Just found out I can't use the PM feature because of the ball-ache otherwise known as Capcha.
Type the message, click "post" Capcha pops up, struggle to understand what it's supposed to be, type in what it says, press the green "tick" and the whole ****in' screen goes blank and freezes...
Cracking job over the last few days although very testing.
Had to remove, transport and install 3 very expensive and very heavy crystal chandeliers.
Got some pics on my Facebook if anyones interested!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/JRC-Property-Solutions/522452294471909
Im sorry if this is...
Just driven over the highest Motorway in Britain and it bloody hard to drive ...Manchester M62 to Bradford was my trip.... i do like a challenge lol..
Ill tell you how windy it is at mo' just seen a women on the street and he E-Cig blew out :beatnik:
Just came to finish off my last job of the day and infact year, nothing major just fix up a nice new cooker ready for Christmas. Not exactly how it went!
Was told plumber who disconnected old has cooker had a belt off the has pipe, measured at 140V! Currently sitting in the van waiting for DNO...
So, I've just nicely finished off my son's new bedroom in the loft. After much discussion with the wife, we agreed on the layout of furniture, where the TV and desk for PC would go etc. I wired the room perfectly to suit this, socket outlets in appropriate places, satellite, TV and network...
I am working on a property at the moment nice big house full renovation all trades involved. Centre piece of the house is the new kitchen top of the range.
Architect drawing showed 12 downlights in a U shape. Ceiling to be strapped and re sheeted. Perfect, joiners strapped ceiling and I ran...
I'm installing under floor heating on a concrete floor, it will be having wood flooring. Just wondering if I have to enclose the cable in a steel conduit or use armoured? Or if I'd get away with clipping t&e on the floor? Any advice would help. Thanks.
Yesterday I saw our cat crossing the road with a squirrel hanging from his mouth - he's brought dead ones home before and thought no more about it.
Today, our cat, and other local cats are paying a lot on interest in some bushes in our garden and the reason - an injuryed squirrel is hiding in...
Hi guys, wired a compressor for a customer yesterday, he brought a hydrovane hv07 off ebay, wired it to existing mem 2 board using c20 3 pole MCB, backed by overall RCD. using 6mm SWA, its quite a complex compressor, digital panel, etc. now the strange bit, if i put the emergency button in( e...
Finally downloaded the attached picture of a "shower fault" i recently worked on.
As you can see the bloody plumber connected the 6mm T&E directly across the Main Isolator ( The grey flex is actually the Earth Sleeving ).
No RCD protection or Earth Bonding either.
Luckily the Shower Isolator...
Came across this recent CU change yesterday while quoting to replace some Storage Heaters.
The builder had replaced the original Main CU and seperate Economy7 CU with the unit pictured below.
He crammed both sets of tails into the mainswitch by cutting some cores off of each tail and put a strip...
Hi chaps, This is part looking for advice, part moan. Bear with me..
Ive been asked to look at a rewire, no spec just what I think would be necessary (usually a mid range install, nothing fancy but no £1 sockets etc.) Now the install is 40-50 years old and is an overhead supply, as is common to...
Just got back from a day paintballing at a cost of 40quid and 800 balls fired, ive got 5 close range shots to me leaving some very nasty bruising (2" + when they blacken), but what kinda off made it one sided was we were up against the local TA lads thus alot fitter than me and my team of beer...
Quote 285 for a 12 way dual rcd consumer unit change and 275 to swop a 4 pole rcd for a time delay version and the barstards stick £200 on top of my quote... Bye Bye goes that job!
Ive been told before by a few plumbers in a kitchen the socket for the ignition on the gas hob cant be switched it has to be unswitched cause of the arc in the switch this will be a recomendation from the gas reg not our bible
woke up this morning to a parking ticket on the van the wheels arent on the yellow line but the bonnet is about half an inch over and the car behind is 2 inches off the back bumper cant believe theyve been so picky over half an inch
I got three STP12000-TL10 tri power units and asked at time of purchase are these set up for uk G59
Yes was the answer
Lads set them up and switched on and i made a call to their technical dept in germany with the serial numbers and lo and behold
they are preset for germany
WTF!!!!
Now i have...
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