Home DIY

UK plugs (BS1363) are only rated to 13A, although technically speaking the 13A fuse fitted is there to protect the cable in the event that it goes short and goes on fire.

Is this nail gun for consumers? UK plug? It may be that despite the surge in current it initially demands, it should be safe to use on a 13A line due to the average current which it draws which is probably not very much.

Rive's fault-finding suggestion is your best bet for fixing your kitchen mains ring. You may need to assume which way the ring starts and ends, but you can still isolate certain sockets which will help to determine where the fault is.

Double oven rated at 4kW currently sitting on a normal plug. Plug has a 13A fuse so I guess at least the house is unlikely to spontaneously explode, but I guess if I use both ovens at the same time then the fuse may go...

The plug is coming off a 6mm cable that goes directly to the circuit breaker, so I assume it could be hard wired? Which would obviously be preferable...

Strikes me that it would normally go straight to the board and that using a 13A plug is just a quick way to install. If it is genuinely capable of pulling 4KW then as you say, the fuse will blow, and hopefully the cable and plug/socket won't scorch before the fuse finishes dying.

Unplugged the dishwasher and the MCB didn't trip.

Plugged it back in and it still didn't trip. All working now.

No idea. Assume it was dampness from the heavy rain...

Hrm, replaced a radiator on Tuesday, though didn't move any pipes while doing it all. Found this in the kitchen under this morning in about the same place.
Though I suspect it may be the crappy guttering and the huge amount of rain, and the radiator was just a coincidence?

Check the wall outside etc when I'm back home before I start worrying too much...?

Anyone here used Mumford And Wood windows? I'm buying a large casement window which needs to be securely lockable as it's on the ground floor.

I've read this thread here which is mixed:

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/property/2006301-do-you-have-mumford-and-wood-windows

I've got a quote for about £750 for a large window which appears to be of good, solid quality.

A local company has offered the same size for £250, but when inspected it is noticeably inferior. For example, despite a similar spec, it uses fast-growing pine (you know, like balsa wood) and the locks don't feel as solid.

Anyone have any thoughts? I've not purchased windows before.

Long shot, but does anyone have a heavy-duty breaker? We want to find the plage sur la pavee in our back garden and it seems like that's a much more efficient way than any other.

Maybe hire one?

That's probably going to be best.

Seems to be about £70/day though

Screwfix have one currently for sale for £150...

sous? I don't speak French but surely you wouldn't need a breaker if it was sur.

I'd rather hire a decent branded industrial tool rather than a cheap almost 'disposable' version from Screwfix, especially for tools I might not use much. I just bought a cheap mixing paddle drill (£100) that I gave a beating last week and it's already making an ominous whining. Probably user error.

@tommmmmmm If it's just paving, a sledge hammer and pick axe will make mince meat of the job. The problem is disposing of the resulting hardcore, it'll cost quite a chunk to tip.

Luckily the cost per ton of inert waste is around £20, much less than mixed waste, so don't mix it when you tip it.

Just drive it out to Pilgrims way and dump it in the middle of the road, preferably with a fridge on top.

The problem is disposing of the resulting hardcore, it'll cost quite a chunk to tip.

I guess some councils charge?

Local residents can dispose of rubble/concrete/bricks/tiles (but not breeze blocks) for free at the Wandsworth tip as long as it's from household/personal use and not trade waste and as long as you turn up in a car not a van.

Maybe your local council has a similar facility?

(The Wandsworth tip is just for residents of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Wandsworth or Westminster.)

I'd take the chance for a weekend in all honesty.

Besides, just return it if it starts making funny noises.

I've recently taken up the old patio in our garden. I've gone down to soil for half of it as its bring turfed and gone down to hardcore for the otherhalf for the new patio

The problem was I took up the old paving and under that was old paving and under that was about 4 inches of concrete and sand.

I reckon I've extracted about 2 tonnes of rubble, concrete and old paving .

You are only allowed 6 bags of hardcore a month in waltham forest . so I've basicslly been dodging the tip man every time I've been. I must have got rid of 80 odd bags of rubble and still have about 20 left. Its soul destroying work.

Hesiers Hill is a great spot for all the decking and fencing you no longer want, too.

beddlestead was closed yesterday again due to flytipping .. cunts

Now that we've left the EU all that will stop

:)

Best adhesive for patching a polycarbonate conservatory roof?
Friday's hail storm (I'm not in London) shredded everything in the garden with broad leaves and punched ten or so holes through the outer layer of the conservatory roof. I've got some 1mm lexan sheet to make patches from, but not sure about a clear adhesive for outdoor use - apparently Tensol 12 goes brittle when exposed to u.v. ?

@tommmmmmm
Walthamstow has a rubble facility, there's probably one closer to you but if not head to south access road. No vans allowed.

Dump it from your trousers, Great Escape style...