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Damn, missed that. How did you get on with the gadgets? I spoke from my own experience with the phone. My Nokia roams OK in europe, but was as dead as whatever in the US. My hosts said that this was usual, buy another sim. (I'm too tight to do that.) Is it actually the phone or the sim that...

Well, UK/european phones will not connect to US networks, so you will have to buy a US sim to use while you are there, or just manage to live without a phone for a while. Also your phone and camera charger transformer may not be able to handle 110v, so you will be struggling to get any power...

I don't think they should be dismissed out of hand. They are usually robust depite costing peanuts, and give a simple understandable indication of a live current. What I would like to know (in the same spirit as the OP) is how do you prove that the earth is sound when you use a test lamp or...

I think it's worth a try, 'an it will show your wife is not made of granite Now look what you've started...

I would try the supplier, they are - I assume - experienced in this type of repair and have the right stuff to use. If you don't know the supplier then try your nearest granite supplier. I can't see a DIY job being satisfactory. A chipped worktop is a constant worry, how did you do it? I've just...

A half-inch depth is nowhere near adequate. You should aim to get the depth of the plastic plug into the brickwork, which means a hole around 45-50 mm deep from the face of the plasterwork. In old English, drill a hole 1.75 inches deep, with the screw going in aprox 1.5 inches.

No, I used www.thegaragedoorking.co.uk with no problems (apart from the stress of measuring a nigh-on 16' door and knowing that if it's wrong it's your fault and it'll cost you). They are not in Dorking, but in Brum, but deliver everywhere. I did visit them, a pokey shop. They are very...

I bought 10w T4s, and they didn't give out adequate light. I now have 3 16w and one 10w (under a smaller single cab). That's on a 6m two-wall run, with of course none over the sink/cooker. I wouldn't think that 6w would light up a gnat's elbow. Go for the 20w option, or at least 10w if you're...

Isn't that what I said, the non ion-exchange devices are scale reducers? The OP included them in the generic water softener group and asked for opinions. My point was to clarify where a separate tap was required. For some non-evidenced opinion, a few days after I fitted a Water King...

Only if you use the salt ion-exchange system. The electronic/magnetic/polyphosphate types do not require an untreated supply for drinking, as they are really scale reducers rather than water softeners. I have an electronic 'wrap the wires around the pipe' system. It works quite well...

The (soil) pipe is open? Isn't the other end 750 mm+ underground, so there would only be an invasion of deep tunnelling rats, or possibly curious moles? How would expanding foam taint the water? Can its tainting molecules pass through the mdpe pipe walls?

Lift the light switch 20 mm?

Sorry, word confusion. I meant the Evostick green/blue, which is touted as some type of resin adhesive. Immensely strong, whatever it is. I never think that PVA has the same strength, but I could be wrong.

This full-stop-less posting makes my head hurt too. If the long run is away from the wall by 20mm then fit the longer run flat to the wall and have the short run out, minimising the gap, or... If the angle of the walls is greater than 90 deg then cut plaster 'slots' in the corner where the...

I have glued all joints on most flat pack stuff I've fitted, using epoxy wood glue, on the grounds that it makes a more solid carcass and you can't do much with it after it's fitted. One problem is that you must stand the carcasses square whilst the glue is setting. I used a new pressed paving...

Well, according to the url I posted topsoil is around 1120 litres a tonne. Which is strange as water is 1000 litres/tonne, which makes topsoil lighter, and we know topsoil doesn't float. Topsoil will contain air pockets and organic material, so a bagged litre may well be lighter than a litre...

Good grief, metric is so blooming confusing... 'Soil' is around 900 g a litre, according to http://www.thisiseco.co.uk/EcoSuperSoil.asp So 25 litres would be 22.5 kg, and you would need 45 bags for a tonne. That's £90. One aspect is that the bagged topsoil is probably screeded and...

Plus Gordon's pension payment, I suppose. That's not too bad, there's not a lot you could do DIY, except for the templating, and sometimes it's best to let the suppliers take the responsibility of that.

Hmmm, £4.5k?

I think that in this context 'Keeping the insurance co happy' relates to them having no reason to believe that the terms of the contract are being breached. If they don't believe that then the onus on the driver is horrendous. 'Providing you keep legal and also within the terms of the...