Recent content by skilly

I intend to finish the garden this summer and have decided to terrace it due to a 6ft high slope at the back end of it. I was going to build a couple of walls until I saw Deefadog's project using 4" half-round logs.....now I'm going to copy...

I have to plant a lot of posts to support my new deck and was going to hire a post borer for the job. Question is can a manual borer deal with heavy thick clay soil or should I bite the bullet and get a powered version? Cheers

Back again!!! Went to get prices for the timber and completely baffled myself....it ain't difficult. What timber should I be ordering?? Treated --- yeah. Strength graded??? Regularised??? What is the differences between these types and what should I be getting? Many...

Cheers guys.. One other question....am I better nailing or screwing the joists to the frame?

I am about to start building my first deck and have was wondering how much load can they carry? I intend to build a 2 tier construction (one on the ground 12'x16' with a 4"x2" frame throughout and the other 12'x15' approx 24" off the ground with a 6"x2" frame and 4"x2" joists). I will be...

Thanks for the replies guys. I hadn't heard of the kitchen being on it's own ring before...(I don't work on domestic wiring) and since I've found a few 'quirks' in my mum's new house I thought I'd ask. Her house was supposed to have been completely rewired recently but only the...

Can someone please confirm the 'correct' layout of connecting sockets in a two storey house? I always thought that they should be split into upstairs and downstairs, but I have been reading that the kitchen should be on it's own separate ring no matter which floor it is on. My own...

Thanks for the quick responses. The existing fitting is a normal 240v pendant fitting, in the kitchen. But I have also opened a couple of other roses in other rooms (not the bathroom though) and found the same yellow switch wire. I can't ever remember seeing a yellow wire in a domestic...

My parents are moving house shortly and when I went to fit a new light fitting I found the following in the ceiling rose: 2 Black wires connected to Neutral of the lampholder. 1 YELLOW(?) wire connected to the live of the lampholder. 1 Green/Yellow earth cable. The light switch has 2...

Newbie here folks so please be gentle with me... I have just moved into a new build house and have replaced a couple of light switches with dimmers and a couple of ceiling roses with new fittings. My 'problem' is this.... I know that lights are generally wired using the Loop-in...