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Thanks for your opinions, useful. In reply to big all, we are at the moment ( in the summer) having to use a. 2kw pool heater to warm the 12ft x 12ft pool and it does a good job but over a season proves costly. There are you tube videos of the "coil" solar heaters working and producing a very...

Hello I have seen plans for a DIY solar heater for heating a pool that consists basically of a long length(about 100ft) of 1/2"- 1" black pipe coiled and fitted to a board. The sun heats water pumped through it that goes around the coil and out into the pool. My question is would copper pipe...

Hi, Although this isn't directly about electrics in the house I am hoping someone can help me. My little boys radio control jeep runs off one of the smaller 12v batteries and we have two (new) that are each 5ah (pictured. ) I have bought a charger (made by Streetwize) that is for 12v batteries...

If the tiles are firmly adhered to the wall and the plasterboard sheet's base is resting on a solid surface and the fixings are through the tiles into the wall behind why would there be any chance of the tiles coming away from the wall and the plasterboard with it !? I could have spent hours or...

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I have seen a few questions about putting plasterboard over existing tiles. None of the answers were that conclusive and someone out there might find this useful as I needed to do this myself in a bathroom. The existing tiles and the wall they were on was very sound and so I simply used the...

Hi I have bought a composite front door from eBay that is white with a realistic wood grain effect.I want to paint it blue or green but can anyone tell me best paint to use considering it is an outside door and can I paint straight onto the door or will I need to prime/key. Thanks in advance

I have installed the above shower pod in our bathroom and the plumbing side has been carried out by a good plumber. In the instructions it is pretty ambiguous about sealing it but somewhere on their website they advice using silicone between any joints before they are bolted together. In other...

Meant to add to last question does the higher ah rate mean the wires/cables have to be heavier duty? Thanks

Thanks both for your replies, yes of course I meant 12v 50ah sorry ! Because the voltage is the same can I use the same connectors or if I decide to use new ones can it be any cable and connector that handles 12v? Thanks

Hello, I have been given two 12v 50amp batteries to replace some 12v 10 amp batteries that have gone dead. The batteries are to be used in my sons electric ride on truck, I have a couple of questions please. 1.) Does the extra amperage of the battery mean that it will last longer between...

Hello I want to set up lighting that can be used at craft shows etc where there is no power available. My idea is to run several 20w led floodlights (not many) off a leisure battery. Can anyone let me know ,in layman terms, how to achieve this. Are all the lights connected together to each...

We have two light fittings on our kitchen ceiling that comprise of three swivel spots on each. The ceiling is not very high and these hang proud and I want to replace these with two recessed (preferably led ) lights. The ones I have looked at all seem to be flat but to ensure that the light...

We have kids playfort at the end of our garden that we have inherited. It is built on two levels and the top walkway acts as the "ceiling " for the underneath bit. The walkway is made of butted up 6" x 1" tannalised timber and this has been liberally coated with a flexible black damproofer...

Further to my question above I have decided to use 3mm ribbed rubber matting and adhere it onto the board underneath. Waterproof and grippy as well I hope. J

I am building a playarea/ small fort for my two boys at the end of our garden. I want to have an area underneath that they can go into but a walkway on top that thay can walk along. I need this walkway area to be hardwearing ,non slippery and waterproof so that no water goes into the area...

I am building a small playhouse/fort at the end of our garden and want to lay down some 600mm square slabs to make up a path. My plan is to lay the slabs onto stable hard soil using a bed of mortar. The soil is damp from the weather but not puddled or soggy and not being a big fan of laying dry...

We have a solid mahogany door that has presumably been on our house for quite a while, at least before we moved in . It is in very good condition but at the moment it is varnished with blisters here and there. I would like to strip it down completely and use an oil finish on it. Has anyone got...

That was an option but don't really fancy shifting over 10 tons of earth ! Thanks for you reply though

We have a wall around our car park area that is about 5 foot high. It is retaining a small bank and although it has drainage holes in it it gets very damp in the wet season(through to the face of it) and subsequently the masonary paint has started to peel etc. This paint was applied using the...