You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
I hope this is not true, I'm intending to have quite a few downlighters. Do you know if this is related to mains halogen or low voltage stuff? JB ... From:...
I've got 3 x 20w units either side of the range cooker arranged in an 'L' shape as the worktops go around corners at that point. Plenty of light on those...
Is there a simple way of concealing water stains on ceilings? The leak is historic but no matter how many coats of emulsion I apply the stain always shows...
A good alternative to slates might be the vacuum-tube / heat-pipes that at least manufacturers produce ... can be mounted in various ways, on roof & on...
Just had a visit from our local merchant rep. He tells me local building control have developed an intense dislike of halogen downlighters and are "strongly...
Hi, As Madona would say "Kissed for the very first time"...... Work it out :-) On Thursday morning I took my PC in to be fixed. Thursday afternon the man ...
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My home insurance renewal is insisting that I have lockable windows. All my downstairs windows are sliding sash. Does anyone know of a key operatable lock for...
Hi all, As I am now looking at heating systems for my new build, I have a problem. There is no gas in the village which leaves me with a few options. LPG is...
Thanks Dave; I suppose 50% on Scottish prices isn't too extreme, though if anybody has experience of pricing closer to home I'd like to hear it! Bricklayers...
Just listened to a little article on BBC radio 4 about underfloor heating. No great shakes in that it was quite general ..but it did mention that it was...
Broadly speaking, for the South East, is £30 per sq/m for laying bricks, and £15 per sq/m for blocks fairly competitive (labour only)? I've had 3 quotes,...
In our current place, the lights go dimmer when we put the kettle on ... let alone a house-heater ... ! We live not far from the town-centre now, but the ...
Just wondered ... if people could recommend a good sat.nav system ... 'wife is finally retiring her old Peugeot, after seventeen years, and getting herself a ...
Re Kitchen worktop, tile, socket heights. I don't think there is any formula but after much debate this is what I've come up with: Worktop height normal 890mm...
Looks interesting ... 'am tempted, too ... 'though 'wonder about longevity ... for some reason (maybe it's recent experience with light-bulbs & kettles) I ...
No doubt that fission/fusion could give enough power for everyone to heat their environment when cold and cool it (use energy to move excess heat to another...
I had a fuse blow in the consumer unit last night (left me in the dark in the bathroom halfway through shaving :). The consumer unit is about 20 years old and...
Hi people, for those of you that have used polyplumb (or similar) pipe & manifolds, did you use the long radius bend formers to take the pipes from the floor...
Hello, I am new to self-building. Can people recommend a good software package, that they have used for their project(s), to calculate the building costs and...
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I know this question has been asked for building s/w quite a few times, but does anyone have recommendations for software that will help illustrate internal...
Talking to our BCO today, he was enthusing about a product that looks like roof slates but actually is aluminium with pipe connections to make the whole of a...
Hi Fred, Excel is hard to beat. Very versatile, and if you create the spreadsheet template yourself then you will know how it works etc. Mark's Housebuilders'...
I can only make an educated guess at the answer to one of your questions, and yes, it's undoubtedly expensive. I've seen something similar before (but maybe...
Trying to pre-empt what may come up. The house I am building is about 1.5 mtrs from a drainage ditch for the area. The bottom of the ditch is about .7mtr below...
