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I live in a Victorian house which many years ago (>30) was re-roofed using Redland 49 tiles. 2 tiles are cracked and I'd like to replace them although there's no obvious sign of a leak. Greenjackets say "This tile has been improved" (link...

Just living down to my moniker: I reckon Eric means "ambience" rather than "ambulance". Cheers, Graham

Boringoldcodger said "throw TBSE at a search engine". Whoops, I've found out that throwing: TBOE radiator connection is a better idea. From that I got link...

I know this doesn't answer any of your questions, but I've heard that when rad manufacturers do their measurements they use TBSE (Top Bottom Same End) connections, i.e. both flow (at Top) and return (at Bottom) on the left or both on the right. If you throw TBSE at a search engine and then spend...

A few years ago I bought an Osram 0.3W LED / 12W CFL B22 combined lamp (switch it on and the LED comes on, switch off and back on a few seconds later and CFL comes on), the CFL is claimed to be warm white, but no claim about LED whiteness. A few months later I saw they were being remaindered so...

Just wondering whether you were using an adaptor and, maybe, the adaptor didn't fit too well.

I can't help wondering how the switching worked previously, if it was dusk to dawn then I'd agree with using LED 24/7 . But if it was a case of, e.g., flicking a retractive (aka momentary) switch and then the lights turned themselves off after a few minutes then I'd consider trying to redo that...

I've very little DIY experience, I'm OK at thinking about things but pretty useless at actually doing them (and foreseeing the inevitable problems). If the wall, which you're thinking of knocking down, is brick (or stands any chance of supporting stuff above) then I'd leave it alone. Also I...

Another suggestion is to swap the bath and basin round but use, e.g., http://www.sanctuary-bathrooms.co.uk/baths/single-ended-baths/carron-quantum-space-saver-5mm-single-ended-bath.html as the bath (again this'd probably need an outward opening door). Hopefully the bath would have narrowed...

More questions than suggestions. What's the big waste pipe that's next to the basin, is it the soil stack for other flat(s) ? If so could you, as PBOD suggests, connect your toilet to that ? Then put the basin where the (I assume) radiator is, and the radiator where the toilet is. Install a...

I've used one of these for a couple of years: http://www.alarmsandlightbulbs.co.uk/smd-bulbs-31-c.asp it seems to me to be pretty bright for 3watts but, unfortunately, they've not reduced the price at all so they now look pretty expensive. Cheers, Graham

I'm just wondering if the underlying problem is (understandably) not wanting to leave the car with keys in the ignition for a few hours. My only (not very good suggestion) is to put a sunshield in both the windscreen and the drivers window and then to lock the car using the spare key (good idea...

I'm pretty certain that I won't drive into an overhead power cable (only drive a car) but, just in case, I'd like to know what I should do (not touch any metal and ring 999 on the mobile ?). Cheers, Graham

The narrow red tube looks to me to be there to take a screw which would hold a plastic lid in place, but as it's a ceramic cistern the red tube is probably pretty pointless. Is the whiteish (translucent ?) tube, by the blue ball, the current overflow ? It looks as though it could be an...

Is the internal overflow designed for you to shorten if necessary ? When I replaced my flush valve, I had to saw off the top couple of inches from the (internal) overflow pipe (me being me, I didn't exactly cut it horizontally). Cheers, Graham

I've now remembered that we've had a similar question in the past but I don't think it came up with anything helpful to replace a L75mm bulb: http://www.diynot.com/forums/electrics/gu-10-bulb-extender.301011 Cheers, Graham

Not sure whether this is really the size you're looking for, but have a squint at: https://www.brightlightz.co.uk/gu10-led-bulb-4w-led-spotlight-with-20-x-5050-smd-chips-35w-50w-halogen It doesn't seem to claim 120degrees but I believe they are. Cheers, Graham

Hunter99: I'd be somewhat surprised if this helps, but these GU10s are longer (and wider) than normal: http://www.energylightbulbs.co.uk/products/63mm-gu10-5w-led-replacment-for-63mm-halogen-warm-white-or-cool-white I'm afraid I've got no way of knowing whether the length between chamfer and...

WARNING. I'm not a sparky so if anyone says I'm talking rubbish then I probably am. benunited said Assuming this means that the original colour coding has been followed then I reckon there's been abuse of the coding (by the previous owner). For the setup to work, my guess is that it was...

PEDANTRY WARNING !! Somehow I reckon I'm digging myself a grave here, but I'll risk the mods zapping me (for being off topic), maybe I now know why ericmark doesn't do "theory". Somewhat heavily edited quote: