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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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

Greetings to all, I'm about to start rebuilding my bathroom after finding some serious water ingress into the plasterboard. The house is a 1970's ex-council mid-terraced and the wall in question is between me and a neighbour, I've got a stud frame about 5" deep on top of...

Greetings to all, Following some major water ingress into my bathroom plasterboard I'm in the process of riping the whole lot out and replacing with Aquapanel. My shower has a pipe running down from the ceiling on top of the existing tiles. I'd like to run a length of...

Greetings to Everyone, Firstly my apologies if this post is in the wrong forum I've been advised the quickest way to re-tile my bathroom is to remove the existing plasterboard and start over, So I've a couple of queries I'd appreciate some guidance on...

Greetings to all, Could anyone please advise if it's possible to either add a timer controller to a Janus 3 water heater or replace the water heater with a unit that has a timer control and would be compatible with the existing Johnson & Starley JT 19-25 Mk 2 Modairflow...

Greetings To All, I'm planning on installing an electric heater in the bathroom as the house's Gas fired warm air ducting doesn't extend that far. From what I remember the fused spur should be outside the bathroom door but I'm not sure if I can install a heater with a...

Greetings To All, Last Weekend I installed a new kitchen sink, When I opened the stop cock I forgot to open the cold bathroom taps (Doh) :oops: Last Night I connected the Hot bath Tap to The Cold and waited until warm water came out the kitchen cold tap, then opened...

Greetings to all, Yesterday I installed a new kitchen sink, all went hunky dory until I turned the stop cock back on. I've plenty hot water in the kitchen and the bathroom but only have cold water in the kitchen. (I forgot to open the bathroom cold taps before I opened...

Afternoon all, I've just bought a 1970's Terraced House which has a fairly decent loft space, Unfortunately the Cold Water Tank is between the hatch and the bulk of the attic. Can it be moved to the otherside of the hatch and if so are there any pitfalls I should look for...

Morning All, I've recently bought a new house which still has a fuse box :shock: So I'm planning on replacing it with a nice shiny Split Load CU. But I've a couple of points I'd appreciated clarification on :?: 1) As I live in Scotland I think Part P doesn't apply yet if...