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yeah, i am starting to think that way as there are lots of second hand ladders on sale on gumtree and i would always want to go and see them before i buy them, but they need to be collected and as i don't have a van, i would have to pay for a courier, so with the courier cost, it isn't that much...

"mitigate risk by getting someone else to use them" :ROFLMAO: i have a 5ft step ladder that doesn't look very secure but at that level, i am fine to fall off and just get back up but when you are talking about a 6m ladder, i am a bit more concerned about falling off. i have a 3.72m ladder that...

a lot of the adverts for sale on gumtree states tripple ladder but never the full extended length. is there a reason for this? is it a known quantity that a tripple ladder is of a certain length? can you assume that a tripple ladder is going to reach my roof, which is 5.2m to the gutter?

i just looked at hiring in my area and there aren't any, only nationwide ones, which contracts them out and i am not sure i want to use a company like that. i would prefer a local store. but yeah, even a new one, you will get the money back in about 3 to 4 use so it makes sense to get one and...

when the guy slid the upper section onto the lower section, they looked to be held together by a thin lip on either side of the ladder and it didn't look very safe as i would feel more comfortable if the two sections were attached to each other and you just slide it along rather than the two...

good idea. will look into it. i was thinking it may be useful to have the ladder for future use but guess you are right and it may be better to hire one.

yeah, that is why i think i need one that is 7m when extended as by the time it has to stand on an angle, to reach my roof, which is 5.2 m high, and I obviously can't stand anywhere near the top rung, I am thinking I need one that is 7m long in height when extended? can i get away with anything...

thanks! what is the minimum length ladder do you think i need? the length of the ladder when fully extended? do i need 7m?

I am interested in buying a ladder that can reach my roof, which is 5.2m to the gutter, so really I think I need a ladder that is 7m when extended fully. I went to see a ladder on sale on gumtree, it looks like the one in this is a photo. Each section is 3.5m Anyone used this sort of ladder...

the leak is not from the tank as there is no traces of water in the cupboard where the tank is housed. it is a split level flat so the tank is in a cupboard on the first floor and the bathroom is on the ground floor. the pipe from the tank goes all the way to the floor of the cupboard and then...

it was built by the council between 1971 and 1975 as it is an ex-local property.

It isn't from the mains as I emptied the tank more than a week ago and the leak has stopped so it is from the tank. But the supply pipe from the tank into the bathroom goes inside a concrete service riser and then into the void above the bathroom so it is not easily accessible. If I can be...

I am looking to check if the leak into my bathroom is from the cold water tank. I think it is as when I empty the tank, the leak stops and when I fill the tank, the leak starts again. I want to pour die water into the tank and see if the water that comes out of the leak is also coloured as a...

I have this cement boarding around the cupboard where my cold water tank is situated. It is a flat and the cupboard is where the service riser comes through the building. Can you tell from the pictures if it is likely to be cement board with asbestos? It has a sort of sparkly specs in it and...

Thanks, will have a look into it.

Who would be able to provide help to vulnerable people? he is elderly and bed bound. The housing association won't help with garden growth.

My dad's boiler has low pressure so I tried to increase the pressure but as soon as I turn the filling loop valve, it leaks! I think the valve is faulty as the plastic valve handle is already half broke. He lives in a housing association so I will ask them to send a gas engineer round to fix...

I did google "restrictor elbow" when Stuckinarut stated that it looked like one. It seems to say that they are often found for gas fires to restrict the flow of gas to the fire, but it also stated that it is used to shut off the gas supply to allow the gas fire to be serviced, which seems to be...

So it is only to regulate flow and can only reach a certain level of minimal flow. Thanks for the reply!

I see, thank you. So to restrict the gas flow, you turn that screw clockwise? And if you turn it clockwise fully, it would shut the gas off to the fire to allow servicing?