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Thanks all, I disconnected the power going into the control panel, one I did that the bellbox battery kicked in and it sounded for around 5 mins until it went flat. Going to go up in a day or 2 to take it off, will follow the advice and cut them long and leave inside new dummy bellbox

Got to make some repairs and paint over a smallish flat roof which covers a porch and part k living room. It's pretty old so I am concerned with standing on it. I also have no idea how these roofs are made, would it have a full deck of floor or would it be jousts running every so often with...

Thanks for the replies. Could I possibly not disconnect power at the control panel and still do the job.. With it being 12v and not mains powered is it safe to just cut off the wires that are going to the box without any risk of shock?

Sorry forgot to add, the bell box still has power going to it as when the consumer unit is turned off it sounds for about 3 min before going dead

Hi all, Going to disconnect an ancient old bell box tomorrow and mount a dummy box in the same place for now. No worries to damaging any wires as the next alarm will be done using new cables. I did speak to an electrician about this and he said the wires inside the bell box should be thin...

Ok I have found this right angle elbow: So please confirm if this sounds correct: extractor into ceiling > 350mm length of plastic ducting to create rise > elbow to turn the ducting left > plastic ducting sloping downwards all the way to the wall into the vent. Just want to ensure I...

How do you create a bend with the plastic ducting? The extractor fan will come up into the celing and plastic ducting connected to create the rise, but then need to go 90deg left towards the gable end. Are there adapter/elbow pieces available to create the turns? Also, can the joins just be...

Thanks John, thats got me thinking. Raising the floor level - did you build a long hump kind of shape across the length of the garage door? Im thinking if I built a hump about 100 mm thick and 50mm tall that might work, possibly supported with some lengths of timber until the concrete dries...

Hi all, My garage was flooded a last week while I was away for a few days, must have happened when all the flash rains were falling and the rainwater couddnt drain away fast enough. Unfortunately a lot of my stuff was on the floor which has suffered water damage, I have been cleaning up and...

Thanks for the replies. I got the dimensions off them, out of the large and extra large van there is not much in it other than length. So I booked the large van, they cant specify which exact ione, length 3.73, height 2.14, width 1.77. I think it will be ok if it goes in sideways and tilted to...

Need to collect some doors I have bought off ebay and transport them 100 miles or so, hence needing to hire a van. The doors have a frame size of W 168cm X 204cm, here is a pic: I dont know whether they will fit in the 'medium' commercial van, or whether I should go with the 'large'...

I won't have ladders to get that high once the roofer has gone so I think I'll get the cowl vent cover instead of the flappy one unless there is any problem with this?

Thanks EFL, that's brilliant, really appreciate you taking the time to do that,makes is much clearer. In regards to the cowl or flappy vent, can the cowl be fitted over the flappy vent, or it is better to to just have the hole and then the cowl over the hole (no flappy vent) Thanks

thanks for all the replies, really helpful. i hope this image is the correct way of doing it: so the ducting/solid pipe has to rise above the vent hole and then fall back down? I drew this into the image. Hence its best to try and keep the vent hole as low as possible so that the ducting can...

Just seen this on toolstation, is this the missing piece that will be pushed trough the cavity wall hole, vent push onto one end and ducting to the other? 100 Round Pipe 100mm x 350mm Description Fits over components with 100mm o.d. round spigots. Ideal for installation within a cavity wall...

Electrician is fitting an extractor fan to bathroom ceiling but as he doesn't know much about the actual exit hole for the extractor so I have asked a brickie to drill the hole at the gable end of the house, its a cavity wall so the hole will be quite deep The electrician will install the...

I have just seen this lovely looking hardwood door on ebay which is close to my dimensions and just £250 or best offer: The dimensions of this door are 1680 x 2040 My dimensions are 1705 x 2210 The width is 25mm too small, could this be packed out sucessfully? And the height, we were...

Thanks for all the replies. Im not looking for anything fancy, we just needed a door and side panel (no sidelights, solid wood not required), the most important thing at the moment was cost as we have spent all our budget on the rest of the house. Hence was trying to find the cheapest way of...

Sounds like an interesting plan. I would just get rid of the second wooden doors and made good. Do you think the cost of a wooden door /side panel would be cheaper than composite? Also, are wooden doors easily available from window /door companies. I have never really looked into it. Thanks

Thanks for replying. Do you mean get rid of the outside door and just have a storm shelter and then a new wooden door where the existing inside wooden door exists? I did think of this but wife wants a place to dump muddy shoes etc hence wanting to keep the porch. Yes all of the houses on...