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I have a circa 0.9m wide glazed external door where the frame has been badly bodged by some historic "carpentry" ! Consequently, I would like to rectify this and secure the entrance going forward. I have a quote of around £1500 from a good chippie but in truth, I'd like to save that cash and do...

Thanks. This would seem the ideal solution, to take the connection in trunking from an existing socket to the fused connection and then hard wire in the heater at that point. That removes the need to extend the cable from the appliance and is visually the most pleasant (aside from chipping into...

Historically the same places have run 1 or 2 x 2/3kw heaters on extension leads but I consider this unsafe and want a better solution, hence the ideal of the low heat background heater on a wall and a safe way to extend a connection to the 3kw heater (to replace the current heaters on extension...

You have a harsh agenda, which I suspect is because you think every non electrician should get an electrician to turn on the kettle in the morning or change a plug. Were it as simple as giving the work order to a sparky to complete at a sensible price then we, and I suspect 90% of the other...

If you cut the quote to suit your purposes than that is a bit underhand don't you think ? My post was that I already knew how to drive but that I didn't know the directions to my intended destination. Poor analogy perhaps but not worthy of quoting out of context to support a point of view.

Agreed but that's why I am here, to get some advice. On the flip side, there isn't a "you can't do anything approach" which is sensible. I didn't know how to drive from place X to place Y but I got the maps out, found the way and arrived safely. Same here, we need a roadmap for a safe solution...

I am also looking at air curtains but they are a few weeks away at best so this was something which could be implemented ASAP and provide some limited benefit. They would be near the staff so heat in the immediacy is relevant rather than a shop wide heating solution (which will be part of a...

I own the shops so why can't I do a single thing to the fixed wiring (is there non fixed wiring ?) ? I take the point that there are (often multiple) correct methods but (in my ignorance) I don't see how this is different from changing a socket. The item will be wired into the same electrical...

These have plugs on to plug into the wall. I just need to adapt that or we can simply run extension cables and have done with it.

Not actually sure I can open the appliances as I think they were rivet sealed. Even if I can, I wonder whether to run a spur or just add a plug ?

I want to drop a few 800w and 3kw heaters into a couple of shops to help with the cold weather but the supplied cable is only about 1m/1.5m long, not nearly long enough. The prospective units are from Costco: 800w - http://www.costco.co.uk/view/p/dimplex-800w-panel-heater-arlwp800ti-159623...

Like many I suspect, winter means drying more clothes inside and I do notice we suffer a bit from damp if we need to let clothes dry inside and we can't open windows long enough. I favour a bigger capacity rather than tiny one, a quiet one rather than a noisy one but I don't even know who are...

I saw these when Googling around for telescopic ladders and was quite impressed. Would you say that they are a better long term bet, what with the greater use they can be put to and the trade off in terms of size and space saving ?

I want a telescopic ladder, largely due to space when stored but around the 4m range, they go from about £50 up to £250 plus. Not needing the very best is fine if the ones you get are safe but there are horror stories out there and a lot of the cheap end ones seem potentially suspect. So...

I am considering purchasing a property which I would then wish to demolish and then rebuild. To demolish - how long and how much (very roughly) ? To build - spacious 5 bed - how long to build ? I'm not expecting accurate numbers but I just don't don't have an idea at present.

I have an outbuilding which I would like to bring into the 21st century with electric and all that. At present is is little more than walls, a window and a roof. It is however dry and weatherproof. Ideally, I'd like to be able to run a bank of washing machines and driers in it. I am not...

I looked on ebay and found various descriptions. Is it a macerator pump I need or something else ?

The supply is no problem. It could be routed as you suggest or there is actually room to take it straight across the floor as the door opening has a slight step up and it could be coxed in or chased out to accommodate. The issue is what to do with the waste water, if I don't want the trouble...

I'm trying to work out whether I can and if I can, then just how to install a row of three washing machines along a wall which has no water inlet or outlet and is separated from the only water inlet and outlet in that room by a doorway, meaning that a permanent gravity feed from the bank of...