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Heating system pumping UNDER, anyone?

I guess that many of us have come across primary vented systems which pump *over* - where there is a constant flow of w...
14 comments posted 8yrs
posted by watt.tyler
14 comments posted 8yrs posted by watt.tyler

OT Jury service. At 75? Are they serious? Again.

Some of you may remember that last September, at the age of 75, I was summoned for jury service for the first time in m...
41 comments posted 8yrs
posted by dmarsden
41 comments posted 8yrs posted by dmarsden

OT: gas barbecues

At home, I normally use a kettle barbecue with lumpwood charcoal. I know how to allow enough time, and I have backup mi...
36 comments posted 8yrs
posted by newshound
36 comments posted 8yrs posted by newshound

export an eart5h or use an earth rod?

I am about to lay some 10mm2 CSA SWA from one end of the garden to the other. I need to decide whether to export the (P...
12 comments posted 8yrs
posted by i.love.spam
12 comments posted 8yrs posted by i.love.spam

Curtain rail fixing

I have a bedroom curtain rail that is affixed with solid wall fixings. The wall is solid plaster but the fixings are pu...
26 comments posted 8yrs
posted by i
26 comments posted 8yrs posted by i

Conveyancing

Have any of you used a Conveyancing firm that you would recommend? Its one thing I don't fancy doing myself! Mike
6 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
6 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

Soft close toilet seat repair ?

A couple of years ago, bought a soft-close toilet seats from Wilkos. One has packed up, where the soft-close has stoppe...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jethro_uk
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by jethro_uk

Telephone problem

BT line with phone and broadband. Broadband is working OK and that has its own socket on the master socket. I can only...
30 comments posted 8yrs
posted by diy
30 comments posted 8yrs posted by diy

Earth Sleeving for 10mm T+E?

Hi all as per the subject - I am (re)making the connections to an isolator swit ch for an electric shower. The cable is...
21 comments posted 8yrs
posted by jkn_gg
21 comments posted 8yrs posted by jkn_gg

Ping rubber specialists.

Hi all, I have recently acquired a galvanised dingy trailer that is 1) fairly old and 2) has probably sat with way over...
36 comments posted 8yrs
posted by news
36 comments posted 8yrs posted by news

sliding door guide

Does anyone know who stocks sliding door guides in the UK ? W channel similar to :-...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by brian
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by brian