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Thanks for the tip, bans-all-sheds! I was already aware of that as my next 'problem'. I think I'll 'dig out' the wall cable a little bit (the resulting hole will be covered by the plate, I hope). Regarding the choc, there's actually a really well thought out little peg just up and to the right...

No, no intention of using the in-line switch. The light would be in the house's ring and operated from those switches ('wired'). The wire from the bulb housing would be cut around 20 cm and rerouted down (i.e. No longer passing through the exit hole it is in the photo) and through the 'large...

It's labelled as double-insulated. However, it's a plug wired wall lamp that I need to cut the input wire to then link those lamp wires to the wall input with a terminal block (which will be, obviously, inside the metal casing). The current wiring takes the lamp wire through a hole above the...

I have a new light fitting to fix to this point. As you can see, the last person cut the cable short and I, unfortunately, need to extend those wires through a metal cases wall mount. That would leave a single insulated set of wires inside a metal light fitting. Erm.. I have no experience of...

Thanks for your comment. Is there any reason not to use tile adhesive? I used adhesive to make the rest of the platform (see photos) and it has served well. The raised base is over an underfloor heated floor too. Cheers again.

It's a stone resin base. The mortar wasn't adhering very well to the base and the base moved on the mortar after it had dried. Thanks

Hello,I owuld appreciate some advice on using tile adhesive for a shower base. The base is to go onto a raised platform of which the top level is backer board (see photo). I've tried using a standard mortar but have had a bit of a mare, so the base had to come up again. One tradesman suggested...

For some reason (my stupidity) when I tried to upload the completed picture yesterday, it didt happen. I tried running hot water through the pipes to soften the adhesive and then , effectively, what Old and bold suggested. The new trap will be concealed in a pedestal, so I hope I can cut...

Sorted! Thanks.

I think I may have enough access, but it's some method of 'breaking' the gripfill's hold on the silver pipe without cracking the white one that's the crux of my problem. The white pipe goes straight down to behind the boxing (just visible a top the bottom). And, yes, sink is going in the same...

Hello, Apologies if this is obvious, but how do I solve this problem safely. Was going to do a simple basin swap u til I noticed how the last fitter had adapted the metallic silver of the sinks waste to the 32 mm PPE waste. Seems to have filled the PPE with gripfill and pushed the smaller...

hello, Can't strip of the vinyl pint from the plasterboard and left with (lots of) edges. Wanting to pliant surface with F&B Modern Emulsion (7% sheen). How do I prep this surface now? And how's to I minimised risk of the vinyl edges showing through? Many thanks!

Any idea if there is such a thing as a ceiling rose were the cable exit is on the side of the body rather than the standard (cough) 'bottom exit'? Want to run the exiting cable parallel to the ceiling for a short distance to enter a light fitting. I guess I could drill holes, etc, but that...

Thought I'd give some closure to both me and this thread. Thanks for all your comments and help. Subsequent to these discussions, I contacted Astro regarding my query on the visible core wires. They replied to assure me that the visible cores are actually already double insulated. After much...

Sparkwright, Your suggestion on the rose maybe a good way forward. However, your comment on the double sheathing of cores made my eye drifted to the other end of the internal light parts. Having been focused on the double insulated 'box' I hadn't really paid much attention to what was going on...

Thanks for all the advice, gentlemen. We have learned today that Astro are less than enthusiastically recommended. Wondered why someone was selling a load new and unused on fleabay... Sadly, I think I am stuck with the fitting. Cost and Mrs Site Manager say so. I had considered the earthing...

Hoping to wire a metal double insulated light fitting in our house. At present wires come through a small hole drilled through a ceiling beam into a 'standard rose base' (picture). There is no feasible way to get into the space above the beam - it's about the only part of the house not covered...

Thanks for your reply. The previous base was wooden. It has suffered quite a lot of 'decay' over the (probably) eight years it was in place. Also it couldn't support the new shower base (which had a rim around the edges which called to marry with the edge of the wood). I did try a wooden...

Thanks for the reply. My brain fart, but 'ceramic' should be 'stone resin'. Planning to use a good dose of silicon around the edges once the base is in and to give a little cushion layer (filler) of silicon between the shower between and the first tile. Bit confused about were you suggest the...

New to this, so please excuse if this is a obvious question. I have a ceramic shower base that I need to put into a very tight space that is closed on three sides. The base is to replace a base that was put over a cemented in heated floor. I have been told putting a shower over a heated floor...