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Thanks ban-yes its a lot of work but the wall that the existing one is on is a half timbered one which is rotten as a pear and has to be dismantled for either replacement or restoration .Theres a horrid collection of rewireable -fuse boxes and I am going to get the power co. to change the meter...

Is it acceptable to the electricity company to have the meter and consumer unit fitted inside the porch rather than inside the hallway?

We're doing a similar property only stone built. The few power points present have the galvanised back boxes corroded away with the dampness. Several attempts have been made in the past,none have worked. A similar device to the one you describe was found on the internal walls.Its a...

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Well, I just have large quantities of it to hand so its an expense thing as well.We use it in the animals water troughs and find the plastic pipe doesnt resonate as much as copper except as you say oilman, at the valve. just a thought.

Is it feasable or legal to run 25mm MDPE (blue plastic) water pipe from the main up into the water tank in the loft. I figure it would be quieter and quicker than squeezing it through a 15mm copper tube?

As said, the pipes should be dry-any water will stop the process. Also all the joint surfaces sould be cleaned (wire wool) until shiny bare metal shows all over and should not touched again with bare fingers execpt to apply a uniform smear of flux. You will know when you're successful as the...

sharpspark -id be etrernally grateful if youd divulge the dept you finally found for this purpose-I need to do just this. I have tried countless emails to npower customer services and have yet to get any response.

Screwfix -should have guessed. They have their own forum now-and its not over moderated. Theres one guy really slagging off their power tools.....

I recently had to take down a cieling which had that old fashioned low grade papery chipboardey stuff. I recall my dad calling it beaverboard. I suppose its classed as high hazard nowadays. My sister and I constructed 'dens' out of it as kids. Wheeeeze........ :(

My euro'sworth. We've had washer dryers for years and I would say there not quite as reliable as sraight washing machines but theyre not far off.We both work full time and with kids and animals to tend for theres not much time for anything so a WD on a night rate timer suits the purpose OK.Put...

Ive got 60 (and counting) rubble sacks of old plaster hacked from the walls. Id rather see it usefully employed than put in a skip,but how? If it were packed down with a plate compactor could it serve as a sub base for concrete?

The injected dpc may well be ok but the dampness caused by salt can only really be cured by renewing the original plaster with a special type of plaster often refered to as "Lime Lite". Any dampproofer worth his salt ,if you excuse the pun,should know this. If the verdict is that the walls are...

Put an addy in your local supermarket board ! Its sods law that once youve got enough, your next project will generate some that you have to get rid of!

DAZB answered my thread -"distribution" Im going to use some 3/4 mdf Ive got and tell anyone who asks "its fireboard mate"

What is the modern material on which to mount a consumer unit. The chap moaned in the last house because it was chipboard. I dont want to use wood due to he wildlife we currently are spraying elswhere in the woodwork and I wouldnt have thought metal would be a good idea. MDF perhaps?

A saw table with an adjustable fence would be the professionals solution

thanks masona -all waste pipes go to the septic tank via the 4" underground pipe..Wer'e out in bandit country and have no mains drainage (calor gas cooker and oil-fired heating are the norm out here) Electricity and a 39k net connection is an added luxury.......... My problem is the means of...

Alexnic- so the circuit from the house consumer to the garage consumer would be a radial? Would you then do the circuits inside the garage as rings?

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