home archive of uk news reader group weekly
 
 
Current group : uk.d-i-y     4484 threads
page nr.: << back    20      21      22      23      24      25      26      27      28      29      30      31      32      33      34      35      36      37      38      39      40    next >>



Electric supply to Oven   (1 messages)   Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:57:32 +0100
Hi Sparky Do I need a 30amp supply for Neff series 3&4 cookers with max power of 5.9KW Can it be plugged into the 15amp ringmain Does it have to be done by a tradesman with special approvals Heres hoping for an ...

Cordless sterio headphones-Help   (20 messages)   Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 13:36:05 +0100
I purchased a Philips IR stereo headphone for my wife to use with the TV and contrary to what I usually do I bought it after talking to a sales person in Comet without really investigating the system properly. Having got it ...

New gas pipe - through wall or under floor?   (2 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:08:20 +0100
Hi, I'll be doing some work on the kitchen in the near future, and having moved things around to measure them I have found that the gas pipe to the cooker is in very poor condition - it is buried under the concrete floor ...

Argos Challenge Extreme Drill   (2 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:10:37 +0100
I can get this pack at GBP 24.99 at my local Argos (slightly damaged case by the look of it). http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3801&productId=154201&clickfrom=name Do ...

Need help identifying wall type and suggestion of fixings to hang glass shower screen from it.   (3 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:45:18 +0100
I have an internal wall in a 1980 flat conversion that appears to be concrete sheets with breeze block colour/style material sandwiched between. On hardness; I can't scratch or crush it with a fingernail but can comfortably ...

Tails.   (7 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:38:42 GMT
I'm rewiring my new (old) house... Is there a maximum - permissible length for meter tails? And, being as the "existing" earthing connection to the meter bus (from the incoming mains) is taken from the metal reinforcement ...

Pilot light gas consumption?   (19 messages)   Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:26:59 +0100
Out of curiosity I calculated how much gas my boiler pilot light consumed and took a meter reading at 9pm and again at exactly 9pm the next day. The heating & water have been off all that time with just the boiler pilot ...

Toilet with built in bidet   (11 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:20:58 GMT
I am looking for a toilet with a built-in bidet type outlet for washing ones backside afterwards. I have heard to the Geberit but that has too many functions - I just want something simple. Has anyone heard of these? Sidkney ...

Feathering plaster skim: Can it be done?   (7 messages)   Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 08:38:50 +0000 (UTC)
I've posted a few queries regarding skim plaster in the last few weeks, and weekend by weekend, my efforts are improving within the downstairs loo: concrete ceiling first, then brick wall then drylined plasterboard wall. the ...

TFT Backlight replacement   (21 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:10:44 +0100
I have a Benq 731 17 inch TFT screen, it's almost two years old. I'm away from home at the moment but my wife told me over the phone last night that, quote, "the screen has a dark strip two inches wide down the right hand ...

Slightly off-topic but useful information   (3 messages)   Date: 31 Aug 2005 23:06:38 -0700
Everyday in the UK there are 1000s of free competitions, offering big prizes such as cars, foreign holidays, even hard cash! But how do you get to know about these competitions? (After all, if you don't know about the competition ...

is it a bad idea to diy double glazing ? Is Fensa always required ?   (27 messages)   Date: 31 Aug 2005 22:03:39 -0700
Living in a flat, I only have 6 windows. I know why fensa are there etc, yet if wikes and www.u-fit.co.uk and alike are still helping the DIY window installer, can I still do this myself or not ? What would happen when ...

Angle Grinder FAQ section   (12 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:23:06 +0100
You know the drill by now! Any comments on: http://www.internode.co.uk/diyfaq/anglegrinder.htm (I wanted something to test a new install of ViaVoice, so there you go!) -- Cheers, John. /=================================================================\ | ...

how can I find cheaper reseller of PWS / MikeWalker /MauriceLay ?   (1 messages)   Date: 31 Aug 2005 19:59:51 -0700
After research there seem to be hundreads of resellers. Many of these online. Ideally I would like to miss the middle man and go direct. But they seem to only want to deal with TRADE customers. 1. Why is this ? Is there ...

Tweak of the Drills and Drilling FAQ   (24 messages)   Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:37:27 +0100
Following discussions about updating John Schmitt's and Clive Elsmore's FAQ so it ties in with the recent faq sections on different types of drills, I have done a tweaked version. Much is the same, but with some new sections ...

mary, you asked   (16 messages)   Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:55:38 GMT
About world wind vs google earth You could almost go for a paddle if you have world wind and pointed it at New Orleans Hurricaine Katrina is divine retribution for Septics who voted for Bush -- geoff ...

restoring stained oak   (8 messages)   Date: 31 Aug 2005 15:07:11 -0700
I've got an oak table that was made around 1925, it's stained very dark and in places where it gets worn, the wood is a more natural oak colour. As the table is of sentimental value, I'd like to restore it to something like ...

Cooker Switch in cupboard?   (2 messages)   Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 23:02:34 +0100
What do the regs say about putting cooker switches in cupboards? Is it allowed!? If so, do they have to be accessible without standing on anything? The reason I ask, is, there isn't anywhere else to put it! The same question ...

knocking/banging pipes   (6 messages)   Date: 31 Aug 2005 13:53:29 -0700
Hello all I know most regulars here will be bored to death with questions like this but despite a search I cannot find any questions/ answers to fit my problem. There is a banging/knocking noise coming from my hot and cold ...

Shower head busted off with water pressure!   (4 messages)   Date: 31 Aug 2005 13:02:30 -0700
Check this out. I came home today and turned the shower on. Obviously sometime during the day the local water supply had been cut off because the water splurted out with air. It came out with such force the bloody shower head ...