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There's a few locksmiths on the net who'll do keyed-alike sets too. I got several sets a couple of years ago that way.

Sorry, no experience of that, but why 5k to replace your pipe? Surely you just need a couple of day's minidigger hire, some 25mm polyprop, a few hours to bring it into the house and hook it in? That's under 250 quid, so surely the waterco don't charge the rest for changeover?

"Silicone Eater" (screwfix sell a cheap alternative) /does/ work for these thin layers you describe. Paint it on and rub the lot off with a rag. Anything more than the thinnest layer then a razor blade is best. BTW, don't use the eater without good ventilation or you'll be seeing fairies in...

They did a fair job of getting that down in a small area - not the easiest trees to work on either. You can get smaller stump grinders, much like little rotivators. They'll just take longer. What about cutting it into a chair shape with a chainsaw? We've done that for a good few stumps and...

Could be a quad head. If it's tuned to freesat you could have one for the tv and two for a dual tuner recorder. Dunno much about Sky but I'd have thought two for each unit, and you'd have the second unit elsewhere. I have two satellite coaxes running to my lounge for the dual tuner set top...

I'm 90% sure it would work fine. the only issues I know of are dimmer related and affect both cfl and led. I'm using cfl in security pirs fine.

Replace it. They're like four quid and it's easier to replace than diagnose and fix a faulty one. And no, nothing to do with the boiler.

Every one I've used has been gear driven - it's a little worm drive. However - you say cheap, I'm wondering if it's such a cheap saw it just oozes through a hole? Might be worth reading the manual or googling for more info - it might be doing that by design.

You say you're big on IT... Linux server running zoneminder. You can think of a dozen other things to use it for - media streamer, file server, backups, whatever. No reason to pay for any software. 3 x ip cameras of your choice. If not inbuilt POE (and none are that I call cheap), use a...

That sounds like a single park home? I insulated a double two years ago. Lined all the interior walls with 64mm foam-backed plasterboard. Went from almost uninhabitable and streaming with moisture to really very cosy. Loft insulation was already at about 100mm, and access impossible to add...

If steel conduit is buried in the earth, does it need to be earthed?

Cats won't use 20mm. but it's not the easiest to walk on unless compacted. Unsure about 10mm, don't have any here, but I would think it would be ok.

Actually, no! In a lot of cases it goes to soakaways, or discharged over the surface (rural). In built up areas, yes, often it does end up in the sewer, and if water from your property does so you'll be paying extra (your bill might have something about surface water). This actually causes...

Because OP knows where the main stop cock is without telling him to look for something else...

How old is it? It sounds like substandard concrete - mixed without enough cement. Rectification: PVA and water, 50/50 mix brushed in might stabilise it if the use is very light and probably worth a try. If it's heavy use (foot traffic) then I'm thinking it'll need replacing, or digging out...

Just a small rider to the above - a kitchen type grill drain might be septic only - ie, not designed for rainwater. This could either bugger up your septic tank, or break your bylaws if you're mains and are on septic-only drainage. (Whether they'd notice is an entirely other matter ofc...)

Get a ride-on if you A) Want a toy, B) have the extra space to store it, C) Can afford the extra and D) your lawn layout is such that you don't need to get into the corners. If you can tick all those, go for it - your money, but if not, I reckon a good walk-behind is dandy for quarter acre -...

The pressure guage on a combi relates to the central heating loop (although there's a pressure switch on the hot water circuit too so it knows when to fire). Turn off the electric then the stop cock, run the taps until the water stops, you'll be reet. If you didn't turn the leccy off first...

Yeah. I don't know the model but Husqy are generally solidly made and well designed in most things they do. (And Merlin50 - you're wrong about B&S. Once they were absolute pigs but the modern ones (at least 5 years +) are very reliable. A little noisier than Honda, perhaps, but that's the...

There are mini-mini diggers around that can fit through a standard house doorframe. If manually digging is not sounding so fun, might be worth sourcing a hire for one of those.