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Hi chaps, My new Rangemaster duel fuel arrived today. I had a kitchen rewire carried out last week and and gas work done in preparation. The remainder gas work will be done next week but I was under the impression I could just wire the oven myself? Either way the supplier told me this is...

Excellent stuff, really appreciate your replies!

Thanks for the reply! I had visions of having to dig down to replace the clay pipe. Stupid question though, but what supports the plastic stack when I cut a section out? Will it drop?

Hi all, I started removing my old kitchen, ready for the new one. Behind some very old units is my plastic soil stack from upstairs. I noticed that at ground level the there was a lot of damp and looked like the concrete had broken down. Looking closer I can see a small crack in the clay...

Thanks for the reply - that makes sense. I don't intend to heat the room, the electrics (and fridge) are already there, it is literally just a case of building a partition wall and doorway.

Hi all, There is currently a door that goes from my kitchen into my garage. I'd like to use the last third of my garage (closest to the kitchen) as a small 'boot room' that will house my freezer, hoover, ironing board & shoes etc. There is already a socket on the wall for the freezer and an...

Hi Chaps, I've had my Glow-worm Ultracom 30 cxi combi boiler fitted for 18 months now. Strange things have been happening over the last two weeks. During the night, the boiler would always seem to be doing 'something' regardless of whether the heating was off or hot water not being...

Not sure if it helps or not, but I bought a new home a few years back. When we completed our snagging list we were told that we may see cracks/gaps appearing due to shrinkage (which we did). Unless these gaps were larger that a specified amount (I think it was 6mm????) then we were responsible...

Hi Chaps, I recently had a Glow-worm Ultracom cxi 30 (combi) installed, along with 8 radiators to replaced my warm air central heating & immersion heater hot water. I noticed after installation that the hot water flow has been reduced (9 litres/min) - cold water flow seems good. Is there...

I'm not sure if you have been on http://www.railwaysleeper.com/ or not? There's some good advice on there regarding treatments etc. Might be worth a look....

No more than 2ft, thanks..

Morning chaps, I have a garden that slopes upwards, away from the house, over a length of about 50ft. I would like to put down some decking on the lower end near the house. I'm planning on excavating some soil to create a flat area about 15ft square and would like to use railway sleepers to...

Thanks for the replies! I do have a DVM at work but can't get it until Wednesday. I'm not sure if the lights worked because after the MCB kept tripping he left it off. It was only when I rewired it, I flipped it back on an nothing happened.

Hi Chaps, A friend had tried to fit a new light for his dining room, removed all of the ires from his celing rose (loop-in), bundled all the colours together and wired up his new lamp. However, the switched live was put in with the neutral and hence MCB kept blowing. I rewired it for him...

tryitandsee - thanks for the info today. I totally understand where the water company is coming from there. My neighbour has had his leak for a while now and just shrugs when i point it out to him, despite it ruining my flower beds. chr15 - thats good to know, i suppose i'll see what the...

Thats for the reply!! Thats really handy to know, i'll print that off and quote it over the phone and see what they say. They definately werent interested in coming so fix it when i spoke to them this morning but after reading that i will definately ask again. Thanks again!!

Replacing the whole pipe would seem like the right thing to do but i'm sure that the section thats damaged may have been damaged by tree roots rather than wear of the pipe. if i could get away with replacing just one section i would rather do that.

Chaps, It appears that the mains supply to my house may have been damaged. An area of my lawn is like a natural spring and i can hear water running inside the house even with the stopcock off. The water board wont take responsibility (obviously) as it's on my property so thought i'd repair...

Thats what i thought. I dont have the tool to turn the stop cok in the road though, can i buy them from a plumbers merchant? I just dont get how my lawn is flooded when the leak "appears" to be on his property.

Chaps, I noticed last week that my neighbours porch was flooded and on closer look saw that water was coming up through his flower bed (like a natural spring). He owns the house as a second home so wasn't that bothered when i pointed out that it's possibly a leaky water main. However...