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Guys Mysteriously, there are a bunch of sockets that have stopped working. I assume that these sockets are all on the same circuit and there is a central problem. I have checked the fusebox and all the switches are in the "ON" position. I suppose I will need to work out which sockets...

Ok Masona - thanks for your time. I have already got the panels and I have erected them so going to 6 foot panels would be expensive at this stage although that might well be the eventual answer.

this is the best picture I can find to describe the wall type http://www.avforums.com/sdw/images/picturehouse3/20040210.jpg - this is not a picture of me by the way :wink:

Wall is about six inches thick.

Thanks Masona. For a better explanation of what I am doing , check out the socket with baseplate at http://www.diydata.com/projects/woodenfence/fence_posts.php I was thinking that I might need bolts but am not sure how I would get this to stay in

Hi I have fitted a 6 foot x 3 foot panel fence to a 3 foot breeze block wall using a Socket with a baseplate which has four holes. I drilled 10mm holes and screwed them down using rawl plugs but the fence has started to move in the wind and some of the screws have worked them selves loose...

even if all the other radiators are working ok ?

slightly recklessly - I kept the heating on and poked a cotton bud in - nothing.....

I have tried to find an answer from other threads but couldn't. I am sure that this could be answered quickly from an expert. I have a Oil fired central heating system (by the way - is this a closed system ?). One radiator is completely cold except for a very small patch of heat at the inlet...

Eddie - is it a factor that we are not getting any frost at the moment ??

Presumably - so have I :roll: I have a garden which I am converting. There is a large area that I want to convert to lawn and can be split into three sub areas. Area 1 - Earthen border - used to house a horrid hedge thing that I removed at the weekend there. Area 2 - grass of the...

I am happy enough that I have a competitive price for the paving. What I need is a ball park figure for the cost of the cement. My next questions are going to be pros and cons of cement vs paving. Thanks for your patience !!

maybe I should have said mono block. everytime I call someone and mention mono block they seem to refer to lock block.

Back again and still no driveway. Decided to take a few months off the DIY but ready to go again. I have a clear series of steps but I am trying to get some costs of the options. I have a cost of £98 per 10 SQ M for loc bloc. The other option that I am considering is concrete. I have access...

thanks to all. gonna try to do the job tonight. Missus is wary of lifting bedroom carpet as she thinks that it wont go down properly again. This circumvents all logical discussions about everything really. So the plan is 1) remove the current pull cord switch and check if there is enough...

i need to measure it out exactly, but the room above is a bedroom 18ft x 12 ft and I think that the switch would be slap bang in the middle. I guess the proper way to do this is to clear the furniture from the bedroom, lift the carpet, lift the boards, move the switch, relay the boards &...

It needs to move the width of the door and I hoping that there is enough cable (sods law and all) but I wont know until I have cut the roof !! what would be the other options ??

Have refitted the bathroom and changed the side that the door opens inwards to. instead of swinging from the left as you go in it now swings from the right. The problem is that the pull cord switch is now behind the door when its open. I have tried to get access to the light switch from...

thanks to both of you. :D :D Looks like I can use these sources of info to kick the project off.

I have a lawn at the front that I would like to convert to a parking area without going to the expense of laying a proper driveway. There is a pathway that runs up the middle and crosses along the front of the house. My plan would be to lift the grass and lay loose stones and cut away a...