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Hi all, I am a builder with years of experience in domestic dwellings but have recently started taking on commercial work aswell. I have just won a maintenance contract for a large food restuarant and they called me the other day with afew jobs I have to do, one being changing light tubes in...

hi all, can i connect a dual voltage shaver socket to the house ring main, or do i need to connect through the light radial? Cheers all

hi all, just bought a pre finished door but could not get it in deep mahogany, so had to get it in a oak finish. I want to stain it though with deep mahogany to match my other doors, it is a venneer finish which is smooth. How do i go about staining it, just sand it back to give a key and 2 x...

hi all, i am thinking about block paving my front garden for car access. I want to do it with permeable blocks so i do not have to go down the planning permission route. Looking online it states you need to use mot type3 hardcore as a sub base to allow the water to soak through easily, but i...

hi all, i have a baxi solo boiler at the moment and i want to install a new mixer shower valve and basin mixer tap in my bathroom. The taps i want recommend 1 bar pressure, and i am sure gravity feed is only 0.1bar. Can i install a 1 bar pump to my hot supply only that will work with this boiler...

What is the best way to gloss over mahogany woodstain, sand back abit to giv a key, afew coats of oil based undercoat and then gloss Thanks in advance for any replies andy

Hi all, I have got a jacuzzi coner bath approx size 1600mm x 1000mm. I want to buy a bifold bath screen to go around it, will all bifold bath screens fit. The bath was already in when i purchased the property so cannot go to the manufacturer and ask which one i need to buy Any comments much...

hi all, just looked at a job for a customer today and in part of their real wood flooring there are gaps appearing, some at least 6 - 8mm. I know real wood floor does expand / shrink and you will get some slight gaps between boards but no this big surely. What can be the problem, i know there is...

Hi all, I am currently doing the wiring for my conservatory. I am running the 4 sockets in the conservatroy off the upstairs ring main which is not rcd protected due to being on the 16th edition regs. I am extending the upstairs ring to my conservatory so i have 13amps at each socket in...

hi all, just at the stage now to put window boards in my new conservatory. I am just asking for suggestions as to what timber to use. I could use pvc but i think it will look cheap and tacky, so i thought use mdf board but not sure if it will warp and bow due to moisture, sunlight etc... i have...

Hi all, just erected my conservatory and now ready for boarding and plastering all walls. I did not put a cavity wall tray in the house wall before i put up the conservatory. I was just thinking, would it help to stop damp coming through from the house exterior wall into the conservatory, if i...

Hi all, Just erected my new conservatory and now down to running the electrics. I have bought 3 double sockets, light switch, wire, channelling etc and a 13amp rcd protected fused connection unit. I was planning on spuring off my kitchen ring main into the fused rcd unit, then running the 3...