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I'll get some pics in the morning. I believe the ground was contaminated and and the developers had to dig all of that out. It looks as if they've just tiped a load of sand and soil back in. As I said, I just want someone to tell me what needs doing in order to get it sorted. I'm very...

I think that a new drain has been put in at the bottom of the garden that runs all the way down the rear of the other houses on my street. (I'm relying on what the wife tells me as I was at work when it was done!) The gardener dug out a hole in the bottom corner of the garden and fille dit...

Hi guys. I have recently bought a new build house. Being the generous housebuilders that they are, we were left with a mound of earth as a back garden. We have set a Landscape Gardener on to build a 2-level flagged patio and a lawned area as the garden is on a slight slope (down, away...

I was curious as to which switch controlled which light. Therefore after killing the power I threw each switch individually and put my tester on the open ends of the cores. It's a Wickes 500W Security Floodlight 702839/702840. Not sure if there's a manual online (I'm having to use a pay as...

The spark had left the cable folded over on itself within the wall with a white plastic cap covering the hole. The switch is on the other side of that wall approx 1m below and was already wired. A simple 1-way arrangement would be the most obvious solution, and the tests I've done so far...

Thank you for the swift reply!! The fitting does have an L & L1 terminal, however there is a label on the L1 terminal saying "slave use only" The wiring diagram also only shows a twin and earth connection. I also didn't get any bells on my tester when checking continuity on the 3rd core...

Hi all. Today I've been fitting some external lights to my new house, consisting of a low level ambient light, and a high level PIR operated security light. All the wiring was done by the builder's spark prior to us moving in and they have fitted a 3 gang switch adjacent to the back door...

I'm not a fan of combis therefore this may sound a little biased, but I would consider binning the combi and going down the system boiler with unvented cylinder route (provided you have a decent incoming cold water pressure). Mainly because if you are living there with 2 other lodgers, you're...

It's likely the inlet valve is vibrating. Lift the cistern lid off and flush the loo and GENTLY push the inlet valve to one side and see if this has any efect on the noise. You wouldn't believe the racket these can make! If so replace it with one of these. Once described to me as the...

Hi there. We installed a shower pump a couple of years ago. I put it in the airing cupboard at the base of the hot water cylinder. The bedroom that the airing cupboard is in has now become our new arrival's Nursery. In a few months he'll be in there sleeping and the pump activating will...

Steady on mate, you can do whatever you like with your time. It's just that I get paid to design heating systems and the like, and I therefore know that the device you have come up with will do diddly squat to assist a Mechanical Engineer in designing systems. You run along though and...

:lol: :lol: :lol: It's not just me who thinks this is an absurd waste of time then! Phew

And where do the heat losses due to infiltration factor, which are based on the volume & ventilation of the room as opposed to the surface area? Your tool sounds very impressive (!), however as I pointed out earlier in the thread, u-values are used as constants in theoretical equations in...

That gizmo would only really be helpful though when trying to evaluate whether a design for an existing system is adequate. To do the design in the first place (where U-values are actually used) your gadget isn't very useful, especially as you'd need the room fully built in order for it to...

No such thing with stuff like this I'm afraid :lol: . Every wall we touched crumbled and needed re-plastering. The thing that got me through it was thinking that the next time we decorate, it will be much easier!!

Just make sure you test before you plaster over! Or use one continuous length of pipe (plastic or bent copper) for the buried bit so there are no joints to fail.

Do you pay extra for the fish? :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's directly above where it was, in the airing cupboard in our spare room. We were having a new supply put in for the immersion on our new cylinder and the gas and flow and return pipework ran from the cupboard into the kitchen so it was easy enough to sort out. Core drilling the 4" hole...

Does the shower currently work under gravity? If so you don't need a negative head kit. Other things to consider; Does the cold supply to the shower run from that tank too? Is there any space in your loft directly above? The thing to consider when fitting a shower pump is that...