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    Euro cylinder locks

    Hi everyone. I have a quick question for the floor... My father has a upvc porch door with a eurocylinder lock on it. The handle does not turn on outside but does on inside. Obviously this is to stop people just walking into the porch area. I would like this type of lock on my upvc door but...
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    Avanti tel line failure

    Hi all. I have an avanti xp alarm system. I don't know how but now my fobs do not work (red/grey triangle ones) when I present them to the lcd panel to set the alarm.. It emits a sound and states ' 01 fault ' then 'tel line failure'. When I enter the code manually I can then set the alarm... I...
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    What blocks & what catnip

    Anyone?????
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    Anyone used less2build.com?

    Just had a look at their website... Works out that I'm gonna save £143 on the order that I was gonna place... Glad I must spotted this thread. Cheers
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    What blocks & what catnip

    I am building an outside office in rear garden. I have dug footings (800mm wide x 500mm deep) and concrete will be poured soon ( that was a shock at the price of concrete for footings)Next stage is the building itself. I am not sure what blocks to use. 1. Is it ok to use thermalite blocks below...
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    concrete prices

    Hi all. Just a quick question. I am located on the south coast and need approx 14.5m3 of concrete. what is the going price of concrete these days and would it be better to do it my self or get it done on site and pumped up . any advice please :)
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    Arghhh... Sky !!!!!!!!

    I have a sky Hd box in lounge. At tv upstairs it's like this.... Tv link connected to coax which then goes outside house, runs downstairs and into house again to an arial socket.inside lounge on other side if wall the coax socket connects via coax Cable to back of sky box. I now want to run...
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    MONEY SAVING TIP FOR CARPET

    Here is a quick one. I bought underlay from internet and box of gripper rods from Ebay. Total was £55. Carpet shop was rip off for these items hence why they 'discount' the carpets so much. The carpet fitter said they can make up to £450 on a box of gripper rods if they are sold by the ft...
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    vertical sleeper retaining wall

    many thanks. Now just got to knock my pan out doing the digging as i cannot get machinery in the back garden !!!!!
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    vertical sleeper retaining wall

    I am about to embark on a retaining wall constructed from new sleepers. The wall will be approximately 1.6m high and around 10m in length with a curve in it, effectively an L shape. I am proposing to dig down a trench approximately 50-75cm deep and about 20cm in width and put the concrete in the...
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    chimney breast dilema ???

    Can anybody give me advice on this dilema. I have removed the old gas fire from the chimney breast and had it capped off. I wish to install shelves in the hole that now remains and put AV equipment in it. The problem is that the remaining hole is not deep enough for some of the equipment. I...
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