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I have a gravel driveway with a weed membrane layer underneath, unfortunately one section of the weed membrane is full of holes allowing weeds to grow through. Are there any chemical options, something Bitumen I could use to seal the ground on the repair section rather than having to lift the...

As far as i know i'm not aloud to connect to them to the foul drain and the gutter drains start about 12 inches below the ground which i think is higher than the trenches can be so i think ill need to route the water to the front of the house where there's a surface water manhole.

I'm looking to put in some land drainage in my back garden which is heavy clay and from august to april is water logged. I've tried putting in some small soakaways but these just end up full of water and will reduce over a couple of days of no rain. Having done a lot of reading online it seems...

yup its on a off peak circuit. Thats a good point i didnt consider. The problem is that in order to get it the heater to give enough heat during the day it means the heater has to get very hot over night. Can you get timers that run without a constant current? Failing that I guess i need...

It's getting to that time of year when my storage heaters need turned back on however one in the bedroom is giving off too much heat during the night. The heater is on an ecomomy 7 circuit but i want to reduce is to maybe 3 hours during the night. I want to put an additional timer on the...

It's cool. I just have electric.

Thanks for that. I think I will I will lose the vent because as it stands I get a rediculous ammount of condensation from the cold coming in anyway.

Hi there, I am rearranging my kitchen to make the most of a small space. My kitchen sink is currently against an external wall but i would lilke to move it to the opposite wall which is external to the flat but not to the building. Idealy i would like to replace the air brick with actual...

Thanks for that.

Can someone please tell me if Scottish Power's White Meter tarriff always consists of an Off-Peak circuit and a normal circuit? Thanks

Thanks for that. If it's a thermostat then am I right in saying it should be loose in the casing? Also you might be able to help with the wiring. I have wired in the offpeak and the normal circuits however only the off peak seems to work. With the convector switch on there in no power to any...

I just bought a second hand storage heater without instructions not considering i wouldnt be able to find them online. Having had previous storage heaters i was quite confident i would be able to set up however this one seems a little more advanced that ones iv had before. There is a part...

thanks for the clarification. I will disconnect the off peak feed and just run it on the main supply. It only needs to be on for an hour to warm up anyway so the benefits of cheaper electricity are much less than with the storage heaters.

I had a horstmann ecomomy off peak timer box for a immersion heater which although appeared to be working, the element never worked. After making sure it wasnt the element i bought a new timer box (Horstmann Electric 7), installed it following the instructions and it is working great. I have...

not a bad idea, i recon i would need to upgrade my fusebox to accomodate though as i don't have any spare fuses.

Thanks for the quick reply. Thats just what i was looking for although your right they are not pretty and pretty big as well. I'll have a shop about and see if i can find. Thanks for your help!

I currently live in a 100 year old ground floor flat that has old storage heaters. They were turned off all summer until about October and now in January they are not able to keep up with the freezing weather. I know modern storage heaters allow the use of off-peak power and on-peak boost but...