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Its not a joke, I expect I should been more on the ball with the and most likely had it done before now, but its fallen through the cracks and given no trouble so I have not. I have no paperwork for the boiler and having just rung up, warranty is only 1 year anyway hence irreverent. Obviously...

Parents have electric underfloor heading so I am new to gas boilers. Unit was serviced as part of the sale of the house but has done three years since then and is obviously going to run for more hours in the next three months than the following 9. Never missed a beat and I don't feel I...

I am confused, says they didnt get it serviced, but then also blames the gas service bloke? Thought all boilers are room sealed anyway now? Daniel

I presume the 25m run is far from line of site, but even then, it does seem long. Presumably also well rules out running SWA all the way back to the incoming supply, distribution board and or consumer unit. Daniel

Polyfiller and an quiet half hour with a small pallet knife?

Will you be fitting the cable yourself? If not I would speak to whoever you have in mind to fit it. Else to me and someone whos done the job with careful advice from here and a working knowledge if not specific training, it would make sense to continue the run in 10mm^2 SWA for the remaining...

I understand that the quality of cheap electrical goods can be pretty sketchy, but while I gave an ebay link as the example, the same price range of LED products can be found on TLC, and I expect while far from amazing they are probably as good as the budget halogen lamps found on the...

So where it was the case that halogens still held it for pir control short-term illumination, these have got to give the £4 wilkos halogens a run for there money?

When I looked three years ago for flood lights LEDs where quite pricey, but looking again now there are about £1/watt with 10 and 20w versions with or without pir littering ebay. Example...

Going there by car? Run it off the fag lighter...

To be blunt, sounds a bad idea. Look at 'shed and fence' paints. Daniel

Well, the top coat was also softish, but does sand, so after a coat i of that I topped off the worse of the flat faces and sloshed a second cost on. Mild brush strokes visable but otherwise very happy considering what is and the limited amount of love it had. Photos and info at...

The Digger in question is a Smalley 5 MkII made in Lincolnshire in 1971. The paint has in the main worked well, the dulux Zinc Phosphate was a bit of a pig to keep a wet edge on, hard to wash out of brushes, and all but impossible to sand. The topcoat is also fairly soft, but covered over the...

Still found nothing to date, best I have is a replacement door of the right width, with no promise that it will fit and not enough information to decide for myself if I think it will fit. I would quite happily pay double the price (£60-70) for a box the right size to replace the lot. Daniel

Would be happy to bodge it with an over-door or cut off the old front and re-front it. But even the new fronts all seem to be 3/4 of the width I need, or huge ones for industrial boxes. Any other leads? Daniel

No, its poo-pants design, totally toss, would never fit downlighters to a kitchen. I plan to change them at some point, probably to a pair of led spot light bars, but I basically only weekly commute to the house and just haven't got around to it for the sake of half an hours use four nights a...

I was going to say, I have a fair size kitchen (2.6x5.2m) and find the 8 GU10 halogen downlighters in 2*4 array to be more than enough, all be it with them all having 50w bulbs in, and with the inherent issues of shadowing on the work tops that you get with downlighters. Bathroom also has a...

Ditto. Annoying, but one of those things. Daniel

Cement render?

Paint it up cheap and dirty, so it looks about right, but wont last. - Will look like when showing people round. - Some wont notice its painted, happy days. - Others will, but life goes on, and you agree it will need changing. - Bathroom updates are unlikely to repay on final sale...