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Thanks, looks like I almost strayed onto commercial matters, sorry all! Please feel free to message me off the board to discuss oil. I move in four weeks, this site is great its answering lots of questions! Duncan.

Of course run this under ground as the ports on PCs and Laptops do not have lighting arrestor circuitry like some other telecom apperatus!

A bit strong ;-) I agree in most instances, but properly specified and installed wireless can run for months or I suspect years without problems (mine has at home!) Not much cop in older houses I guess with the thick walls :-(

Out of interest, If I have TN wiring and an RCD on the entire house, could the fridge and to that matter smoke alarms be wired from a non-rcd fuseway?? Its balanced risk I guess, no RCD cover vs. the effects of a power cut?

Google wireless, you can get additional antennas for a lot of wireless routers (look on the back, has it got a screw connection for the stubby antenna?) You can also get better signal by using a USB wireless adapter so you can hang it on a hook in the outhouse once you find the best location...

Are we saying that dry lining is the way to go - or would having walls reskimmed be cheaper??

I suspected as much! ;-) Any suggestion as to removal techniques?? Ta.

Thanks for the fast reply, do you work in heating then, I will be looking for a service on this boiler in the Salisbury area? Best get the tank filled, what is a fair price per litre these days?? Ta. MOD see item 9

Thanks for that, I intend to get a sparks in to tell me what to do (years out of the trade!), then do the `grunt work`, and get them back in to test and such. Bit of an easy `beer money` job quite frankly for someone I hope. Thanks again!

I understand (please check) that they do use 230v like the UK - and acutally use the old 15a round pin sockets like the UK did 50 or so years ago!

" we had to snip the main 100A FUSE security tab to get it out. " No, you did not, the last owners of the house must have done it!! :wink:

Before you do anything, make sure it does not feed other houses!! Last post is correct, you may may need it again, IF you get sick of cable and the BT master socket is still in tact it is free connection, IF not it is something stupid like £ 99.00 or so! :-)

Did you pay (Any of it) by VISA, if so contact VISA and exaplain the situation, I will only use VISA for deposits or most works (even purchased a car with it much to the `delight` of a forecourt dealer! Protected against fraud, supplier bankrupcy and good mis-description :-) cannot beat it...

Hi, About to move into a house with an earth rod as the only earth point (and that looks bad!) Planning to replace it with a few earth rods with proper protective covers and at least 10mm cables back to the consumer unit, units itself seems to be non-RCD with wire fuses so I plan to...

IF you can open an applicance and only one core goes via the appliance on/off switch connection that to live in the UK!

Hi All, Just about to move into a new house with Oil heating, never has this before in my life - is it economical/environmentally sensible?? The boiler is prob 18 months old and is mounted externally, the oil tank and pipes look brand new as well so I guess 18 months max again! Internal...

Hi everyone, about to move into a house where all of the outside walls have cork tiles on them - never seen this and want to remove them will a wall paper stripper do the job? Or really would I be better off dry lining the entire wall (need to rewire and replumb so I guess all that making...