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Fear not I inspected it carefully and it was very secure the lamp holder end was firmly attached and to the hollow rod, and the cable was held in to rod with a strong and firmly tightened grip. The rob is also earthed as is the rose. I was pretty impressed by most of the design but not with...

Hi John, I did check but at the bottom the fixing is pretty substantial, the lamp holder fits on the end of a metal tube and the tube holds the weight of the glass shade via a number of smaller spacer rods at the top and bottom so there is no stress on the lamp holder at all. The whole lamps...

Thanks everyone problem now resolved, I went to the supplier that I got the light from and they provided a new taper cord grip and in addition I added a cable tie inside the rose.

Hi All thanks for ideas here are a couple of photos of the fitting and lamp: Full lamp: Broken cable clamp and rose: Other side of Rose: Ceiling Plate:

I have a couple of long glass hanging lights in the Kitchen over the breakfast bar, which were fitted a couple of years ago when the house was built. One of the lamps dropped several inches and when I investigated I found that the weight of the lamp was help by a clear plastic friction nut...

I am about to replace a broken toilet and I would like to use a more modern design that fits closer to the wall. The current toilet was installed in about 1960, and connects directly to the soil pipe which comes up through the floor. I have never replaced a pan before but most of the ones...

OK in the end I went for the Metabo, basically because its a bit cheaper and as its for DIY use I didn't think I needed to pay the premium for a proper professional machine like the Bosch and Makits.

Well much as I love living in Norfolk it does have some disadvantages, the main one I am having at the moment is actually seeing the tools I want to buy. I have now seen a fair number of Mitre saws but I have only managed to see one from shortlist. I have decided to buy a quality 12 inch...

In the end I gave up and asked the shed supplier to put down a base and they used a dry mix and some slabs with a minimum depth of dry mix of about 30mm. Base seemed very good and with the shed now on it I am pleased I got a good stable base as the shed is nice and true and feels very well...

Hi Again, I am still trying to finalise which saws to buy, I am still confused as there seems to be a lot of variation in quality even in similar price ranges, for example having looked at a lot of Makita stuff (which I always thought was good) some does not seem to be not seem to be very good...

Yes it does have joists under the base but I am not sure which way they do but I can check in the morning. Interested in why you ask?

Um seems this is a problem, I think I need to use a minimum of about 25mm of concrete if I use 10mm gravel, that means the additional slab will vary between 25 and 60mm. Seem a bit of a waste as its all on top of a decent slab anyway. Trouble is I can't think of another solution.... Maybe...

I have just updated the first post as I have now measure the drop accurately and over 2.4 meters is 35mm.

Its a heavy duty shed and I will be keeping ride on etc in it, I want it to be level and supported across the whole width and I don't want it twisting and the doors jamming etc.

I have just uploaded a photo showing the slab and with the ladders showing the approximate size of the bit that I need to level for the shed to sit on. The existing slab slope with the right hand bit in the photo being slightly higher with a gentle slope down to the gully you can see on the...