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Decorators caulk appears to be the expert opinion!

Yeh i am sure its fine, im just being over anxious as usual- thanks, i appreciate the patience.

Can you get into bios? Usually thats done by pressing delete, or escape or one of the function keys as you power it up. If you can get into bios then as others have suggested you can change to boot from usb You could then use a windows recovery drive

Wouldnt it be easier for the candidate to just have a spreadsheet with submitted answers in it then have a master file (accessible only ro yourself) that uses vlookup against that candidate spreadsheet?

Hey all Had a new cooker installed yesterday, after connecting the hose and when the plumber had gone i noticed the cooker wasnt flat and the oven door was swinging open. He came back and spent a bit of time tilting the cooker to level the feet. He didn't disconnect it. I noticed after he had...

Its been really educational :) The sad thing is i work for a company that manufactures for the power and electrical industry, but i am so clueless when it comes to electrics.

Oh i have no regrets, i can add new circuits now that i have plenty of spare CU slots and to be honest the fuse box was 40 years old, i have no way of knowing if someone had stuck a nail between the contacts or something since i never took the cartridges out. I will still get the space above...

Im not worried cheers, glad its done and that nothing tripped when it was done :) I know the electrician was saying it is much better to have rcd protection but in all honesty i dont understand what it protects against The circuit breakers and fuses i think i understand-they protect against...

Arc detection wasnt mentioned -i didnt even know it was an option until mentioned here. The guy did come very highly recommended and came across as very competent. Perhaps he knew budget was a factor for me. I am pretty sure you cant retrofit arc detection+rcbo so i will have to make do with...

I didnt update this, the second electrician identified a socket that needed to be replaced and a problem with the wiring that leads to the outside light which we got fixed. He fitted a new consumer unit with 'rcbo' on every circuit and with surge protection on the consumer unit (the fuses all...

Cheers, got tied up with family stuff but i got this in the end and its coming tomorrow. https://www.wickes.co.uk/Blue-Circle-Mortar-Mix---5kg/p/117657?fix I am going to use it to do some outdoor repairs as well when the weather permits. The missing area of brick is just under 3cm deep which...

All done the electrician said the lights i picked were fine and had them up in no time (6 lights in about an hour and a half!) Thanks guys

Thanks so much guys, the lyco lights were out of stock So i got 2 x knightsbridge lights for the utility room and kitchen (22w, the lumens seems higher than expected) and got 4 x dust proof/insect proof lights for the garage and loft (Luceco branded) since the garage and loft are a bit dusty and...

Thanks will give them a miss, will have a search through the forums for recommended brands

Hey all Now that my consumer unit is sorted (thanks so much for the advice all!!) i am looking to get my old fluorescent lighting replaced- i have 6 fluorescent lights in utility room, garage and loft. I want them on the joists which is why i was looking at batten instead of downlight. A...

Cheers, should be simple to do and its good to do basic stuff myself. Is it ok to use a premix like this? I dont really want to buy a tonne of sand and cement etc...

The knowledgeable folks on here have convinced me the damage to the brick is unlikely to cause significant issues, but even i can do a bit of cleaning and mortaring without calling anyone in :) It will definitely improve my wifes life as well as i wont keep looking at it every time we are...

Thanks, was a bit concerned as its the bottom brick and worried it would get worse -i was going to fill the missing brick with stonelux or mortar but will just leave it Thanks again.

Hi catlad, are you saying you wouldnt even bother repairing it? The broken missing brick area is quite a lot? maybe 50mm at its worst point

Hi all Had my garage cleared a few days ago, when it was moved i went in intending to give it a good clean and discovered a badly damaged brick at the bottom of a square of brickwork in the garage. It had been covered by boxes so i only saw it when garage was cleared I can get a builder in to...