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Nematodes. I used them last year, and they were absolutely brilliant. They're little slug parasites that come in a chilled package. You mix them up with water, and water the whole garden, infecting every slug that gets wet. It's good for about 6 weeks, so I deployed it once during the spring...

Or you could make the bird table to the size of your slate. That's what I did, using an old Ikea pine bedside table thingy for the main structure of the bird-table, which happened to be just the right size so that two slates fitted at 90 degrees to their normal orientation could be stuck on...

I'd advise against this. A hole in the ceiling that lets the heat upstairs also compromises fire security - a fire in the sitting room could spread upstairs more quickly than you could get downstairs and out... We have a multifuel burner with a boiler in the room upstairs to make hot water...

I reckon FF has slowed down too as the years have gone by and various upgrades and improvements implemented. Even installing completely from scratch (all user data deleted), it still seems not to be the fast lightweight software it once was. Someone I work with has recommended Opera as an...

Sounds like a worthwhile investment to me. I'll work through through Part P and all the links on the Planning Portal provided by BAS. It's a bit sad, maybe, but I quite like this sort of reading. Any other recommendations?

I'm going to have to get back to you on this - there's enough reading to keep me busy for several evenings! But I am already puzzled... Apparently, I can replace the damaged wiring in a circuit, like for like, without notifying anyone or taking any particular action, as long as I am...

I have been reading this forum with great interest, and was given some really useful advice last week, for which I am very grateful - thanks, guys! I wondered if someone could direct me to some resources which deal with the hurdles the diy-er has to deal with before embarking on any work...

Isn't the most important part of this phrase 'current-carrying capacity'? That's how I was reading it. What I have assumed is that because of the depth of insulation in the (highly-insulated) loft that the lighting circuit must drill down through to reach the ceiling roses, the current-carrying...

Good answer - I hadn't thought of creating two circuits joined at the consumer unit. And that would solve so many of the problems, including the kitchen light dilemma (which is a fancy L/N/E) - if I put it at the end of the new downstairs circuit, then I only have the feed and switch cables to...

I live in a small two bedded house with a single lighting circuit that covers all 8 lights in the building, upstairs and down, and has no earthing. It looks very old - red and black PVC. A couple of questions arise: 1. Is it essential to have separate up and down circuits for lights? The...