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Nijinski001, Thanks for your advice Rusty Scot

Morning all, I've been contemplating having my 4 way 1960's fuse box changed for split load cu. Currently I have one ring main on a 32a fuse for a three bedroom mid-terraced ex-council house. I'd like to split the circuit into an upstairs and downstairs ring main. From an...

Thanks for the reply noseall, Unfortunately the wall that collapsed is my boundry with street. The remaining walls (approx 45' long) are also single row construction with supporting pillars and are boundry/retaining walls between my garden and both my...

Greetings to all, Part of my boundary wall has recently collapsed (I think due to a poor mortar mixture) So I'm now contemplating rebuilding it. The wall was/will be 15' long x 29" High (single row), terminating in a gate pillar two bricks wide x 40" High. Before I...

Many thanks for the advice and apologies for posting twice. Rusty Scot

Morning all, I've recently replaced a plasterboard wall with Aquapanel, Could some kind soul please advise which would be the best wall fixings to use. The basin I'm planing to fit has four large mounting holes so I thought fisher bolts would be my best option but my local...

Thanks to all for their advice. It looks like I'll be off to homebase :wink:

Thanks for the advice Big-All. Alas I've never been able to cut a long straight line with a jigsaw :cry: hence my desire for a circular saw. Rusty Scot

Greetings to all, I'm about to commence replacing the chipboard floor in my bathroom, then fit a laminated floor and to finish fit a couple of wet wall panels. I thought the best tool to accomplish all of this would be a circular saw. Alas my budget only runs to £50 -...

Thanks again RigidRaider, I'll look into it. Rusty Scot

Thanks for such a swift reply Rigidraider i) I don't know if the shower tray has an upstand (what is an upstand) the Tray's being shipped this weekend ii) The Wetwall has an Internal angle trim and an end profile trim but that's all. iii) The wetwall is being stuck to a new...

Greetings to all, I'm in the middle of installing a 900mm corner shower cubicle in my bathroom and can't determine if i should install the shower tray infront of the wetwall or should I install the shower tray first then fit the wetwall. Can anyone advise please...

Thanks for the advice JohnD, My stud wall is at 90 degrees to the joist so I've a clear way ahead now. Thanks again, Rusty Scot

Thanks for the advice securespark. The bathroom is directly above the meter cupboard. :( I thought the cable would need replaced but a second opinion is always appreciated. Cheers, Rusty Scot

Many thanks for such a swift response Big-All. My Existing flooring is an 8 x 4' sheet so should I try and stagger the cuts for the new flooring (2400 x 600mm sheets) or stick to the original plan and cut straight across the entire width of the board about 6" out from the wall. Thanks...

Greetings to all, I've just started renovating my bathroom and have discovered the 30 odd year old chipboard floor has had it. I plan to replace it with some 18mm Moisture Resistant flooring but here's the snag. The existing floor continues under the stud wall into the...

Greetings to Everyone, In the course of renovating my bathroom thanks to some dodgy tiles/plasterboard I've discovered the Shower is being fed on a 6mmsq Cable. The route is as follows: 0.7m Clipped to a plasterboard wall inside a cupboard 1.7m Floor Void...

My thanks to all for there advice

Thanks for the advice Chris

Thanks for the advice static, There hasn't been any insulation in the wall for the last thirty odd years and no :oops: so far. Rusty Scot