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Hello folks after some advice if you dont mind, I have been given a task at work to cost the infrastructure for 3 phase shore supply sockets for various marine craft and will be utilizing cabling that has been left from recent decommisioned plant. What I have at my disposal is 2-95mm 4core...

Hello all, Wondering if anyone is familiar with the Fluke 1735 power logger, we are looking at purchasing one for work purposes and the one facility we would like is will it log total Kwh used over a period of time. RS more or less quoted the sales brochure to me and to be honest Fluke were...

Hi, Think I already know the answer here, but thought I would sound out you guys if you don't mind.. Father has recently converted part of a garage into a dining room and basically gone about it cart before the horse and it has come back to bite him. Deal is, the floor runs off...

Hello all, Sorry for bringing this up again, work has asked me if I would like to do the 17th course, I am a mechanical maint engineer so my electrical knowledge is reasonable but limited. The reason they would like to to attend is I issue the work/jobs to the electricians at work and the...

Hello, Not strictly a DIY question but hoping you can help, basically I am after the formulae for working out kilowatt hours for a 3 phase load. Bit of background, we have a vessel that plugs onto a 3 phase socket and on average uses 28 units for 14.5hrs, but if he plugs into another...

Hi all, Since having an extension built our hot water takes a while to reach the new kitchen (gravity system) so we are looking at relocating our hot tank elsewhere and probably move to a mains pressure system at the same time. Before I call in the plumber do you think you pay extra...

Hi all, Fitting a shower and hit a small snag, I have dug a track in the floor for the waste and trap and exposed a 50mm existing waste pipe which will give me a fall of 25-30mm over 700mm if I can T into it Being a concrete floor I obviously cant get any movement in the exisitng pipe to...

Hi, Looking for tips/advice on the above topic. Currently fitting my new kitchen, on the one run of base units SWMBO wanted them to finish with a 300mm curved unit an door, no real problems with that as it does look quite smart. My dilema thats niggling at me is when the curve is...

Hi all, Hopefully I should be getting a new kitchen delivered in the coming week, SWMBO is having a gas hob, no mains gas here so it will be cylinder(propane) gas. My question is can I install the pipe from the outside to the inside of the kitchen myself as this requires to be insitu...

Hi all Awaiting a new Second Nature kitchen, should take delivery early Nov. Just prpeping the room for it and something got me wondering, the last base unit down one side of the room has a curved door, so I'm wondering does the worktop come pre-curved or is this something that has to be...

Hi all, Topping up the insulation in my loft from 100mm to 270mm,managed to get 90% of the ring circuits,cooker etc on top of the new insulation but struggling with the lighting circuits there's not a lot of free length on these. Is it alright to leave these underneath the insulation? Ta

Been building an extension on the house which consists of a kitchen, utility room and a garage. Completion is due Dec2010, or I should say the warrant expires then. Funds are a little tight at the moment and were not sure if we can fit the kitchen before the warrant expires. Util room and...

Hi all Just tiled the utility room floor with porcelain tiles (Rajah Rust, Angora Collection) from Topps tiles. Hoping to grout the floor in the morning, but do porcelain tiles require sealing before I grout. Some say all porcelain should be sealed others say only if it says to do so...

Hi there, I have a lot of skirting and architrave to fit and was just wondering if the current trend is to fit blocks at floor level where the skirting and architrave intersect or just bring the architrave down to floor level and butt the skirting up to the architrave. Will be using...

Building an extension and the electrician has been and first fixed what was planned. On hindsight I could do with a couple more light switches for the hallway lighting.He as 3 core+E pulled through at either end of the hallway for switching at both ends of hall. I would now like a switch in...

Hi all, Any ideas what would cause the air con in my car to cycle on and off? When first engaged it will run for approx 15-20secs and then stop, after 50-60sec it will come on again but only for 3-5 secs this time, the whole process will keep cycling as above,i.e. on for 3-5, off for...

I have a 4x2 cls stud wall requiring insulation, will use either 70mm Extratherm rigid insulation or 100mm Isover glass wool. Out of those two what would give the best U value. thanks

As title says really, what do you find yourselves doing more off, varnishing or painting skirting and facings these days. Thank you

Anybody had any dealings with this company? Just wondering about quality of units/doors, customer service etc

Hi all, When rendering ingoes is it the norm to scratch coat first and then a finish coat? Also many years ago I remember helping (probably getting in the way, I must of been all of 14) dash a garage, the ingoes were faced/levelled with timber on the external wall and then were floated up...