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Solenoid on your starter motor methinks :lol: Alan

If you are doing a loft conversion on a two storey building, thus creating three storeys, then your builder is correct you need to create a safe corridor so that you can exit the building in the event of a fire from any level. I think 30 minute fire doors are the minimum spec, you would also...

Your not going to be able to stop this happening as it's condensation in the cold air dripping off the metal sheets. You have to heat and ventilate the garage to prevent the condensation forming but this would be very expensive and inefficient. Unless you are considering replacing the roof in...

Extra width of timber doesn't really help you, you need to maintain depth to have a good solid floor, structural calculations are based on a span to depth ratio so 8x3's won't do you any favours. For 16 feet I would go so far as to suggest you need 10"x2" joists also don't forget to dwang the...

An old rule of thumb to calculate the depth of timber joists is take the span in feet divide it by two and add two inches. So for example if you had a 3 metre or 10 foot span, divide by 2 gives you 5 add 2 giving you 7 inches depth so 7x2 @ 450 centres. This is for floor loading for roofs it's...

Cross Battens wouldn't provide additional strength only weight as you suggest. Only benefit of cross battens is that if your existing trusses are well spaced out eg 600mm centres then the floor boards would be struggling to span the gap between them, so you could reduce the span of the boards...

Top of the class Steve, the circuit breaker is marked with 30 on the switch I'm assuming that means it's 30 Amps, been in touch with an electrician to check out the whole flat so another job to add to the list. Thanks everyone for your help. Alan

Will check tonight and get back to you Bit more info on the shower Gainsborough Energy 2000 extract from a spare parts list for the model HEAT EXCHANGER 10 . 8KW HEAT EXCHANGER 9 . 5KW PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE 9 . 5KW SWITCH PRESSURE SELECTOR 9 . 5KW WIRE SET 9 . 5KW/10...

I have a gainsborough electric shower with three power settings, low, medium and high. It works fine on low and medium, even to the point of being more than hot enough on medium, but if I try it on high power it trips the circuit breaker. I'm a DIY'er so not a qualified electrician. AFAIK the...

Could be several things had a similar problem with an old beamer turned out to be the water pump. Is the car getting up to temperature ok may be thermostat stuck open. Alan

Traced the problem to a halogen ceiling light in the bathroom, tightened up the connections and everything is working again. thanks for your help. Alan

Hi just joined and looking for advise I have a strange problem with the lighting in my flat, basically on two occasions now the lights have faded out quite quickly, not a sudden switch off, but not tripped the circuit breaker either. One light in my living room has stayed working but all...