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Many years ago I bought a bluetoth GPS receiver to use with a pda running TomTom software. It came with a charger with a two pin plug (!) and a two pin to two pin adaptor. Forget which was round it was but the adaptor was necessary in one of UK/France but not the other. Pin spacing was...

Pressure can be "absolute" (zero is absolute vacuum) or "gauge" (zero is one atmosphere, approx 1 bar/15 psi). Can't be bothered to quote it in lb/sq ft (should really be pounds force per square foot), pascals or butterflies per acre. Using gauge pressure you can have a negative pressure of up...

The heat arises in high resistance points and these are (1) where the wires are connected and (2) where the plug pins contact the socket conductors. I have only ever had problems where the plug makes poor contact with the socket and it tends to be one pin only where both carry the same current...

There is a thread from many years ago discussing this, as an engineer by training I struggle with the idea that a product can be released onto the market which is capable of having two 13 A loads connected but is not safe if you do that AND there is nothing telling the general public that the...

Looks like a mincer attachment to me, IIRC the pin stops the steel mincer plate from rotating and the main part is a softer casting. Probably a new part from Kenwood if you can't get it out.

Don't blame the bricks, we built an extension in the 90s with imperial thickness bricks and the length was very consistent as was the thickness. They were about 10mm or so shorter than the original bricks the house was built with.

What he said Most base units are made with the back inset by 50mm or so to create a void for services so just cut back the sides to allow the unit to sit correctly with the correct depth at the top for the worktop.

Is the damage in a doorway?

As hoping I didn’t have to disturb the neighbours!

We have one of these installed, looks ancient and we are not using it. Alarm box, 4-5 sensors and external bell box. How do I decommission and remove without disturbing the neighbours too much? No idea what the code relates to but not for this alarm.

I fitted one similar at our last house. The seal needs trimming at the hinge to fit closely around it. Can’t post a pic of ours as we moved out last December. It was VP but a small corner bath so didn’t get the worst of the shower but it didn’t leak. Seal was replaced after 2 years as it...

I have seen siphonic pans before but not had to take one apart. Parents and grandparents (as a six year old theirs fascinated me) have had them and these behave in exactly the same way. When flushed the pan fills slowly and a swirl is generated as the pan contents disappear, at the end of the...

Got a bit further and took the cistern off, no bomb! Would that explain why it sometimes doesn’t flush? There is also no hole for the bomb to feed - if I ever find the guy that boxed it in………… there is about 20mm between the tiles and the bottom of the cistern. Do I just replace the big...

Just moved into a 1980s house which has three of these. One is playing up and helpfully is tiled in so not sure if I can get the cistern off. Doesn’t seem to be related to pan contents but are parts still available - it is marked Ideal Standard.

You really want to insulate the vertical and horizontal surfaces (and door) leaving the space ventilated. Anything else risks damp issues in future.

Wonder if they wanted a balcony window but planning said no after work had started.

I presume the glass continues beyond the point where the rail meets the ceiling (if it doesn’t there will be a gap) so you will need to continue the rail along the ceiling to house those glass panels. This means you need something like a 135 degree joint in the rail, then fixing it to the...

Use strips of plasterboard to pack out the coving. Can’t comment on the light question.

My assumption was that you can hold one side to earth potential for the first socket but does the same apply to the second? Yes, you would have to be stupid to do it but I have seen some stupid things.

A question for the learned members - just been reading something and it raised a question about having two "shaver" sockets in the same bathroom. Of course the question would be "why do it". Example - You can now get heated mirror lights many of which include shaver sockets (we had one and...