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Well i cannot find any more excuses, its either spend £15k on new windows and doors or try and paint our brown ones to black. Done it before for someone else using Zinsser grey primer and 2 coats of fortress matt. Been 4yrs since i last did them and they are still in good nick. Only problem I...

Thank you Hugh, will post a pic when it is light tomorrow.

Can someone give me some guidance on which drain should be installed externally ? I am sure the wrong drain has been fitted prior to us buying this house. We get really strong sewage smells coming from it, so I am thinking that it has either been fitted wrongly or it is the wrong type. I am also...

Thanks, appreciate that.....

I regularly use Leyland and find that fine.

Lots of people think the thicker the gloss "Dulux for example" the better, Wrong, if it is too thick you get dragging leaving a horrid finish. I thin my paint slightly and get a perfect finish every time.

Anyone have any experience with one of these ??? I have read they have a johnson motor which are generally very reliable, but have never heard of this make. Einhell TE-CD 18-2 18V Li-Ion Cordless Combi Drill 1 x 1.5Ah

Sorry guys was a bit late replying, here is the item in question. Yes I agree very unusual not to have an adjustment on it, and decided to wire it up with earth. With hindsight a bit stupid not to, just thought very unusual to even have an earth on LED lights, never had one on any I fitted...

There are no settings or adjusters on it

Just put a different light in place of the one that was staying on and it is working fine. Just a faulty PIR then......

I bought 3 lights from screwfix, one of which I wired up to the wiring of a light that was there previously, which works fine. The other 2 I have linked together and run them through bedroom wall by way of a plug going into a socket. The first one of the 2 linked stays on constant - is there...

I have just taken down an old security light that was here when we moved in. It was a switched light but if you tried switching it on or off it would trip the electrics. I noticed they had a terminal block inside the light which had the 3 lives, 3 neutrals and 3 earths together. My thinking is...

ok no problem - thanks. I think it best if this message was locked or deleted b4 anymore can be written !!

Hey guys - i did not mean to come across as arogant or wishing to dodge official proceedures, its just with money so tight i do most things myself. If i feel that it cou;d be dangerous or beyond my capabilities i would not even attempt it. The last thing i wanted was to kick start armegeddon on...

that works both ways, and iam sure the french built the bridge and are still collecting the tolls. anyway i cheat and come back via glorster - its only numpties that dont know their way around that pay :lol:

well when your putting mint sauce on your next roast dinner - picture a hairy arsed taffy on the side of a mountain with a sheeps back legs down his wellies going at it hammer and tongs - and the farmer can clearly be heard saying "thats another one going across the bridge" :P

yes i believe that is where it is coming from. is it because the pipi has become frozen ???

I can understand where you guys are coming from so thanks. It's a bit different here in wales, you can pretty much do what you like in the confines of your own boundary cos nobody ever checks.

I do have a sparky mate who is up to his eyes in work, but he will come out for a coffee and give it the once over to make sure all is safe. The wire will go through my attic and down into my workshop, so wont be external at all. I live in a bungalow by the way b4 anyone asks if i have a 2...

We had this boiler fitted november 2009 it works absolutely fine. When we had a cold snap early 2010 we were getting a slight drip from below the boiler. We called the plumber out he told us this happens with condensing boilers and he said if your lucky the pipes wont freeze on you at the back...