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Hello, A friend had a new door fitted and wanted it to colour match – to some degree at least – the surrounding doors which he thought were mahogany. He was told the new door was mahogany but it’s much pinker and lighter than he thought it would be, so he asked me to have a look. I’ve...

Sorry, I wasn't clear - Hob is 5 years old - and the rings are heating up unevenly / erratically - I 'm happy to buy a new one and fit that - it's just when I looked over certain info I wondered if it was safe to connect both hob and oven to cooker switch without a lower fuse for the hob. - as...

Hello, I previously got advice from your goodselves re: wiring a hob and oven. I ended up wiring it as below: Now the hob seems to be dying so have checked wiring and all seems o.k. but going over posts I see that some posters have recommended that 'If the installation is carried out...

Hello, cheers for replies. The Fuse board / CU is rated 63A. The fuse for the oven switch says MBN 132A Switch below is about 5m from CU Cable from this switch to terminal block below is 6mm ( flat wire measuring 6.8 x 13.1 accross outer sheath) and travels 1m from switch above...

Hello, I'm replacing an oven and found that the old oven and the hob were both plugged in to the same connector terminal which is wired to the large red oven isolator switch The wire plugged in goes to the hob and the one on the left was the old oven and was wired in here along with...

Hello , Washed runners in Zannussi washing machine, it seemed to stop halfway, couldn't get door open so had to drain it - now it will fill but won't spin. Have had a look in side in case it was something obvious - belt seems in place but drum cannot be turned manually - Have had a look...

Can you wire one of these lights to a standard 3 pin plug? LTC2DD384P Name CFL Bulb 38W 4Pin Dimensions Height 3 cm x Width 20 cm x Lenght 20 cm Energy Saving Energy Saving Watt/Voltage 38W GR10q 4-Pin 3500K 230V Description CFL bulb with slim square low profile design. The square...

Hello forum, I've extended a brick shed, the side wall of the original shed which has a window is now the inside wall of the new extension. I would like to place a workbench up flush against this wall but the window sill prevents this. Can I angle grind off the protruding part of the sill...

Hello, Novice woodworker building my first workshop. I had been buying wbp ply for the walls and then saw shuttering ply in builders providers and thought well that looks like it'd work. Found out it was much cheaper. So is it ok for workshop ceiling?? , will be fitting 5 ft Fluoro battens...

Cheers ban-all-sheds, some nice bed time reading there, great links

Hello, I'm building a workshop in the back garden and have got to the electrics stage. I want to wire it up myself and then get an electrician to bring mains from house and get a fuse box in workshop. I want three four socket terminals and 2x 2 flourescent striplights (3ft). *...

Hello, I’m considering going into business as a wood floor fitter and wondered if anyone knows whether many/ any people buy flooring and then try and find a fitter or are all fitters contracted through flooring retailers? The idea was to develop a website and try and drum up business that...

Hello Forum, I usually just knock on plasterboard walls to find a stud if I'm mounting something heavy, but I've agreed to help a friend mounting a load of shelves, towel racks,cabinets etc. in his new place and i'm concerned about missing a stud or hitting pipes or electrical cables. So...

Cheers justlead1, What would you recommend using to case the channel? I've been told to use a grinder, am I right in thinking I'd have to grind two parrallel channels and chisel out the middle to make it wide enough to fit led and lead wedges?

Hello, I'm about halfway through slating a shed/workshop roof which abuts another shed, and I'm looking ahead to flashing.The other shed is breeze block (large blocks with holes in the middle??) and has a rendered finish. I've read that to install lead flashing a channel of 25mm should be...

Hello, Can you tell me if holes drilled in fibre cement slates, for copper nails/crampions will cause staining via the rain washing cement powder down the roof. In some slates I'm using I've had to drill holes which end up being unused , will these holes cause more cement staining...

Bad planning has meant that the space between my new shed roof and the pantiles on the adjoining shed narrows to near nothing at the bottom / eaves, leaving no room to install the bottom soakers / and embed flashing into wall...

Hello, I need to remove loads of slates (fibre cement- double lapped), which must be replaced and need some tips on how to keep them in the right order (many cut slates at verge, abutment, windows) for putting back on the roof. Cheers

Shed build Calculated a 12 degree roof at 20 degrees (don't ask , I don't know how!) , so went ahead and got slates with a minimum 20 degree spec. have now done half the slating, and realise I'll have to dump slates and start over or raise the pitch. I think with a load of supports on...