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BenTheDog Joined19 Aug 2011Messages9Reaction score0LocationWiltshireCountry 3 minutes ago I have a length of stainless steel angle 50 x 50 x 3mm which I want to cut into 100mm lengths to make brackets. I have an Evolution Rage chop saw fitted with an Evolution 210mm saw blade specifically for...

Thanks for your advice PrenticeBoy, I am aware of the requirements. Sorry Taylortwocities, I can't find the lamp on B&Q (DIY.COM) but thanks for your advice too.

I am about to wire 4 downlights in our bathroom, including one light over the shower (Zone 2). The surrounds (from B&Q) are all IP65 which is suitable but when I opened the blister packs with the LED bulb and connector kit, they are all IP20, though oddly you can't tell what they were until the...

Thanks for your comments Ree. There is no actual rot only weakened and life expired marine ply. The issue about using wood for any part of the construction is the inability to satisfactorily vent the underside of the wood surface or joists so any wood put down would eventually rot itself. The...

I agree with everything Richard and others say above. It will be hugely less trouble to lift and relay with properly sawn reclaimed boards. I made the mistake in our bedroom of taking up all the old boards, half of which were damaged, then buying 'new' second hand boards from a reclaim yard. The...

An elderly lady I know has an old cottage and her kitchen floor has become very soft in places. I have peeled back the lino to expose an 18mm marine ply floor resting on 40mm deep 'joists', themselves resting on a DPM laid on top of a concrete slab. The woodwork is plainly rotten and crumbling...

I have been quoted £4700 (inc VAT) to disconnect a Rayburn (clapped out) and replace with a Worcester Combi boiler 37cdi Greenstar upstairs where the tank is currently. Seems a lot to me but do people think this is a reasonable price?

I don't understand - what Forum rules? If it was a simple repair, how come 3 separate heating engineers couldn't find the solution? As I see it, either the pilot light flame is being starved of oxygen when the boiler fires up due to the exhaust gases contaminating the cooker burner...

This boiler/cooker is gas driven and has a balanced flue horizontally through the wall to the outside. We have had this for around 20 years and for much of this time it worked really well, providing heating for the house and excellent cooking facilities. Then one day the cooker pilot light...