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Just been given a heads up B+Q are giving away a Dulux paint pod compact with the purchase of any dulux product and i mean ANY , even matchpots, so go in buy a matchpot for £1.48 and get a free paintpod compact machine worth £29.99, it runs on batteries and even comes with the duracell batteries...

anyone know where i can get one of thes on its own.i have the saw and the newr ones come with it , but the exakt site is down and googling comes up with nothing . i need it to cut some pipes squarely thanks Nick

Hi all i have a drain pipe i need to extend /alter, as i have just found out it is a thick walled vitrified clay pipe, i have got the pipe out to the nearest coupling on an elbow, and now i have a dilemma, i cannot get the coupling out, nor can i now get pipe to fit in it as it is apparently no...

Evening all i know its a long shot but has anyone got a spare old style emergency keyswitch to fit a tenby grid system, they are quite large about 50 x 25 and only two switches fit between the pins on a 1 gang box. I have a job where i have a faulty one but they are know out of production and as...

Whats the deal now that polypipe own terrain, are they going to discontinue the polypipe range or just run them side by side, as I am after some terrain gear, but dont know whether to ask for polypipe or terrain or polypipe terrain???? Makes it pretty awkward having a company with two ranges of...

Hi all, we currently have a soil pipe rising up in the corner of our bathroom, it goes from downstairs all the way up and through the roof. It only serves a washbasin downstairs, and the toilet,bath and basin upstairs. Is it permissable to cap off the pipe in the boxing where the toilet cistern...

Hi all went to a job to day to re-instate the emergency power off contactors to two dsiboards in a school. They operate machinery so when an e stop is hit they need to open. I have done the mains power side and connected the coil up temporarily to energise it . The problem i am having is the E...

Will be installing a door access sytem to a drug/alcohol rehab unit, the sytsem will be linked to the fire larm and so will open in event of fire anyways, but do i need to provide green break glasses aswell in order to open the doors??? They would be located inside the secure area and be above...

Hi all i have just bought some new straight drayton trv 4 thermostatic radiator valves with their respective lockshield valves. I already have some other straight trv valves that i bought before they produced a set. I would now like to buy some more lockshield valves to go with my existing...

My trusty fluke t5 meter has now decided to stop indicating anything on its display, one day it was fine then the next some segments went then today nothing. Have traced it to the display being faulty as sometimes works if you press on it. Has anyone got any ideas where you could obtain a...

Hi all, i asked this simple question on the IEE forum but as yet no definitive answers, but some umming and arghiing Basically i need to know the particular reference methods for the following wiring situations under the 16th edition /not 17th 1. single core AWA cables buried in a...

Hi all, i ned to change 2 MCBs in an old style crabtree board, the breakers are marked as b32 so not very very old, but also have bs3871/en60898 on the side of them , they are called starbreaker and have the busbar stub on the back of the breaker. Are the newer starbreaker MCBs compatible with...

Hi all i am finally getting round to doing the porch roof, it is a lean too roof with a ceiling at the front part and the back part and a velux in the middle forming a sort of lightwell. What do i need to do to insulate the roof, can i put rockwool onto the ceiling parts or would some 50mm...

Hi i used some of this recently on my floor, but the finish wasn't as i had expected, the product was fairly stiff in consistency and didnt want to level out readily. I am going to be putting another layer down over some underfloor heating and wondered if it would have any effect if i added more...

Hi i am soon to be tackling the kitchen floor, at the moment it is covered in brown 'marley' tiles. I have to add a 6mm layer of WEDI insulation to it which i have been told i can stick down with flexible tile adhesive. My question is what do i do with the existing floor do i rip the tiles up...