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It could well be 200 years old. The build is new, the shell is old.

Good point sxturbo. Thank you.

Hi everyone. We are looking to buy a new-build house that has beamed ceilings in many of the rooms. The beams are softwood, pine I guess. I don't think they are structural. We have the choice as have them painted or not. I assume that unpainted means no finish at all, just bare wood. They look...

Yes, so the seal is around the door's edge; on the same plane as the hinges, the lock and so on. The seal then gets squashed between the door and the door frame.

Ah, thank you. The battens they used to make the frame seem to be about 22.5mm. So, you think I should be OK sinking a 6mm deep slot into that?

I have those doors that look like paneled doors but where the surface is made of plastic - common in modern houses. I would like to route or cut a groove to mount an acoustic seal - just a thin piece of flexible rubber. The door is made from a wooden outer frame and then covered with what...

Ah, you mean chased into the wall, behind plasterboard and so on. These cables are run in plain sight through conduit and so on, so no issue with concealment in this case.

OK, sorry that I wasn't clear... I want to wire the switches in series, not the light bulbs. When you mentioned it, the thought did tickle me though. Must remember to think of every possible interpretation.

Hmm. It is true that someone could turn the light off from the ground floor. This is also true of my house loft as well where I have the light switch being near the base of the ladder. Never seen that as an issue to be honest. If I were to put the switch 'by' the loft ladder on the ground floor...

I have a garage with a loft. Currently it has one light switch for the main space. I would like to get a second switch installed for the loft (which is accessible by ladder). Can this second switch be wired in series such that the first switch controls both lights, while the second, when...

Just bought a Makita plunge saw. Really great price and fast delivery. I was slightly nervous when I ordered - simply because the cost was so attractive - but I can't see now that there was any reason to be.

Thanks very much for the input. To be clear then Dan; are you saying that you have used one of these with a Miele dryer and are sure that the yellow adapter thing fits in the pace of one of the spouts?

The waste pipe on this tumble dryer is especially small diameter. No problem as it comes with an adapter which you put into the compression fitting - see this video; However; what do you do if you have an existing washing machine waste hose and you need to connect two hoses? I don't have room...

I would be careful of such benchmarks polesapart. The phone is designed to be used continuously. It will withstand many millions of discrete operations before failing. They are kept in pockets and subject to regular shocks when banged around and dropped. They undergo rapid repeated temperature...

If people don't mind me having a rant... Why doesn't anyone design plumbing fittings that actually do their job? I mean the point of these valves is to sit there for years doing nothing and then to work. I appreciate that probably no-one reading this is a plumbing fitting designer but really the...

Thanks OB really useful. I don't have any red disc handles. They were never fitted. It makes sense that this is what they were designed for though. Good to know some idea about torque limit. Thanks again for a thorough explanation.

I shut off the pump gate valves so that I could service my central heating pump last night. These stop the water as removing the motor assembly splits the wet part of the pump in half? Did the valves work? Did they heck! So questions for anyone who does this more than the once that I have...

What causes you to be curious on this point?

No, why?

Water softeners are one of the most confusing things to research on the web in my opinion. People who sell them drop straight into that snake oil selling mode even though they are valid appliances which do have genuine value. I have recently had one installed; a Monarch Midi. I have learned or...