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Evenin' all, Fitting a kitchen with a mate this week and today client asked if we could fit an extra socket. I said no, mate said yes! Looked at existing setup and I'm convinced it's unsuitable for its intended use. Radial is in 2.5mm cable, 16A MCB at CU (RCD protected side of split load...

What is it ith these people! I bought a tap on eBay yesterday. Auction started at £1 and there was no reserve. I got it for £5.50 at the auction end. I got an e-mail from the muppet later stating the following: "Hi there we are not prepared to sell the item for £5.50. In the description we...

Who here likes marmite? I love the stuff. Do you like peanut butter? Crunchy or smooth? Crunchy for me. Ever had a peanut butter butty with marmite on? Lovely. Try it.

Yup, still bored! I pronounce it Armond. Wife pronounces it Almond. She says she's right because that's how it's spelt. I tell her that's carp, does someone with the surname Palmer pronounce it as such or do they pronounce it Parmer. Exactly! How do you say it? Regards Fred

Jeez, you can tell I'm bored but thought I'd seek your opinions. In laws called round the other day while I was making cheese on toast. Mother in Law told me I was making wrong! I toast both sides of the bread, butter it up with loads of butter (this isn't the wrong bit, IMO you can make...

I did a job a few weeks ago for a customer who was having a bathroom fitted and the fitter would be turning up mid way through my job. Was chatting to the customer while having a tea break and they mentioned that they were paying £3,500 to have this bathroom fitted by B7Q. Not £3,500 for the...

Evening all, Anyone here able to help with the installation of wood burning stoves? I've read the Part J regs and from what I gather I need to notify the BCO. However, that's all I've managed to determine - the rest seems to be written in a foreign language! I'm trying to determine what...

Afternoon all, For anyone thinking about completing a plastering course, despite what some people may tell you, it's well worth a shot. OK, so you shouldn't expect to become a world class plasterer overnight, or even in just a few months. It takes time to practice what you've learnt and it...

Evenin' all, Had a weird one today. Following on from my disaster job post yesterday, I duly returned this morning to finish the job. Big ceiling and two walls left. Ceiling went up fine. Mixed up what I had left in an open bag and did the first hit on one of the walls. No problems...

PMSL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RelHH5xE5NM&NR=1

Evenin' All, Had a disaster job today - 5 x 4 textured ceiling painted with silk emulsion. The texture was quite deep so I figured I'd stick a thin coat of bonding over the top prior to skimming. So, bonding mixed, I layed it on no problems, nice and flat. Went away for a while and did...

Evenin' all, Been away for a week and come home all nice and relaxed and ready for a hectic three weeks. Starting a job tomorrow, hall, stairs & landing and a living room. Hall, stairs and landing fairly straight forward although I'm a little worried about being able to lay it on fast...

Evenin' all, Boy am I worn out! I skimmed an artexed ceiling today, quite a deep pattern but with limited high spots to scrape off it was a three coat jobby. First coat on to level the recesses and then the usual two coats. Anyway, the ceiling was lower than usual, not sure exactly what...

Evenin' all, I'm sticking a new ad in my local trade directory. I had a quarter page last month and got a few reponses and have decied to go for a half page this month. I want to make it attractive and informative but am worried it's too cluttered. Wht do you think of the following content...

Afternoon all, Been to price up a job (a nice big job too!). It's ideal, it's a total refurb on a room by room basis so each room will be emptied of furniture and fittings before I turn up to plaster (assuming I get the job). I also don't need to worry about sheeting up which is ace...

Got a problem with my problematic old Worcester 240 combi. I woke up in the night to hear a drip drip dripping from the boiler cupboard. It was leaking out of the bottom of the boiler so I took the cover off and found that the source of the leak was from the inside. You see that pipe...

Evenin' all, Just wondering whether you use a spot board or not? Personally I don't because I work without a labourer and to me it's just an extra thing to clean and as a result works out no quicker than scooping muck from a bucket. Regards Fred

Evenin' all, I've bought a new light for my kitchen. It's a low voltage spotlight track thing from Ikea and is double insulated so there's no earth connection in the base, only single live and neutral connections. So how do I go about wiring this? The kitchen light is the last on the...

Afternoon all, I've been asked to price up a small job, patching some damaged render on the outside of my local cafe. I've done interior work for them before which they've been very pleased with (and from which I've had other work) and this is more of a favour I'll be doing for them one...

Just been on to see what it's all about. B****y expensive that's what it is! £40 per quarter PLUS £10 for each job you request client details for! That's just to quote! First three months free subscription and first referral details free but you have to pay a tenner for each referral after...