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my neighbours to the right ( looking at the front of the house from the street ) have a missing fence panel between me and them.. it's the side that they are responsible for but they haven't replaced it in over 9 months.. what are the "rules" regarding me replacing it? can I just drop in a...

before I start I'd like to preface the following by saying that this is just theoretical / for fun in my head and not an actual project or anything.. can you put a "join" in a load, on top of an I beam? what I mean is imagine you have 2 shipping containers, say, and want to run beams...

so I'm watching something on telly about mars and growing seeds and livestock in space and apparently the russians have taken quail chicks into space and they wouldn't grab onto anything and just kind of flapped about in zero gravity.. this got me to thinking about space stations and...

how do you stop creaking pipes? every half hour or so ( as the heating cycles ) the pipes in my bedroom click / creak as they expand in the clips.. I'm thinking something like WD40 but I'm unsure of the effects that may have long term on the copper or what effects it may have on me when...

How do you contact the DNO and how do you know who the DNO is for a given property? I know that I'm a qualified sparky, but it's never been something that I've had to do before as I generally work for a larger contractor or company and they deal with all of this.. added to the fact that...

After doing 2 shower pull cords with 10mm T+E these past few weeks, I really hope that someone is coming up with a better way of wiring them. It's ridiculous trying to bend the 10mm into the terminals and even worse trying to cram it all into the single backbox and get the front on. I'm...

I'm freaking out that we're not getting this house done fast enough.. ( hence why I'm up at 01:37 with "what am I doing on it tomorrow?" running through my head ) Roughly how long should it take to rewire an occupied house with 2 sparkies working 8 hours a day? It's occupied and needs...

While trying to unload several rolls of T+E in various sizes and carrying them into the job, I found it much easier to put a hammer through the middle of the roll and carry theb by the hammer handle rather than try and get my hands / fingers into the hole.. and carrying one roll in each arm was...

I need a UTR number for my new job.. I was registered as self employed over 6 years ago and it's all changed now.. I have my old CIS card and read somewhere that the number on the front of that is my UTR number ( minus the last 3 digits.. ).. I went to the direct.gov website and found a...

I had to cut a board at both ends today in a cupboard to get the cables in, and it was a real pain with the immersion heater in there and various pipes in the way.. I used my floorboard hand saw and it must have taken me 35 mins.. not great.. I'm after alternatives used by "the pro's" who...

so I'm watching cougar town and they had a stupid idea on there that I'm thinking might be a good one after all... bags of paint... :D In this day and age of reducing packaging, I'm thinking it might me a good idea.. saves on tins / tubs etc... if a bag is not practical, you could use...

I got a start on a new job monday for a company doing "social housing" jobs doing the electrics on the kitchens and bathrooms.. I'm now bricking it because I sort of blagged it in the "interview" on the phone.. I told them I didn't have social housing experience, but did say I'd done...

Need to find a 40A breaker that's compatible with the wylex NN type 2 ( or indeed a supplier of them if they are still available ) A friend of a friend has had a new shower fitted and it's tripping the breaker, not suprising considering that it's a 9.5KW and is on a 30A breaker.. The...

We use 3C+E SY cable at work for wiring the fans to the inverters for large air-con units. They buy the stuff that's got 3 black cores with numbers on and we ID them at each end with U V W. They also make us put brown / grey sleeving on the relavent cores.. Now for the question.. Do you...

I'm out of work again from friday... :roll: had a meeting with someone working at my brothers place ( subbie ) and he may be able to sort me out, but it won't be for at least 2 weeks and then may not be full time ( maybe 3 weeks in every 5 he recons ).. I've sent out some CV's in the mean...

They are being replaced by CrimBO's... Criminal Behaviour Orders.. The chav scum will think that Christmas has come early... :)

My lad got expelled from primary school today. The teacher asked him the following question in class.. "If you had £20 and gave £5 to Sarah, £5 to Jenifer, and £5 to Naomi, what would you have?" Apparently "3 blowjobs and enough left over for a kebab on the way home." was not the right answer..

starting tomorrow for an agency, but they are paying me through a third party umbrella company.. I've had to do this before a while ago but this company is charging me £15/week for the privilege.. I've been self employed before but never a Ltd company or anything ( at least I don't think so...

it's not strictly DIY, but I was making coleslaw with a v slicer at the time so I was DIYing that... :) word of advice, always use the guards, that's what they are there for...

are there any rules or guidelines as to how high something like a flagpole can be when it's attached to a house?