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Hi All Thank you for all the replies, I didn't intend to start such a lengthy discussion but it has been interesting to read through. I have read on some forums that the charger should have all of the required protection built in and the charger is actually in the car, the box plugging into...

Hi All I need to install an outdoor socket to charge my new car, it is a hybrid and can charge from a normal socket in about 5 hours so I don't see the need to purchase a "proper" car charger. I plan to run this to its own dedicated 16a MCB in the consumer unit, my consumer unit was updated a...

Hi All In the video below you can hear a noise that sounds like there is a bee in my boiler, it is very odd noise and is very intermittent(once or twice a week). I have had someone out to look at the boiler and typically it was not making the noise, he inspected and serviced the boiler and...

Hey everyone, thanks for the replies everyone, sorry if I sounded a bit off when I replied previously but I was very angry that night after seeing it, when you stand back at it and look at it as a hole he has done an OK job, all the tiles are flat and none are sticking out, he has redone some of...

That was a typo in my original post and I then clarified that it was a day and half in a post after that and more like £15 per hour.

I meant £100 a day is going rate for tradesmen here, now would you stop going off topic when you clearly do not know what you are talking about.

I dont think, I know that is the going rate for tradesmen where I live.

I got a quote from 3 different tilers and they were all about the same price, I went with this guy as he could do it the soonest, I have spoke to several people and that is the going rate where I am for any tradesman.

He arrived at 10 this morning and stayed until 3, he has half a days work left tomorrow from what he told me. Thats more like £15 per hour, he came recommended from the plasterer and also from the place I got the tiles from.

I am paying him for 2 and half days labour, which is £150 + materials at £110 (8 square yards on wall and 4 square yards on the floor), I was considering tiling the bathroom myself as I had done most of the work in redoing the bathroom but was wanting to get it done right by a tiler and I feel I...

Hey everyone, my tiler has finished his first day of tiling and I am not happy with the results, he has not grouted yet so not sure if that will make it better but I don't really want to settle for a poor job, I not sure if I am being fussy or not but seems like he has not used tile spacers in a...

Hi Everyone, hopefully an easy one, I have come to fit my new bath overflow but unsure what way it should be fitted, i dont think I need the foam bit but my brother seems to think I do, it seems strange that the metal fitting on the inside does not have some king of rubber seal on the inside of...

Hey, thanks for the reply, the only one that looks bad is this one at the end http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8796/imag1245f.jpg http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2521/imag1244k.jpg http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1526/imag1243b.jpg...

Hey everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum or not but seemed like the most suitable. Also I am sorry about the long post I had a plasterer start work on my bedroom on friday and he was almost finished on Saturday when the plaster he had put on the ceiling fell off, he was plastering...

Hey everyone, I am in the process of re doing my main bedroom and I have removed this air vent from the wall http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/9998/imag1221l.jpg http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1350/imag1220h.jpg http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1884/imag1222b.jpg It looks like it...

Hi John, thanks for the reply. How much should I expect to pay for a service and to diagnose the fault? My brother seems to think it could be the stat although the boiler is getting power, I was trying to test the voltage coming into the boiler but my multi meter wouldnt give a reading so I...

I managed to get a new coil this morning, fitted it and the boiler fired up and started to heat the radiators, I left the heat on constant and came back in from work and its off again, the boiler has power and when I press the red reset light on the burner it fires up again. Has anyone any...

Hi, thanks for the replies, I am pressing the reset on the burner, when I press the reset on the stat it does nothing. I have removed what I think is the solenoid, it just looks like a small bit of plastic with a hole in the middle and 3 wires coming from it, what does this part do anyway...

Hey everyone, oil was running low on thursday so got 500litres on Friday, it may have run out on friday morning before it was refilled but I cant be sure, since then my heating has not been working correctly. I have to reset the boiler and then it will fire up and all the radiators in the...

Hey, thanks agin for the reply. The house does not have a loft as it is a flat roof house. I think if i remove the extrator in the bathroom I should be able to tell, we shall see. I will let you know how I get on If anyone has any other ideas it would be great.