Recent content by Chimpchoker

Thanks Batty, That is probably one too far for her indoors. SS&SD Hmmm My wife has a lot going for her but ironing, cleaning and cooking are not on her agenda. Besides, ask any ex military including SF if it's a womans job,lol.

Ok Andy, S tynside is a big area so if you are at the northern end of ST then its 40 - 50 miles each way at least. Take care and thanks one and all for the advice. Alan

This is what I thought because any dumb monkey hanger can wield a hammer and chisel or even graduate up to an electric chaser leaving the technical work to the sparky but it seems on the other topic i started that is not always the case,lol. Obviously there are those that think all work has to...

Again thanks for the replies. The house was built in 1953 and so a lot of the plaster is blown anyway so it will be going back to bare brick. My initial thought was to be able to put the wires in approximatly the  right areas whilst the furniture is out and the leccy is on ( i've done back to...

Thanks for the welcome. There are certainly a few twats on here that's for sure, present company excluded. Batty, As any tradesperson approaches my front door I ask 2 questions. 1 are there any vegitarians ?and 2 who drinks Tea, coffee, juice etc? Noz spark, the propeties I am aiming at...

hi pro Dave, The iron only trips this one socket so my thoughts were the socket not the iron. Tested the iron in other sockets and one upstairs landing tripped. I tried and succeeded in charging an I pod in both sockets that the Iron  had tripped previously. I then tried a warm air heater of...

I can't post links here yet but I have found the ring main info Also the 32a / 2.5mm wire was on this very forum  but I need to find the post in my history folder.

Thanks for the replies. I always look for time served tradesmen ( and women to be PC) and I appreciate that most of you want to protect your trade from the inexperienced ( and dangerous ) people of which I include myself in the former. I was only asking for advice so I had a bit of knowledge so...

Hi folks, Tis chimpchoker here and I often wondered why the Part P was introduced but one thing I've learnt from reading some of these posts on this forum shows exactly why electrics needed taking out of DIY hands. I know nowt about electrics but even I can see how stupid some of the questions...

How do folks. married with a grown up son getting into property developement so need to learn what i can and cant do myself. Actually all I need is a good sparky but I like to learn things so I know how to question a tradesman so I know he or she is good and competent. Cheers, Chimpchoker.