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My electric garage opened by what we thought was a child playing with the fob when searching for a torch when we had a power cut a few months back. I thought at first the power cut maybe triggered the motor but surely that'd be a bad design, no good if you're away on holiday! However, today...

Yep, was under the impression you had to, as I have since I first started doing any plumbing 8 years ago, it's ok to check isn't it? Didn't know you didn't have to use it... hardly Although this thread has really resulted in tw@ts going off on their own stories about how they get off on using...

Mmmm, yep – dinky 15 compression and push fit, err oh, and 22 and 28 including a fair amount of soldering, err in fact, I've totally replumbed my 3000 sq ft house, ripped out all the copper, have zoned it with 6 motorised valves, installed UFH in a 47sq m kitchen, installed a pressurised HW...

Call this a stupid question, but why do you not need it, or why is it even invented??

You trying to make me flood the place? :)

I have a slight modification to do to a dishwasher supply. It's Sunday and I'm out of jointing compound. My question is, does PTFE tape suffice for brass fittings or is it absolutely essential to use jointing compound?

Thx guys, hopefully the dishwasher will fire up when I replace the switch then! It has too, got a puddle of dirty water in it, phoooooeeey!

Have a dishwasher bought new, been using for about 6 months. Is on it's own 16amp MCB, with a 13amp fused spur at wall. Power lost half way through a cycle last night. Went to switch off spur and rocker switch won't switch – like it's seized/locked. Also as I put pressure on it to turn...

If only I HAD TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU JOE!!... they are ripping us off by 7k, it's black & white, they can''t add up, nor can the QS, renown for it!!!! Yes, a grant, which paid barely half what they're billing. Nuff said.

There were other areas in the house which were strip to brick float and skim so I've not got confused. Basically it's grant work but it had to be recalculated and I presumed that bond & skim means applying bonding then finish coat, but if bond and skim is pva then skim then I'll not worry, u see...

It's irrelavant, I'm just trying to work out how much they should have charged as lots is listed as 'bond & skim' when it was only pva and skim. I can't call them cos this has got nasty, so this is so that I can send their costs back with something closer to what it should have cost. So all I...

sorry - unibonding! No, ignore stripping, this is straight onto plasterboard already in place. All I need to know is if bond and skim is £6.50p/m2, what is just unibond and scim?

When measuring a wall does a plasterer omit the door and window? There are no reveals and beading involved as frames are surface mounted to wall.

Less than bonding when you have to rub over it and finish it?? I don't understand that even though it's in my favour! OK so if bond & scim is 100%, what is unibong and scim only?

I'm having a discrepancy with a contractor and among it is plastering: They've charged for areas as bond and scim when they were only unibonded and scimmed over existing plaster. Before I create a fuss, would these 2 rates be the same? I know unibonding isn't as much work and material cost as...

This is the issue though, the WoCa white oil doesn't darken, but can't get hold of it locally! :(

Hi I want to ideally oil an ash brekfast bar top but normal Danish oil will darken it substantially. I'm advised that WoCa worktop oil in white is ideal as it has a pigment in it to lighten the timber. However, I live in N Ireland and delivery is £20 when the oil itself is only 15 and there...

[/url] Well it'll be 600mm or less on diameter than the top. I think definitely the curved shelf type approach is good, maybe with a full circle 3/4 or inch ply as a base to keep the bottom true. Thinking the main frame could be 2x rectangular pieces of ply (cut to h x dia) and 2x halfway...

Do the electric underfloor heating mats work with resin floors, ie practically to lay the floor and effectiveness?

I want to make a breakfast bar which has a 1500mm ash top, which is partly overlapped by the end of the kitchen worktop. The base needs to be eventually a sheet of stainless steel (purely cosmetic) which literally wraps around whatever load bearing frame is supporting the top. How's the best...