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The problem is I do not know if I have a hipped roof - I have shown a picture of the house above - Is this a hipped or gable roof? The roof space is massive and quite easily converted to a loft I would have thought

Is it the forum policy not to provide reset codes? I have an ADT 931 alarm. The power supply to the house was cut for a few days and the battery was drained - When I res tored power we had a message on the control panel saying "Call Engineer" ADT want £130 for the first 30 minutes which...

I hope someone can help - I am trying to get this sort of look. I have painted the spindles and lower parts with white satin wood trade paint - Can anyone suggest what paint I should be using for the tops? Ideally I would like a dark brown rather then black so would Ronseal exterior walnut...

I often here that hip roofs are the hardest to convert to lofts - I am wondering what sort of roof I have. In my loft I have a water tank and a lot of trusses which I presumably will need to replace with steel beams? Does anyone know a company in London that would do just the structural...

Hi Can anyone suggest the single best thing to do DIY that will bring the cost of an extension down? I have heard that the excavation costs are the biggest chunk of where the money is spent - If you managed to hire a digger and dig it all up would that save a substancial part of the cost...

Can I just make sure I understand this - You are building a 3.6 by 14 metre extension (50 sqaure metres odd) so the shell is going to cost you 50K?? I find this difficult to believe Yes you will need a bit more material but the biggest cost of an extension if the foundations and digging...

But there must be economies of scale here - If I am doing a 10M wide by 4M deep extension (40M^2) then I would be quite shocked if they charged per metre because once you get a digger in there you can pretty much excavate the ground in a matter of days

Thanks a lot - So the cast metal ones are better? The cheapest I can find are four for £13 in Wickes http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/702942/?source=123_75 Are there any better value ones?? Also it is not the RCB that trips but the MCB that trips - I think thats the right terminology ...

Not yet sorted. We use one room or the other. When both are on (because one of us forget) the RCD trips and we reset it We will sort it out soon!

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Lighting/Mains+Voltage+Downlights/d220/sd3206 Can anyone suggest whether the contractor pack of downlights for £20 are any good? If not then are these any good instead...

I have a porch at the moment and want to install a piece of glass over the porch to keep rain from dripping onto the floor. I have seen examples of this as neighbours have this. How is this achieved - Can I simply buy a piece of glass? If so how do I hold it in place over the roof. Are...

I am looking for help and advice - Nothing else

They are just the lights - I counted again - There are 43 50W lights. Now we do have a chandelier which has 6 bulbs in which I have counted individually. So we have 36 downalights and 6 bulbs in the chandeleir - Nothing else

I used 1.5MM cable so that should be ok - I do want to move to LED lamps. That was always the plan How many lights will need to be moved to use LED so the MCB does not trip? Has anyone used these LEDs...

I have a total of 43 downlights running in my hallway and one room. As I previously mentioned the 6A MCB is tripping sometimes. This only happens when all the lights are on. Can anyone explain what MCB rating I require. For me 50W * 43 == 2KW. How many 50W lights can I run on a...

DI have a 13.5KG bottle of gas - Does anyone know if these can be refilled at home DIY style by any chance? If not where do people normally buy their gas refills from and what should I expect to pay - I am seeing refills costing £32.5 which is a lot of money How long would 13.5KG of gas...

It can handle 10A - I cannot get the old 6A breaker out. It was 6A before because that is how it was installed

I am sorry about that - Please forgive me Please can you help me as I need to change the MCB and cannot afford an electrician I live in London I just want to know to change an MCB - They should just pull out right?