gauge was not rising and water was gushing out of the overflow outside the house. Suspect pressure relief valve. I have found a parts catalogue online and...

I have been doing a lot of work to my property. I have got to the point of putting the down stairs radiators back on the wall. At the moment they are all fed from 8mm microbore, since reinstalling them they barely get warm. I have bleed the system many times. I have very limited access...

A friend had the same problem the other week, 3 options, 1 contact the company who make the pat tester and get a usb lead off them 2 buy a RS232 card and install it to the pc. 3 try and RS232 to usb cable We tried a RS232 to usb cable but could not get it working so he got a RS232 card...

cable changed without a problem, apologies for taking so long to thank you, got called away with work. cheers Russell

I am after some advice if possible. I have just dropped a ceiling in my house and found terminal block which is on the upstairs ring. Before I re-board the ceiling I am wanting this sorted out. Not long had my CU replaced but this was not found on the PIR. Can think of 4 options open to...

Everyday on the way to work i pass a white post with 2 orange squares on top, have always wondered what they are for, if anyone knows please let me know, have looked on google but having no joy. Cheers Russell

I have been slowly doing up my house, skimming the walls as I go along. Skimmed bathroom, kitchen and dinning room so far. Pleased with the finish I have got. Now I have come onto my front room, The room is 4.7m by 3.2m by 2.35m high. The walls are brand new square edge plasterboard, all...

As said before sounds like he has a spare cu he wants rid of, http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do?keywords=electrical+supplies&companyName=&location=inverness&ssm=0&scrambleSeed=60814284&M=0&autocomplete=kw&x=17&y=17 from the link above ring round a few places to see who has 12...

Got a pack of 3 tile cutters from b&q, this one had a drill to start them off with. When drilling my tiles i started by marking the tiles, and then starting with just the drill bit, then when hole was started i fit the hole cutter, and start to slowly drill. When the large hole is started...