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Ah, yes, perfectly sensible, and I thank you for taking the time to set it out clearly. One slight problem (I did allude to it, but not clearly enough) is that there is no ceiling rose at present. Just two wires coming out of the ceiling! So neither end of the 'flying wires' has anything that...

Yes, I hear you. And I am a coward when it comes to electricity. But we have a modern consumer unit as the only 'client' of the meter so that affords some protection. Also, I am used to assessing levels-of-proof (considering false positives and false negatives). And if in doubt will get a...

I hear what you all say - but I was born paranoid, and I have done a fair amount of lecky work. It looks as if a proper sparks did a rewire job (and put in the consumer unit), and a subsequent 'DIYer' changed things around a little. I have ordered one of those Fluke 1AC pens (Thanks Hivanhoe)...

Hi all, New house new problems..... there are some 'creative' wiring solutions here, and identifying circuits can be tricky. Can anyone recomend an effective (and cheap?) live-circuit detector? Something that I can hold at or near a wire and detect if it is live. Preferably able to detect...

Simple. Thanks.

If you are using a Linux distro you can use something like encfs. This will create an OTFE (on the fly ecrypted) file system (which can of course be mounted anywhere like normal folders). I store my sensitive data in this encrypted folder hierarchy. In this sensitive data I have a file with...

I admire your determination and goals, Ralph. I do not live anywhere near you, so cannot be of direct help. However I can suggest a couple of things you may try. They are less obvious, and possibly will be less successful than the suggestions made by others here but you may think them worth a...

I would have got a couple of quotes to repair and suggested the mortgage company kept a retention of the larger quote until the work was done. That is effectively what I did on one house purchase. One off the items I got done (clearing some cavities) the other - electricians report - did not...

Wow...... I came here because you chap's know about woodwork (a refreshing change from my job in IT). Now you are all tallking about XML transforms and scripting languages. Still, coding your own software is an extreme form of DIY. And cheap (can be free). Maybe I need to start a 'Java'...

You will be needing one of these then. Available in kit form to assemble at home..........

Make sure you do. ;-P A nurse and a singer.... wish her good luck with both.

Or even one of mine.........

Wow, I would never have thought that could happen. When my hand was encased the plaster got warm, but it was only an inch or two thick, and one side of the hand only. Just goes to show that hazards can hide in the most innocent looking places. Nice one, not heard that before. But why does...

When I were a lad....... Some neighbours kids used my hand as a pattern for casting. They built a wall of plasticine around it and my fingers** (placed on a table), coated the area with vaseline, and poured fairly thick plaster-of-paris mix over the top. When this had set they turned my hand...

I am not sure where I picked up the phrase, but I always think of this material as 'donkey ***** covered in plastic'. Another low quality 'man made' material that makes me wince is 'laminate' flooring where the 'wood' is actually a printed picture of wood. And the 'oak' is still priced higher...

Bill: Have another pint? Ben: No, I better not. If I have another I will be late, and no matter how quiet I am the wife always wakes up and nags me. I coast the car into thedrive with the engine off, quietly put the key in the lock, shut the door quietly. I even undress downstairs in the...

Has anyone had experience of using the internet to sell or buy a house? I do not mean simply browsing for houses posted by estate agents, but cutting out the estate agents altogether. £3000 seems a lot of money for taking a feww photos, printing a brochure, and uploading the details to...

Thanks, it is worth knowing that before I get too ambitious with my plans. I sometimes think I enjoy the planning as much as the doing....

I could try to remove the pins, or I could try to arrange the job to work around them. Luckily the pins are the outermost in each case rather than the central one. I am not sure what I will make yet, though I like making boxes. When I decide, then I can work out how to make best use of the...