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Electrical Ring adding a new twin socket

Hi I am helping out installing a new socket The existing socket is a trip base dual domestic socket. Its part of a ring...
9 comments posted 16yrs
posted by devo.uk
9 comments posted 16yrs posted by devo.uk

Changing Central Heating Timer

I'd like to change my Drayton Switchmaster 400 mechanical timeswitch for a Drayton LP112 digital. Looking at the LP...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by minicountryman
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by minicountryman

electricity

Can we win, I have power saving bulbs, I don't use half as much electricity as I used to. I am very careful. But it...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by "welsh(remove)wizard29"
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by "welsh(remove)wizard29"

Dryline Boxes and Polyfoam insulation

I've now started putting on my dryline boxes, in readiness for plastering. This guide http://www.ultimatehandyman.c...
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by sexyjw
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by sexyjw

ready mixed concrete

Has anyone bought ready mix concrete for a floor got one 12ft by 9ft 4inch think any ideas on how much per cubic meter i...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by paul.wain
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by paul.wain

Circular saws

Are there circular saws that, with a change of blade, may be used to cut wood and concrete?
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by frederick.williams2
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by frederick.williams2

Electric screwdrivers

Do electric screw drivers produce more torque than human hands? I.e., would an electric screwdriver tighten a screw tha...
26 comments posted 16yrs
posted by frederick.williams2
26 comments posted 16yrs posted by frederick.williams2

Son Lamps

My friend says he has put ordinary incandescant lamps in son fittngs, but I am not sure how safe that would be, are ther...
8 comments posted 16yrs
posted by championis
8 comments posted 16yrs posted by championis

Boarding Loft AND Rafters

Hi, I live in an end terrace house and am contemplating putting insulation (glass fibre roll?) in the loft between the...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by sig226_NOSPAM_
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by sig226_NOSPAM_

Garden Light

My house is newly wired to the latest 17th Edition standard with RCBOs on every circuit. I want to install a garden lig...
5 comments posted 16yrs
posted by graham.brooker
5 comments posted 16yrs posted by graham.brooker

Not mentioned in boiler instructions ?

I have a Baxi Combi 105HE Boiler. We do not have a thermostat connected to it so we just use the one on the boiler itse...
1 comments posted 16yrs
posted by the_constructor
1 comments posted 16yrs posted by the_constructor

Washing machine parts anyone?

Check out this fantastic bargain!! http://tinyurl.com/ykmz9nr
2 comments posted 16yrs
posted by shazzbat
2 comments posted 16yrs posted by shazzbat

Where can I get plates to protect pipes in joists?

I'm after suppliers for the small flat steel plates that you affix to the top of joists to protect water pipes and c...
7 comments posted 16yrs
posted by clangers_snout
7 comments posted 16yrs posted by clangers_snout

Yucky washing machine

I assumed a washing machine is pretty much self cleaning. Washing powder through it and a few rinses each cycle. I'...
15 comments posted 16yrs
posted by Periproct
15 comments posted 16yrs posted by Periproct