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I hope this question has been posted in the most appropriate part of this Forum and if possible I would like some help please. We have a pair of drive gates made out of iroko timber which may not have been maintained as they should and I wish to bring them back to a decent finish. The problem...

And have 2 of them in bits ? :mad:

Yes, I tried that. Please see my reply to Andy.

As written before I have bought a new one but I thought that I would re-assemble it in case I needed another one in an emergency.

It can't be "down one notch" because it is cranked. It eiter has to sit in te bottom or the crank or turned slightly so that it sits in the notches where the read arrows are pointing. But that doesn't work because when the top of the unit is replace the lugs that are shown at the end of the...

Yes, I did that.

I have what is a very silly question about a problem that is annoying me and wondered if anyone could help me ? I needed to dismantle a 4 socket plug board that has a switch but when I took the top part off the board the brass connectorthat makes contact with two conduits that when connected...

Hello all. I wondered if anyone could help me with a Vectis door lock peoblem or if I need to contact a locksmith ? I have two exterior timber doors, both 15 years old and installed when the house was built. But the rear door has suddenly become difficult to close and open. The reason is that...

Thank you for that. Very much appreciated.

Could anyone tell me please what these plastic items are for that are tacked onto all of our timber window frames and also if it is detrimental if I remove them when re-painting the windows ? They have a slight slope on them towards the outside of the window as if they are supposed to lift the...

Thank you again for that detailed explanation, the majority of which I do not understand but that is my fault. It just seems so complicated when setting out to install a new light unit. And for what it is worth I now have the light unit installed above the workbench in my machinery...

Thank you as usual for your comments, sorry, but I didn't mean to upset you in any way, I had just got fed up of trying to make sense of all this "lighting business" it's not my area of knowledge. The light looked bright enough when I switched it on this afternoon and it would cost me money to...

UPDATE. I have today purchased a 37W 2400lm Cool White L1500 batten light. I bought it from one of the well known warehouse-type of places that sells almost anything you can think of for the home, garden, etc. etc. I am not going to mention the name in case someone decides to take action over...

Yes, I agree with that because it is what I have to do. My problem is that my age is against me and balancing on ladders isn't as easy as it used to be.

To a very large extent I agree with you. There are times when newer is better, i.e. when it is less polluting, less wasteful on the planet's resources, etc. But I still stick by the old adage "if it aint broke then don't fix it"

Thank you for that and the link although in this situation all I am trying to do is illuminate a part of my work bench in the workshop. I have made a mobile illumination device which I can move around the workshop whenever I am working on any machine. It's a bit crude, it's just a halogen...

Yes, I had already decided that when I get the new batten that is what I am going to do. But thank you for your help.

That is so helpful. Thank you.

Oh dear, I am more confused than ever now ! If I go and buy a "complete" unit, i.e. all I would have to do is wire it up to the mains or, if it has an external cable I just put a 13amp plug on the end of the cable, then is the LED tube, or whatever else is inside it, replaceable in the event of...

I'm not sure how the question that prompted this reply arose but my lamp is not going into plasterboard, it is going into vertical 1" chipboard which in turn is screwed into one of the 6" thick concrete panels that make up the walls of my workshop.