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Thanks. Not rotten bearers (only 14 months old, and look fine). No diagonal bracing inside, so I'll do as you suggest.

I have an 14-month old 10x8 shed, custom built by these people Very good job they did too, and I'd recommend them if you live in the area :) But - at the left-hand side as you face the front, the shed is now leaning forwards - it's about an inch out of line towards the top. At the...

Hi - turns out the downpipes linked in to an underground drainage pipe that ended in a soakaway in the middle of my neighbours front lawn :shock: New soakaway now dug (very amenable neighbour!) - just waiting for the next heavy shower to give it a decent test ... Cheers

Hi Not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but here goes … I have a drive drain at the front of my house, which drains into an ordinary square drain at one end, connected to the drains from the downpipes. This is either blocked or broken, as it backs up and shoots out water...

The shaver socket in my bathroom is very warm to the touch, plus it's not charging the electric toothbrush properly (charging light is bright as normal when first plugged in, but then dims to almost nothing within 2 or 3 seconds ... this doesn't happen if it's plugged into a normal socket via a...

Hi Does anyone have any experience of remote adaptors like this http://www.easylife.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23_24&products_id=38&osCsid=7dadf49b4991b829bd61b555a374a94b or this http://www.ryness.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?categoryID=754&ProductID=3804 I want to run some...

Great - thanks for the advice.

It's a 32A circuit - not sure of cable size, but house was built in 1992 (have the regs changed significantly since then?). Cooker is the only item on the circuit. Cooker switch doesn't have a socket. Cooker switch feeds a 13A FCU in the cupboard beneath the oven. I've just checked the old...

I've just bought a new Neff double oven - www.neff.co.uk/U1422.html. Very nice and shiny it is, too. I've searched the forum on this topic, and come up with a few similar issues - but nothing that quite matches. The oven isn't supplied with a connection cable :roll: and the manual tells...

Great! Thanks for the tips.

The current (single) rad would have to cover the connections to make room for the proposed new doorway (in a small hall, hence the limited space). I have a look for a narrower double rad - might just clear the connections to leave them accessible (sockets would still need to be moved to make...

Yep - and the joints would be in sunken boxes behind blanking plates, so they'd be easily accessible once the rad was off (i.e. not JBs buried in plaster). I know this isn't a great solution - but in the small space I have, there's no-where else for the rad to go. Is there anything in the...

Why not?

To make room for a new doorway, I need to move a phone socket and a power socket about 18 inches horizontally along a wall, then (later) a radiator too. I'm intending to make the connections in the original (recessed) back boxes, then cover them with white plastic blanking plates. Cables will...

Does anyone have any experience of these? http://www.iconfan.co.uk/icon/icon-detail.asp?ProductID=3 Extract rate is much higher than standard 4" fans (they claim around 118m3 p/h, as opposed to around 85m3 p/h for other fans I've seen). Looks like I can fit it to my existing 4" flexible...

I had an extractor just like this in my old house, which worked fine for the 7 years I was there, and was still going strong when I sold the place ... Manufacturer's warranty would be fine, if I had the receipt/original details/packaging/etc ... for twenty quid I can really be bothered to...

Hi I have a Manrose Gold 100mm timer extractor fan in my bathroom, like this: http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=62530&ts=11341 Today it's failed. I've tested the permanent line and switched live at the fan - both are fine, so it's clearly a problem with the fan itself...

Cheers - simple answer - changed the batteries and it now works fine :D Strange though - there was no battery indicator on the display (which has always appeared in the past when the batteries are low) - little LCD display looked fine. Anyway, it's fine now - and the house is getting...

Thanks Chris Yep, I have some competence with electricity - but no idea where to look for the return cable. Boiler setup looks like this:

I've had a Digistat 3 (like this one) for about 8 years, in 2 separate houses - it's always worked fine. Today it's failed. It looks just like this pic - little flame icon to show boiler should be lit - but nothing from the boiler. Boiler itself seems fine, as hot water is working okay...