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OK, thanks for ^^^ that. To be honest, my previous encounters with our DNO have been met with demands for extortionate amounts of money to carry-out what are - on the face of it - relatively straightforward jobs. ......Or very lengthy waits to get the work done. :mad:

We live in an early 1900s mid-terrace cottage. The mains supply comes in one side of the house, from a pole in the street, through an open eave. It then crosses, at attic floor level, to the other side of the house where it drops down to the meter/consumer unit cupboard at first floor level...

Thank you all for your contributions here. (y) Because I'm a bit OCD, my initial thought was to future-proof the job. But, as we have no intention of moving (thereby leaving our DIY for someone else's use) and we never have need to do more than one wash per day - meaning the washer and...

Good afternoon. I want to move our washing machine to a location away from the nearest point on the kitchen ring main, and at the same time include provision at the same location for a dryer - ie: alongside the washer. My intention is to hard-wire both appliances, through separate switched...

That ^^^ is the plan. (y)

Our loft serves a dual-purpose. As well as for storage, I use it as a big-boy's playroom. The floor area is boarded, with insulation beneath. We are in an exposed location, and south-west facing, so anything more than a gentle breeze can seem like a gale. I would like to, somehow, stop the...

It had crossed my mind to have all the boards up, replace any that look iffy, and insulate under. The thing is, I'll only have 4 days to do the whole job - hang new radiator, lift carpet, cut and lift boards to run new pipework, drain CH and remove old radiator, connect existing pipework to...

Ken, thank you for your reply. I don't know, yet, what conditions are like under the boards. I'll get a slightly better idea in a few months when I have the house to myself and am able to clear the room and lift some of the boards to allow me to run pipes underneath for a new radiator. Being...

Our 1903-built mid-terrace cottage was built on slope, lower in the front than the rear. The living room at the front has a suspended floor about 600mm above ground level, while the rear has a solid one at ground level. There is a single airbrick at the front. The front is exposed to any...