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As a secondary source of heating we have a wood burning stove, we were going to swap our existing stove for one we have just bought with a boiler in, would you suggest we still swap the stove for the boiler stove ?

Mother-in-law has recently had a very serious problem with transmigration of polymers, she has a park home with polystyrene sheets as insulation in the loft and when made the company let the cables lye on the poly causing the pvc to go brittle and sticky, as a result 7 years on the company now...

check out collingwood lighting, they do a wide variety of led lights for domestic and commercial applications, edmundsons are a stockist http://www.collingwoodlighting.co.uk/cnb/shop/collingwood?op=catalogue-products-null&prodCategoryID=1

Hello chaps, I have today learnt that myself and family have been accepted for a government grant for a fully fitted air source heat pump system, so was just wondering if anyone knows how good these systems are and if anyone has had dealings with the grant awards ? Just for reference we live...

Thanks ricicle :D

Hi steve, there is a damn good supplier of ballasts of all shapes n sizes at Roecliffe near Borobridge nr Harrogate, they do next day delivery and the main man would probably be able to tell you what exactly your problem is ask for geoff, if you cant find them look for G.P Electronics.

Not knowing the regs inside out and not having a regs book to hand can someone tell me regs in specific, ta

Problem is the old pvc cable and polystyrene insulation. Is there any regulation or part of building regs that stipulates pvc cable must not come into contact with polystyrene ? Im aware of the dangers of transmigration of the polymers from the pvc deteriorating over time when exposed to...

also ionisation - which is the one id be going for, optical could cause nusence activation by small spiders and flies entering the optical chamber thus setting it off, heat you actually have a fire going before it activates

I have this problem at a building I do maintenance in, same thing 14w t5 tubes sometimes flicker sometime go out, the ballast is 4x14w helvar electronic, ive found in nearly all cases ive gone to its been the ballast at fault, I could change the tubes in the fitting and within 5 mins it would be...

At present we have an external oil boiler, what we want to do is get rid of that and install a multifuel boiler inside. Ive had a look in the airing cupboard and there is a filling loop and an expansion vessel so im presuming its a pressurised system ? Can I cut the flow and return on the...

just got a vivaro from the firm i work for, nice van the 6 th gear is a bit useless imo, the radio mp30 is a complete waste of time as its always loosing its signal and changes station even if rds is turned off, the load area is not bad, its come fully kitted out in the back and still has room...

Are there any regs for max temperature on Disabled thermostatically controlled taps, most commercial taps have to be above 50 deg for legionella does that apply to disabled tapa if you follow my drift ?

Mk I do believe still sell them and the plugs that go with them, they are 5A rated and are primerily used for table lamps etc

for the more experienced try http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/page10.htm#ledlamp.gif this will give you 4 sets of led traffic lights N,S,E & W N & S working together counteracted by E & W ie N & S on red whilst E & W are green

And they'll charge you for it as well, anything between 5 and 15 pence per lamp....a wee charge. I remember relamping when I was an apprentice we had a skip dedicated for lamps, we loved it as all we did was throw them in as hard as we could to smash em, the old mbfu's went with a pop !

Dont buy cheap tools in the long run they will inevitably snap or break, save up and buy good quality tools, as to what you want to put in it thats up to you but start off with a torpedo level, claw hammer, tape measure, a selection of screwdrivers of both flat blade and cross head, pliers...

Surprising how many people are going " back to basics " either installing open fires or stoves of one description or another. Im not complaining though keeps me busy in my spare time cleening chimneys ;-) Go for one with a boiler. I would stick to the well known makes Clearview, Morso or...

I wasnt expecting a response like this, im not against bikers dont get me wrong here, I AM AGAINST bikers with disregard to other road users and pedestrians. So far this year in these parts there have been 12 bike deaths 8 alone in May, the police have recently introduced their stealth bikes in...

How come motorcyclists are exempt from obeying the speed limits on roads ? one of these ****s was recently clocked going through the village where I live at 105....the limit in our village is 30....what an utter to55er as in my opinion most motorcyclists are.