Hi, I have a largish wooden frame made of railway sleepers. I could either use it as a raised shrubbery and flower bed in the lawn, or as a low...
Thank you jonbay. I rather like the thought of plum coloured slate. Never seen it but will seek it out this weekend
Hi, I've just had a quote for a 29sq ft half-moon brick-surfaced patio. I haven't got my breathe back yet! A couple of times I remember parking...
Thanks Halitosis. Slabs over a membrane it will be.
I'm debating about using concrete slabs or gravel for a rear patio. It will be used with a table and chairs to sit on and will be about 12ft X...
Thanks guys. I'm in Shropshire where things are supposed to be cheaper. I'll carry on getting quotes and will let you know how I get on.
Hi, My 20 x 18 foot garage needs the old felt, underlay, and boards stripping off and one length of guttering replaced. Then, one contractor...
Right, I've ordered an Airflow 4" non-timer ecoflow fan. It has a 3 year warranty which I find attractive. It will take a couple of days I...
John, Yes, I didn't tell you enough. Sorry about that. There is already a ceiling pull cord installed and when I put my trusty testing...
Hi, I have an unused wall vent in my bathroom in which I now wish to install ventilation. there is existing wiring in the duct which is live...
Ok, I'll get a 2 pole tester. Can you recommend a make or model which is easy to use and understand? I see that some reasonable priced ones are...
Hi, This is related to a previous post in Nov re new immersion heater controls. I had to rush away before I'd finished the job and only got back...
The lower immersion heater is connected to an mcb on the main consumer unit, not to any coming from the Econ 7 unit. The old copper tank had two...
Right, sorry to be late replying. I carried out AndyPRK' s great suggestion: all the MCBs down beforehand, put up the two legrand ones and...
Okay, I've taken off the front cover and the eight mcb's are all connected up.Quite what the two on the left are connected to, I don't know. As...
Well I dunno how I got two the same. Here goes again
Ouch. I didn't get the photos on. Trying again. No luck. I have the jpg numbers of the snaps I have in my computer. How do I get them into a...
Things are getting interesting..The plumber sent an apprentice to check things over and he didn't know about the wiring box for the primary...
Ah, I didn't think about 20amps. Or double pole. I just used the sort of 13amp switch that we have on our storage radiators - quite how they are...
I had to go away for the day yesterday, so I rigged up a simple on/off switch, on the lower heating element, to see if things were working right....
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