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Admin, please close this thread. Only one or two posts are relevant and they were at the beginning. It seems to be a game for some to post irrelevant garbage rather than trying to help. * ******************************************************************************** ALL - please stay ON...

You know what happens when you assume something? If not, look it up. My post wasn't in response to your post, if it was, I would have quoted you. It was a general post, in frustration at the fact that no one wants to discuss my query. Only ONE post directly addresses my query and that was...

Thanks for this. It's helpful and backs up what was said in the second post. Unfortunately, for reasons I mention above, it would be difficult to install in this way.

Sigh.... is there anyone on this site who actually knows anything about my query and who wants to share his/her knowledge? I'm not interested in hyperthetical debates. It's unfortunate I have to be so blunt, but obviously, my polite reminder earlier today is easily overlooked. I retired from...

securespark, with respect, I've already said that discussions or complaints about various terminal designs are not helpful here, especially MCB or CU. If you would like to create a thread specifically to discuss such features, you may do so and discuss and complain, or merely inform to your...

Hello, thank you all for your comments, I appreciate your passion and perhaps frustrations, even though a discussion of terminal design doesn't help me much, and comments and discussion of MCBs and consumer units are not relevant to me here. But I do understand how easy it is to get carried...

Hello I'd like to add an outside socket and outside light from a double socket ring main. I know I could add a FCU to the outside socket as a spur, then add another FCU for the light, but is that the best way to do it? I was wondering how many put tubing through the cavity wall for the cable...

I actually liked your suggestion. I liked the repair spur idea from D Fred. The spur has the benefits that the spur won't rot, but they look a bit rough, but my main concern is that it may be difficult to get the spur & post tight enough to stop sidewards play. Then I looked at your drawing...

Wouldn't call it a bodge, just making the best from a less than perfect situation. However, spending £200 carriage for £50 product is not something to jump into without thinking about.

LitL, you're absolutely right, the problem is working out the best solution, bearing in mind the difficulty of redoing it if something goes wrong. DiverFred, thanks. Your suggestion is similar to LinL, except using concrete rather than wood post. A good suggestion, I'm going to look for those...

Ok, LitL (hope you don't mind the abbreviation). That's interesting, I interpret that as a short piece of 4x4 in a hole to the normal depth, filled with concrete, and another post screwed/bolted to the first one, going to the height required. I suppose the join could also be encased in concrete...

Sorry, didn't mean to submit post. Thanks for the link to the hole borer. Neat solution, and not bad priced. Son is using a large auger on SDS drill and it's pretty effective. If we were starting again, I'd hire one for the weekend but we only have 3 holes to dig and they're already 30cm deep so...

Hi guys thanks for your replies. Sorry don't have any pics. They wouldn't show anything other than bare earth on a slight slope. There is no drainage in this area. The bed of clay goes down 2m and is solid. I've considered bog Gardens etc, but decided against. The garden is a big enough job to...

Hi. You mean treat the Met post thing as if it was part of the post and bury it along with the bottom part of the post? Interesting idea. I'd be worried about the post/metpost join flexing. How deep would the join need to be to make it secure? Anyone any idea? It is soil all round the decking...

Hi I'm trying to build a pergola (and decking) with the help of my son, carrying on from where his late father left off. Neither of us has done this before and we've run into a problem. Over the length of the decking, the ground slopes down, one side to another, about 30cm over 3.6m. We've...

You're welcome SFK, thanks for confirming my suspicions about the timer, and for the links. Most useful. Maybe it's my imagination but the new timer (fitted yesterday and despite intensive use the oven worked normally yesterday and today) seems quite a lot brighter than the old one. I hope...

I used the oven with the timer disconnected for a week or so without problems without it cutting out, so concluded that it was faulty. Rather than mess about testing the capacitors and other components and then sourcing replacements, I forked out for a new one from SFKs list for £20. It...

Hello SFK, thanks for the reply, much appreciated. The number you quote is on the label, along with the number I quote. I put my number into one site to look at parts and it worked, but there are 3 numbers for some reason. Anyway, my first thought was the timer, as it craps out even when there...

Any suggestions? Any at all? 100 views and no comments... Any suggestion is best then none...

My oven, type 9497 1649801 has started cutting out. It started a few days ago and I thought we'd had a power cut as the clock flashes and needs resetting and obviously it won't come on until it has been reset. I realised we weren't having power cuts as the microwave didn't need resetting, and...