Recent content by sk

A Typo. Not earth and neutral. It is Live and Neutral :oops: Earth is just folded nd taped. Ta sree

I know. Iknow. :oops: :oops: I am getting a local sparky to get it seen. Infact after seeing your message, I went and rechecked with a radiator connection to the multimeter. The voltage is not stable at all. It seem to hover between 0 and 4-5 volts. Any rough idea on what causes these...

some of the sockets are affected. Some are ok. I remember touching some of the screws purposely to see if they give any shock. My son came down from upstairs crying with a burn on his hand. It later transpired that he burnt his hand on the low set halogen light. I know touching it to see...

Hi folks We recently bought a house. Today my wife bought some plastic backfits for the switch panels that can be fitted without removing the panel. As I was fitting them, I tested the screws that hold the panel to the box in the wall. The tester glows. It made me check all the switch panels...

Thanks guys. I suppose I will make/buy a box to store stuff from the garden. By the way, not too far in the future, I am planning to make a garden house. I am thinking of using 50mm/50mm timber to make a skeleton and use some sheet material to skin it. Interior of this garden house I...

Hi folks I am starting on my wood work adventures. Sofar a baby cot, a voice over booth to my credit- not very good but functional. They are over their useful period anyway. Now I want to reuse the MDF voiceover booth, which is a 2mtr x 1.2mtr x 1mtr box as a garden storage box. I...

Hi Carpenter Les I had a look on their site. I just can't find anywhere you can buy small volumes. I don't mind buying the size you mentioned as I can always use the remaining bit for something else. What price are you talking when you said expensive? Also, other idea I have is to use...

No takers :-( sk

Hi folks I am planning to build a coffee table of approx. 110cm x 70 cm. I am hoping to give the top of the table, a finish that looks like granite or quartz. I don't want to spend in buying a real granite slab. Have you seen the black quartz worktops in MFI or B&Q with the silvery bits...