Recent content by timsk3

Thanks for all your views (and I'm intrigued to know what caused £35k of damage there, seema15!) I've had a downpipe added at the corner of my house, so roughly half of the water from both of our roofs will drain down my side.

Ah, I see, thanks very much for the suggestion.

@joe-90: I'm glad I live where I do then, rather than, say, next door to you. Thanks for your, um, contribution. FWIW, I'm not assuming that I have an automatic right to use her downpipe. I'm looking at what amicable solutions are within the realms of possibility so we can consider our...

Thanks for the answer, and in fact you're right, I can't use this as I had planned. I actually already have the light installed in the wardrobe, but sometimes it does stay on for long periods because the door hasn't been closed properly. (OK, it's only about 4.5W of LED strips, but still, I'd...

I've got a bathroom fan that I no longer need, which has a simple electronic circuit in it to keep the fan running for a variable length of time after the light is switched off. The circuit seems to be just a potential divider, a full wave rectifier, a smoothing capacitor, and a simple timer...

I've just had some work done on my roof, and just as it's finishing, my (semi-detatched) neighbour has pointed out that I no longer have a down pipe on my side, so all my roof water will drain into her gutter and down pipe. Is there anything in planning and/or building regs covering this? Do...