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vw caddys are great vans and are coming down in price an 09 reg near me was 4495 inc vat and 115K on the clock steer clear of vivaro's as well, the reliability is terrible

Thanks everybody, Yes it was definately aluminium cable as in iggifer's picture, definately not tinned copper which I have seen many times. I had to replace the main rcd switch as it had burnt out due to - I imagine a loose connection on the neutral busbar. I also had to reterminate a...

Hi, Today I carried out some work on a house wired in aluminium twin and earth, I have never seen this before. Are there any problems associated with this type of cable? Was it only used for a short period of time? tia

Hi Phil, I had that problem too!! about 2 years ago, Then the gear box went!! Have sorted this problem as the fuel line was faulty cant decide whether I should sell it or whether its a case of better the devil you know. Oh well, just waiting for the fuel pump to go and ruin all the...

Have now got it running via a 5 gallon of diesel straight into the pump, so thats a relief looks like air leak into line somewhere

Hi Last night my vivaro cut out whilst driving and will not start. It turns over but does not seem to be getting diesel through. The black manual pump when squeezed does not do anything and there seems to be air in the system. Any ideas what to do and where to start. Make...

chill pill is needed, I guess I got wound up this morning when he was waiting for me as soon as I walked out the door at 8 :oops:

Court - because this is how they are!! I cannot afford to get involved in that rubbish and neither want to. I shall put up my own fence and 2 metres would be perfect!! If I do this - no when I do this!! I hope there is no legal reason they can stop me. Although they will be onto the...

Thanks for your replies, it was all done before we moved in however it was a commercial building before but now its our home and we want it to look nice. looks like we will have to put our own fence up on our land as they are refusing us permission to remove their fence and replace it with a...

What actually happens if you live in a conservation area but do things you shouldnt ie, change the windows and door. or replace a concrete drive for cobblestones or add a open style oak beam porch to it ? I have not done any of these things!! However where I live I have noticed people...

My neighbour has a garage built from breeze block. His side is all nicely rendered but our side is just unfinished blocks not even cemented together properly. should it be left like this? it sticks up about 60cm above the fence and is about 20 metres long.

Thank you for your answer, I am confused hence the post. I am not competent regarding fire alarms, so I do not normally get involved with them. However if a small project is something I could take on to improve my knowledge then I would like to, with the necessary research before undertaking...

Hi, I have been asked for some advice on a fire alarm system in a small simulator shop. I do not have much knowledge in this area except for pulling in cables and connecting smoke heads as an apprentice. There is currently no system there at all. I have a few questions. 1) What...

the door is staying the same so not a problem, thanks for your answer

Hi, I am thinking of building an oak framed open style porch on the back of my house, I was thinking of building it on top of a wall about 24 inches high, If i do this do i need to dig footings down to 1 metre ?? The wall will be about 40 inches long thanks

I recently bought 10x 3 watt 48 led smd gu10 lamps in warm white from ebay around 5 pounds each, I have fitted them in my hallway and have to say for a direct replacement of 50watt gu10 they are perfect and very difficult to tell the difference when in a fitting next to a standard 50watt...

Saw this style of cable only last week, on a lighting circuit thought it was 3 core with the cpc cut out but on further investigation there wasnt one!! could only sleeve to suit as only a light fitment change

thanks for your reply , can you remember costs involved, the dno told us to fit a sub meter

Had a look cant see any screws on meter without cutting seals

Hi All, I am looking at a job at the moment of splitting a shop and flat electrics, what I would like to know is there a meter available that will be capable of producing two readings, one for each board ? or 3 boards if I install a seperate heating board for the flat storage heaters. The...