Recent content by cornishman

No! only if in a kitchen,bathroom or outside. John

In my opinion all test equipment should be calibrated annually, or proven against a known source. If your test equipment is out of cal it would give false results and possibly dangerous situations. I used to be responsible for my company's test equip to ISO 9001. John

Depends on many you have to cut, I've used one from BnQ, not their own make, to do a WC and Kitchen, no problems should last me 2 bathrooms for £30 or so worth it, could be cheaper for you to hire one unless you have a lot to do. John

Prior to buying my my previous house it was agreed the owner would have it rewired, and that was how his sparky terminated the CPC. Also the cable for upstairs lights came out of the cupboard under the stairs, through the stair riser and ran up the the middle of the wall on top of the...

We all do it! :oops: John

Ive dealt with this defect before by stripping the wroks from the tap, cleaning everything and greasing with vaseline, but you can buy 'Plumbers Grease' these days. John

Beg, borrow, steal or buy a basin wrench, available from most toolstores. This link is to Toolstation, others are available. http://www.toolstation.com/messages.html?code=26461&mainWin=1 John

Woodfit do a repair kit, hopefully I've pasted the link here. :D http://www.woodfit.com/index.php?&Name=Home&colour=&colour_match= John

I'd always go with DP given the choice. EJJ

I'd prefer to use a diamond core drill or pre drill with a smaller size to prevent breakout, and drill from outside in if possible.