Recent content by James Allen

I have used these guys twice now, both times got a cheap but modern looking poly carpet (picture attached). Was just over $700 for 3 double bedrooms, including laying. The carpet layers looked very shady when they turned up but ended up being very good, they even layed carpet inside the...

For the benefit of those that are from New Zealand here is the DIY guide to home wiring put out by the Energy Saftey NZ (govt organisation). It includes instruction and diagrams on wiring 2 way switching. http://www.energysafety.govt.nz/upload/33458/ecp51v18.pdf Remember this is only for...

There is no simple answer that a sales man can give you without all the info. Yes some units that draw less than 10 amps can be run on a existing power circut, but you have to consider what else is being run on them. If your unit is drawing 7.5 amps and you only have two or even one power...

Arms, Not sure if this also applies to residential houses but Australian Standard I use in my job states that a grease arresting device (rangehood) must be 1050mm from a cooking surface that has a open flame (gas). Look up AS1668.2 Appendix E Clause 4.1 (b). You are correct about electric...

He has turned the front office into a show room, it's only about half done with new tiles and a couple of installed kitchens, it's a big improvment.

I think we spoke to soon about his junk yard, I went there yesterday and he has pulled down the office area and is re building it.

Yes the number I put up was wrong, I couldn't find his mobile number at the time so googled it and assuming that there was only one kitchens direct gave the number off the website. I lost his mobile number but each time I just rock up to his junk yard and talk to him in person, I never had...

Not sure that this is true, the wording is "building work on your property for a single project" I have heard it argued in the industry that the deffinition of "single project" is not clear, the legislation also gives no deffinition. But a reasnoble person would consider a bathroom and then say...

It sounds like a classic case of the tank needing a top up, the water in the tank that surronds the coil needs to be topped up every now and then, just use the pressure releif valve to top up the tank.

I agree with the above post, just replace the whole outdoor unit, as long as it's R22 and not R410a then the pipework can be reused and it will be the cheapest possible solution, you will also get new warranty which you wouldn't get with just changing components. But totally disagree with you...

Without boring you with the laws of psychrometrics, a heating source will not change the moisture content of the air, so whether you heat the house by the A/C or the fire if it is to the same tempreture the humidity inside will be the same. Unless it is a unflued gas fireplace in which case it...

It's simple maths the repayments on 300k @ 5% and 250k @ 7% are very similar. This is were I think a lot of FHB's that are borrowing right up to thier limits now are going to get caught out if rates rise in a couple of years.

It's the second time it's been done in NZ, the first was many years ago and it was called Post Bank, and guess what? It was then sold to ANZ. Now they have Kiwi Bank, they have seperate counters at the post offices where you can do banking. It was brought in after I had left so I can't...

Your putting too much adhesive, it shouldn't come out the sides like that. You want to hold you trowl or spreader at about 45 deg to the wall this should give you lines of adhesive that are about square (if using 6mm trowl, the lines will be 6mm apart and about 5 mm high) then push your tile on...

Your idea of bulk and the Chinese idea of bulk direct from a factory are prop miles apart. There are however distributors over there that can handle smaller orders. Best way to find any product in China is www.alibaba.com if there is a factory in China not listed on there I would be suprised...