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Davy Thanks for your reply. SWA is overkill, I have this at home and is a pain to work with. I will look at this cable to order Cheers Zooming

Hi all I'm installing an outside light for security. I have taken a spur from an upstairs socket, connected to switched 5 amp FCU and drilled a hole through the wall to run the external cable. I know the cable needs to be 1.5 however what's the best external cable for the job. Spoke to a spark...

Zampa Thanks for the reply. I was hoping to avoid having to line the room, but the paste remains and trying to scrap causes more problems with paint coming of. Cheers

From the tone of most who post on the site the use of adhesive borders are disliked, due to the fact they leave a mess when removed. My question is this. We moved into a new house and there was a border onto plasterboard walls which had been painted, therefore after removing parts of the paint...

Can anyone help. I have a Ford transit 2004 jumbo and the starter has just went. The mechanic says that it's normally down to the clutch burning and creating dust that settles in the starter and causes the fault. Is this "true" as he also mentions checking the fly wheel and maybe stripping...

Glyn Haven't seen a long handle watering can, can't you take an existing one to your local fabrication merchant and ask to weld an extra peice on. M

Afternoon all Wonder if you can help. Moved into a new house a couple of years ago and now noticed that the external front door paint is peeling of. It appears that the builders have used gloss on the doors that look like a wood but appear to be of metal construction. Looking to paint the...

Hi guys Thanks for the info. I did give the wall a second mist coat, just to be sure. I will remember and size prior to wallpapering as the wallpaper itself specifies pasting the walls and then apply the wallpaper. Not approached wallpaper using this technique before is there anything that I...

afternnon all Recently converted the garage into a new room, the walls are plastered and the first coat of diluted emulsion is on. However the wife now wants wallpaper on one of the walls. Can I now wallpaper directly onto the wall or would I need a second coat of diluted emulsion to...

Hi Guys Looking to purchase a nail gun for second fixing, skirting, facing etc (indoor work mostly). Had a look at the Tacwise Cordless Range specifically the 0758 model but from the search that I did on this site the 18 guage is no use. I was wondering if the 16 guage Tacwise 0969 model...

I'm in the process of converting my garage into a new room and will be due to fix the skirting and facings, however up to now now I have always fixed them using the method of hammer and pins. I would like to invest in a new finishing gun or something similar for this job and new jobs to come so...

ouch! Looks like I will be spending my pennies on something else then Cheers M

I'm purchasing the Wii while in America, not from America :D

Cheers guys for the response. I also heard that the games would be based on region, thus wouldn't work on UK consoles. Looks like i'm paying the full price (if I can get hold of one) Ta M

I was considering purchasing a wii, or 360 in America. Apart from the voltage difference (get an adaptor) would these consoles work in the UK. Is there an issue with PAL and NTSC. Thanks for your help M

Breezer Put this link in for a good picture. I did a search for the product via google and it appears to be available from this link: http://www.thedigiboxshop.com/global-2-way-4-way-8-way-sky-2-way-splitter-amplifier-signal-booster.html . I like the idea that it's powered vis the rf2...

Hi all Planning on boosting my signal from my RF2 output on the sky box to two televisions with in the house, both with SKY tvLink magic eyes. Searched through the forums and came across the T120 product from global: http://www.globalcom.co.uk/prod_blank.php?ProductsID=23 It appears that...

Do you not have to consider the fact that the tiles and the ply etc will raise the height of the toilet and the cistern, so you should be aware that you may have the change the fixing positions etc

Sounds all a bit "Duff" to me Next :D