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When we moved in the previous owner had put down cheap carpet with no underlay and so spray glue has been used to fix the carpet! One of the cats got really scared by the move and decided to pee on the carpet for a while and so its a bit smelly! Homebase have got Rug Doctors that you can hire...

When we moved in the back garden hadn't been touched for over a year! We sorted it out but the grass is in a horrible state, well when I say grass I mean minimal. Were considering re-turfing it but wonder if the grass will even grow. Its quite shaded at the back and also there a hugh trees...

Its a merger between the IEE and IIE wich happened on the 31st March! I was a member who voted! They wanted the IMechE to merge with them but they pulled out in the first discussion on merging. There was then a second discussion involving just the IEE and IIE, both of which voted over 95% for...

I have storage heaters at the moment and also hot water on electrics, so I got a quote from British Gas to have Central Heating put in! Its only a 2 bedroom masionette and it would of been a combi boiler and 6 radiators and the quote was....... £5000 + VAT Is that about right? I am also...

So there is a different section just for storage heaters? If all electricity is switched between the two rates wouldn't that mean the storage heaters are on all the time?

The tariff we are on is quite expensive and it would be cheaper to change to Economy 7 meter, but have a few worries. The first is that, at the moment we have 1 meter for peak electricity and then an old style mechanical clock and meter for the storage heaters with both meters going to a...

They are on a reduced tariff meter but its not an Economy 7 one! I think its actually 5.something p to run them rather than 8.8p, but that still works out quite alot! I think they use anywhere between 30 and 50 units per day, but the average is around 45! Were having a quote for gas...

Are you sure thats right? I have 3 storage heaters, 2 x 2.55Kw and 1 1.7Kw run for 11 hours a day! I work that out to be as follows: 2.55 x 11 x 90 = 2525 2.55 x 11 x 90 = 2525 1.7 x 11 x 90 = 1683 Which gives a total of 6733 with a cost of 8.8p giving £592.50 per quarter :? Or...

I moved in to a maisonette in September and just as I was about the inform the Seeboard the meter was read by one of their people (so I know the start reading was right), then got a quartly bill and after giving the readings they wanted £150 for 3 months! Its a 2 bedroom with 2 people living in...

Cant say exactly what it is, but its a fat black box with a big on/off flip switch and it holds four fuses but they aren't colour coded! Its rated to 60A! I'm currently weighing up the options of replacing that along with the other CU for the rest of the electrics to new one's. Obviously...

Put it this way, that would keep me going for a few decades! The heater isn't rated at 15A, the total Amps for the 2 on that fuse is over 15A! I cant remember the exact rating but in terms of KW's, one is 2.55KW and the other is 1.7KW! So do people think I could put 20A wire in or would...

I have three of these, 1 on 1 fuse and 2 on another! The fuse that has 2 on has gone twice now! They are the old wired fuses and the heaters were put in by the person who used to live there although he only replaced old ones! The total Amps of the 2 heaters is around 18 Amps but it is only a...

The colour was Blue Lagon and on the 2 walls that have dried it looks quite nice! The first coat stuck so I cant really understand why the second didn't apart from the temperature and the first coat still being a bit wet! We have got a wall heater (on the oposite wall) that dried the top...

Brought some Damp Seal and Dulux Bathroom paint to decorate the bathroom! Sanded down the old paint and filled in places with Pollycell Filler, waited for it to dry and sanded that down! Then applied the Damp Seal and waited over night for it to dry! The next day I did the first coat of...