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I have a 10ft x 10ft shed that i work most nights in rebuilding a motorbike (mrs has refused me access to the house with bike bits) The shed is made from t&g shiplap. i have clad the inside of the shed with sheets of 10mm mdf, which has stopped any draughts, but i now have voids in between...

gravity fed as in cold water tank in the loft? i dont think so? im pretty sure we have a cold water tank but its not used we have a worcester combi boiler. thanks

ahh fantastic well we are getting the bathroom retiled so the floor is coming up anyway. so im hoping the run the pipes for the bath under the floor sorry something else. how do i go about capping off a radiator as the bath will be going where the radiator currently is. can i just put...

evening all we are looking at removing an ancient leaking shower cubicle in our house (which current is leaking into the room below) my mrs would like to have a bath instead of the shower cubicle an have a glass panel for the shower the bath room is tiny, 10ft long x 8ft. i will need to...

Sorry to dig this thread back up.... i havent gotten around to adding the additional zone on to our alarm. do i just power down the alarm as it is, (power & battery) connect the new PIR as per the others, then power up the alarm? really appreciate any input thanks!

cheers all i will buy a filtered face plate i totally missed that the extensions on the idc's on the faceplate are not in a filter!! so buying a filtered faceplate will hopefully help loads!!! for the alarm i will just buy a crimp on "BT" plug from maplin an shove it into the "phone"...

Morning all hopefully someone can point me in the right direction basically a mates house has an adsl problem, he is getting a speed of 30kb so i changed filter no effect i then unscrewed the face plate (NT5) an plugged into the test socket - he got a speed of 5mb !! so the prob is...

dorry i aint updated this... engineer came around an disconnected the wire from the anchor point he said due to the age of the bracket he didn't want to to touch as it risks damaging the woods its screwed into.... so once he had gone i pulled it out with a pry bar :mrgreen...

Phone call this morning off the call centre to say an engineer will be out on saturday i will keep you updated on what happens

i was thinking of taking the thing off, but the cables seem to be really tensioned so as soon as i take it off i can see if flying across the garden spoke to BT on 0800 917 7381 who sad they will send someone out. he said there wont be a charge aswell as we don't have any services with BT...

Morning all i started replacing my guttering on the weekend but i have hit a snag literally. there is a BT anchor point attached to the fascia board under the gutter. this is in the way of the new gutter im pretty sure i cant just remove it (we dont have a phone line, but the cable...

morning all i need to level my front garden as at the moment its more like the somme than a garden it has quite a lot of stones mixed in an being in the North West the soil is basically clay. i need to break up all the sods an clods to level it an hopefully turf it. is it recommended...

cheers john i will try it i was thinking maybe its the carb? possibly diaphram which im told is common on these to leak it seems to stall pretty easy if grass gets stuck in the collector

Morning all i was given a petrol lawn mower which has a briggs an stratton classic 35 engine. the engine runs (after a new plug) but seems to surge an runs basically a bit lumpy. there is no throttle on mine, so when you start it, it just runs then you release the brake which stops the...

it was a fencing company in Liverpool (AA Fencing) yes feather edge fence panals, i think they are 4ft high x 6ft long, as they were goign on the base panels that will lift the whole fence up - if that makes sense just measure the area you want the fence then decide it by 6 (concrete...

I paid just over £9 each for posts but these are 9fts base panels were just over £5

pass thanks....been there done that an got the sore back (from lifting 9ft posts!!)

my garden was on a slope too, i need over 20 tonne of soil to get it some sort of level i used concrete base panels (2) with wooden feather edge panels on top of them one of the base panels is totally covered by soil they posts an panals were easy to fit, i fitted them using a dry mix...

thanks for all the info guys the alarm in question is a Texecom Veritas where i have drilled the wall for the SWA an alarm cable its in the electricity cupboard at the front of the house (easiest place to pull the cable) by the CU for the main house because im planning on putting the...

fantastico! i was going to run the armoured stuff in a plastic trunk with the alarm cable, but was told i couldn't i will stick it in an see what happens cheers