Recent content by whookam

Hi, I have an oldish Wickes own brand jigsaw and have just blunted the last of the blades I bought years back. I bought a new lot of blades today and while it says they fit the Wickes jigsaws and numerous other brands, they don't fit my saw. Am I being an idiot or did Wickes change the...

Hi, My wife and I have fallen in love with the look of American Black Walnut and we really want to use it in our new kitchen. However, finding a reliable seller is proving to be difficult as pretty much every company says that only they are selling legit walnut and everyone else isn't. I...

Thanks for the replies. Some useful tips there!

Hi, We are going to be installing new kitchen cupboards and the cabinets have arrived all made up. The sink unit, while sturdy, is slightly unlevel. The top is level but the sides are very slightly off making the door appear a little uneven. If you push the cupboard to the side a little...

Thanks. I'll look into these.

Sounds good. I was thinking about an Ambient system but I'm open to recommendations. Steve

Hi, I'm in the process of redoing my kitchen. I'm planning on getting an electrician in shortly to sort out new sockets/isolators for all the appliances. I'm also planning on installing under tile warming which I will get the electrician to connect. Question is, can I get on and lay the...

:D Heh, yeah. The angle of the cable makes it little less straightforward (comes out further than the pillar to the left) but yeah its not a massive job to box and I'm more than comfortable with this kind of work. But you can see why I'd like that window!!! The amount of light it would let...

Right, I've attempted to upload a few pictures. Excuse the crappy quality as I had to use the camera on my phone. Hopefully they'll give you SOME idea of what I mean. This is the case. The house was built circa 1880 and I believe was converted in 1986. We have been slowly renovating the...

Wow, what a friendly response! The cupboard was once part of the the property that I now own, I'm sure you know what I meant. I'm not saying I have any legal claim to it although if my upstairs neighbour was in agreement then of course I would claim the space. I don't know what you mean...

Hi, We have the incoming electricity supply to our flat (and the flat upstairs) currently running directly through OUR hallway and into a cupboard accessible from the shared hallway which contains the two meters and upstairs's CU. We have two issues. One, we would dearly love to get rid...

heh, damn my aesthetic sensibilities. Always costing me money and grief! :) The Avanta looks like it would do the job. I looked into getting a boiler installed in a cupboard one before, it was a glowworm or something but people didn't think it was that good a boiler. If the Avanta is...

Having resigned myself (and the better half) that we have to have our new combi boiler installed in the new kitchen we are planning (was hoping to re-site but looks like that is impossible), I was hoping to find a boiler that won't look TOO bad as part of a modern, high-gloss kitchen. Having...

I don't have a loft! If I did all this would be a lot easier. I live in a ground floor flat with very few places where we could put the boiler. Kitchen or Cupboard under (upstair's) stairs. Kitchen is tiny, therefore would prefer boiler to be moved.

Done a bit more looking round. It seems that if its a real pain in the arse to connect the drainage a non-condensing boiler might be install as an exception. Question is, as I want the boiler re-located would this be enough to justify not fitting an non-condensing boiler. Also, found this...