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When is a roof is worn out. I have an attic flat and have had two very small leaks, nothing more than stains through the flashings around two different chimney breasts. The management company's builder has repaired these but said it needs a new roof. Given the torrential rain this summer I...

There's very good parking at Cockfosters tube and it's within a few minutes of the M25 and only 1 Junction round from the A1. It's heavily used by commuters but that shouldn't matter on a Saturday. It might cost you a few quid but the on street parking is good too and should be quite safe as the...

Thanks for your time JJ

There is a red and black wire to the in side of the switch and two red and black wires to the out side of the switch which, so far as I can tell, run to the two seperate wall lights in the bathroom. The cable is all run in 1.5mm lighting cable and is definitely on the lighting circuit MCB at the...

There is nothing on it but the lights. Does that mean I can change it

I am trying to replace a bathroom light switch with a brushed steel one. The switch is outside the bathroom by the door. When I had a look it is actually a double pole isolator not an ordinary light switch. I can't see the reason for this. There are only two lights on the switch and the switch...

I'm just about to change a plastic light switch for a metal one. It says on the instructions that the switch needs to be earthed and there is a screw connector on the back for this. The metal box in the wall is earthed but due to the number of wires in the box it will be difficult to get...

Very true Trazor, but since telling the jobsworth that will possibly cause tempers to fray and get notb665 into a confrontation in front of his partner and very young child it'd not the most sensible solution to the problem.

The dog is irrelevant. It depends on whether or not it's a public or private right of way. If it's public he can't stop you, with or without the dog . If it's private he may be able to, depending on who he is in relation to ownership of the land. Finding out may be difficult, the quickest thing...

I am about to tile a bathroom floor. This previously had carpet down and on taking it up I am left with an extremely flat flooring grade chipboard floor which seems to have been laid over the old floorboards when the property was renovated about 20 years ago. It says in the sticky for this...

Hello Moz. I haven't posted here for a long time but I've had a few beers tonight so I feel a certain solidarity with your normally pickled state (no pun intended) I was very sorry to see what has happened to you and just wanted to give you my commiserations. Most people wouldn't understand...

Hallo sparkies, I am working in a flat that has been recently decorated. One of the doors has had it's hinges reversed so it opens from the other side of the door frame. This has left the light switch behind the door which means you have to fiddle about in the dark behind the door to turn the...

That's way up in the loft. It runs in Plastic for about 99% of the way until it reaches a point about half a meter from my water tank. To do this I would have to run about 6 meters of earth cable

Hallo Sparkies, I have just replaced my watermain. It is now run in plastic. Previously it was 15mm copper and was earthed to an earth block by the meter. Two adjoining pipes supplying hot and cold water to a downstairs sink were cross bonded to each other and then to the incoming water main...

Less Than £50, but it was a few years ago now. It's the usual thing there's a range of prices depending on quality. A quick Google just found a Sony pair for £41.99. Just one thing. The phones plug into the headphone socket so make sure your tv has one. Also this might mute the speaker sound...

Have you tried using headphones. I've got a pair of radio ones so there is no cable to get in the way. For some reason it is much easier to hear what's going on on the phones, even with the volume turned down.

How exciting. Lets hope english plumbers are compatible with American plumbing !!! :wink:

It's good. Personally I thought the Indian bird was looking down her nose at them a bit and asked for it. This is probably not going to be a popular opinion but I quite admire Jade Goody. She came from nothing and with her background should have ended up with nothing but she's done quite...

Oo er missus fair point. There is quite a lot of price variation but dentists don't operate in a true open market, no large providers have been allowed to move into the market. Ex NHS dentists are just running private practices and charging what they can. If you got the medical equivalent of...

The point seems to be that with the NHS facing a huge financial shortfall it is felt that failure to negotiate a good deal with GP's has contributed. Some of them now work a 9-5 week and leave on call and such like to private firms who charge for it. The NHS picks up the tab as well as paying...