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Hi, Has anyone ever seen this before or more importantly does anyone know how to solve it? The size changes so it goes really small or really large, it does it every couple of minutes now and is getting very annoying. The only way i can get back to normal is to open a new tab and...

Hi, As the sun is now shining i've decided to grow some grass on this little patch in my garden I know i'm going to need to de-weed the whole lot, and even it out so it will be level with the path, but i was hoping someone would have some suggestions on what seed to use, and basically how...

Hello, as i was out walking the dog yesterday, i walked past about 5 new build terraces, and in the front gardens there was a brown box that i assume contains the gas meter, coming out of it there is the main supply pipe going through the wall above ground, the thing that caught my eye was the...

Hello, I need a built in storage device for this alcove I have in my living/dining room. the width is 77cm and depth is 33cm, I'm ideally looking at having a lower cabinet with doors for general storage (junk cupboard basically) with shelves above to store books, dvds, cd's etc I was...

hi, don't know if any of you remember my previous post //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=834027#834027 but went round my mates today to fit a new double metal clad socket in his garage and swa glands as discussed but upon taking the old socket apart and cutting back the...

Hi, i have a honeywell timer for my central heating and hot water, it worked fine up until a couple days ago when i noticed that pressing the button for the hot water extra hour function, it wouldn't switch off after an hour, i would have to manually override it using the other button, the extra...

hi, just wondering really, i've been shocked twice in my life, once when i was about 13 and decided to see how a 4 way extension lead worked, i took the plastic casing off plugged in my tv and touched the live metal inside, it gave me one hell of a shock, the 2nd time was last year when i was...

you're always told to keep your hand behind the blade when cutting, and thats what i tell people too, but i forgot to do it today, and it was only a small nick

just read a post about volex no good for a 100A service fuse, when reading another post yesterday about uprating from 60A to 100A i thought i would do the same as i have a new split load volex and have a 60A service fuse when i phoned up today they told me i need to get the cut out increased...

Hi, I know you all like dodgy photos of bad installations so thought i'd share this photo I took of my mates garage He asked me to go round and look at his car last night, and as I was about to plug in a battery charger I saw this but thought better of it, his garage is at the bottom of...

Hi, i want to replace an old victorian internal door (its the 4 panel pine typre i believe, the problem i have is i can't find any where that sells a door this size, i want to replace it with a 6 panel white glossed door but the size is 1910mm x 700mm the problem with the door is the panels...

can anyone give me an idea to what this switch is, what it does and who's it is, mine or the electric company? when i press the yellow button nothing happens!!! http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lloydsno1/PIC_0010.jpg sorry, should just say the top cables go to a box which then...

Hello, hope someone can give me some helpful advice here, i live in a victorian terrace with the kitchen off the dining room, the kitchen is single storey but does not have a radiator and it is freezing in there whats the best method to heat the room? it has to be electric so i've been...

Hi, currently i have a 32a mcb (protected by the rcd on the cu) feeding a 13a fcu which is in my kitchen, which then goes to a swa cable which runs down my garden to my garage, the circuit is a radial circuit and the garage is the only thing on the circuit (so far), can i spur off this fcu (feed...

hope someone can help me with this i want to install a security light to the outside wall in my garden, my question is what is the best cable to use? i have looked every where and can't find the answer i have 1.5mm twin and earth, 2.5mm twin and earth and 1.5mm 3 core flex which is rated...

Hi, i've just fitted a shower into my bathroom and upon taking my first shower i looked up to see the water spray covering the light fitting, i don't know what sort of light it is but it looks very cheap and nasty (was here before i moved in) and its 240v, with 3 halogen bulbs which you can...

Hi, I want to move my toilet 90 degrees so it is out of the way next to a chimney brest, the problem i have is the soil stack location, here is a photo of the toilet as it is now http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lloydsno1/PIC_0006.jpg ideally i would like to put it in the corner near...

can anyone tell me if it is a good or bad idea to fit a twin 13 amp socket to the immersion heater circuit in the airing cupboard and then fit a 13 amp plug to the immersion heater so i can just plug it in and switch it on when its needed (its hardly ever used) and also run a shower pump off the...

hey all, i have recently bought a salamander ct50 shower pump and want to fit it myself, i also need to move my coldwater tank from above my hot water cylinder and fit it in the loft, are these 2 jobs easy enough for a competant diyer? i want a 50 gallon tank in the loft, which should fit...

hey all, just after a bit of advice really, i have bought a new consumer unit and would like to know which circuits my rcd should protect, i have 8 circuits - upstairs ring, downstairs ring, kitchen ring, upstairs lights, downstairs lights, cooker, garage, and immersion/shower pump. i know...