Recent content by saoliver

ok great, as long as I have that cross compatibility between the cylinder tails & the night latch cases then I think thats my solution. I suppose Im not going to be spending that much buying 2 x cylinders & if it doesnt work I could always get my money back on the nightlatch cases. I'll...

Hi could anybody help please? The previous owners of my house had a porch built on the front of the house with a new front door and left the old front door in situ, which means that now to enter the house you have to have two different keys to unlock the first and then second (old) door...

ok, yes nice idea, i think im going to go for it, thanks.

I went into Howdens this afternoon to take a look at the doors & the guy in there said that although there is only a 10mm lipping, there will be a 'wood block strip' after that, before you start geting to the chipboard/MDF part of the door, so this prompts another question : Whats the point...

Thanks xdave, I dont think the doors are hollow, they have a pine rail & stile, and they will be painted, not veneered. I have submitted a new post with more details as I think it probably warrants a bit more info from me. Thanks for your help so far!

Hi Could anyone offer some honest advice please? I plan to replace 5 internal doors with Howdens Pine Stile & Rail internal door with 10mm lipping (not veneered). http://www.howdens.com/pdf/product/1326.pdf The height of the door frame for two of them is 1959mm, my replacement doors...

Hi Saw your post & wondered whether you went for it in the end? I have to take off about 30mm from the height of some stile & rail doors, but they only have a 10mm lip and the manufacturer recommends no more than 6mm off each end. How did it go? Cheers Steve

OK, what, you mean keep that section of the pipe in place & just fit the new hopper & new pipe to either end of it? When you say the waterproofing is the easy part, what waterproofing would I have to do with that solution? Thanks Steve

Could someone advise pls? I am replacing an asbestos hopper & downpipe that currently runs through the flat roof above an open-air carport below. Ive got the asbestos-care bit covered off (spraying with PVA & wrapping) & council disposing of it. Removing the main section of pipe is easy...

Yay ! That's the jobbie! Thanks. Steve

Hi Im looking to swap the current standard 1 gang 2 way switch that switches the light in the cupboard under my stairs for a switch that will switch the light on when I open the door & off when I close the door. I thought what I was looking for was called a micro switch but I dont seem to...

Thanks for both replying, and yes, youre both right, they are Neons not LED's, my mistake. Dont have any test certificates, he seemed to do all the work himself, so I suppose it could be worth getting a PIR report. I wasnt't aware of the neon ageing issue, so I suppose there is a good...

Hi Would really appreciate someone's opinion on this. I recently moved into a 1960's house & the previous owner was a local council electrician. He's made a lot of electrical modifications to the house, and addded a new consumer unit to the garage to feed the extension lights & sockets...