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by steve23
Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:34 am
Forum: Builders and Builders Merchants Forum
Topic: Any Idea What This Cable is and why it Goes Next Door ?
Replies: 3
Views: 2337

Re: Any Idea What This Cable is and why it Goes Next Door ?

Hi, I dont really know where the mains feed comes in for the house but Im guessing its under the stairs as that is where the meter and everything is, which is the area this cable 'comes out' from. Or goes in, how do I know which way things are flowing ! It would be hard for us to spot unusual electr...
by steve23
Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:30 pm
Forum: Builders and Builders Merchants Forum
Topic: Any Idea What This Cable is and why it Goes Next Door ?
Replies: 3
Views: 2337

Any Idea What This Cable is and why it Goes Next Door ?

Hi all, Ok, only been in my new house 3 years so let me off not seeing this before but.... I live in a semi detached. I noticed what looks like an electrical cable comes out of my house (at the rear of where all the 'electrics' are under the stairs), goes up my wall, around the roof guttering, onto ...
by steve23
Sat May 27, 2017 10:15 pm
Forum: Central Heating and Air conditioning and Ventilation Forum
Topic: Air Conditioning Exhaust Hose and Bends
Replies: 0
Views: 3007

Air Conditioning Exhaust Hose and Bends

Hi all, I've just put a portable air con unit in a room and in order to vent it I have had to bend the 1.5 metre exhaust pipe in a couple of places, so its like an s shape. Looking on the internet this seems quite common as people vent up and out of windows, but the instructions say not to bend the ...
by steve23
Sat Aug 06, 2016 7:40 am
Forum: Conversion, Refurbishment and Renovation Forum
Topic: Weather proofing car port with some sort of wall ?
Replies: 1
Views: 2251

Weather proofing car port with some sort of wall ?

Hi all, I have a 'car port' (or so its called) attached to my garage: its three single brick walls and a concrete base with a decent flat roof. One end is open and shielded by a wooden lattice set up. (please see pics) I want to do something to turn the area into a store room - does not have to be g...
by steve23
Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:20 am
Forum: Fixing to Walls Issues and Problems Forum
Topic: Fixing plasterboard over single brick wall in garage
Replies: 2
Views: 3596

Re: Fixing plasterboard over single brick wall in garage

Thanks, ill get to it then :-)
by steve23
Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:00 am
Forum: Fixing to Walls Issues and Problems Forum
Topic: Fixing plasterboard over single brick wall in garage
Replies: 2
Views: 3596

Fixing plasterboard over single brick wall in garage

Hi all, I have a garage at the bottom of my garden. It's single brick walls, but one side connects to another garage and the other side to an enclosed car port, so only rear wall and front up and over door really face the elements. I dont want to live in there or anything, just make the place nicer ...
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