Recent content by Stuart981

A consideration - an external condensate drain needs to be of a large enough diameter to avoid freezing in winter and when connecting such a drain to an external stink pipe be careful not create a choke point.

You can just disable it but the external bell box battery will need disabling as well. Not sure what you mean by the lights.

I believe the certification period for the S200-16 has been recently increased to 40 years by the products and safety standard office - so 2032 for your meter.

You could install a stub. Dig down the front of the old post or use an auger, stick a 2 meter stub post in the hole and use postfix to anchor it in the ground and then bolt a new post to the back of the stub using a couple of 200 x 10mm coach screws with square washer plates.

Last year I cleaned an area of about 10 x 3 metres as suggested above. It took all day but cleaned up very well

Most machines have a balance weight attached to bottom of drum to stabilize it and they can come loose.

I would think twice before removing a functioning chimney. In a world where energy resources are becoming increasingly strained in makes sense to have a working chimney and a few bags of coal available for as a contingency.

You just look around the accommodation and identify what any reasonable person would consider to be a hazard. Building regs are your friend in that respect. For example a ladder to a hay loft might be a cyclists dream accommodation but if a sozzled cyclists falls through the hole during the...

PLI is good good starting point but you would need to carry out a risk assessment on the accommodation to identify and mitigate any pre-existing hazards as insurance would likely not cover any claims relating to those.

If you allow people to stay in the buildings then the buildings would need to comply with building regs and also having some form of public liability insurance in place might be a good idea.

There are several types of silicon sealant each used for different applications. Are you using the correct one?

I have some seriously large laurel, fir and rhododendron bushes and hedges and use a similar tool to yours, but never had much luck with the hedge trimmer attachment. I just use the chainsaw attachment for everything.

I tried to get quotes to remove old Marley tiles and replace with modern vinyl tiles. The moment the tilers realised the Marley tiles were laid on bitumen they just didn't want to know. In the end I did it myself. The tiles came up easily and I then sealed the bitumen with SBR and used...

Maybe worth checking the evaporator isn't full of gunge as can happen.

If you have visible water vapour swirling around the bottom of the boiler then it could be a leak from one of the water pipe connections.