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Had an Electrician come round and recommend using 2 consumer units on a complete re-wire of a 6 bedroom house. 1 consumer unit (Wylex 19 way) was for the complete house and the other consumer unit (Wylex 5 way) was to be dedicated for the kitchen area only, with the fridge and freezer having...

Hi, I am having underfloor heating put in into my sisters house on the 2 upper floors of the house. the construction of this UFH system is as follows:- Battens put in-between the joists 50mm Kingspan foiled insulation boards placed inbetween these joists UFH pipes circuit run on top of these...

Can someone please help?....Had a brand new Electrical install on a 6 Bedroom HMO Property in Nottingham (I live in London, hence can't get up there readily) only about 2 years ago. The upstairs shower room, shower and basin taps, are giving electrical shocks (Not an Electrical Shower normal...

I am having my house fully rendered. The existing surface is brickwork. spoke to my plasterer who has said that K-render "always" shows cracks after a few years even the new stuff which is supposed to have improved even when a sub-base coat of monocouche is used. he recommends a sand and cement...

not sure if this topic should be in this section (sorry)..... Hi all.... does anybody know of any other thermal conductive floorboards out there in the market?.... the only one i could find was the Knauf Brio. we are having underfloor heating (water system,not electric) in the whole house...

Hi all.... does anybody know of any other thermal conductive floorboards out there in the market?.... the only one i could find was the Knauf Brio. we are having underfloor heating (water system,not electric) in the whole house and for the upstairs we originally specified 18mm WBP plywood...

anyone use Emmeti underfloor heating system?.... i have been offered by an underfloor heating firm a price for a 7 zone package using this make. i have installed a polyplumb system at present. and wish to install approx. 130m2 of underfloor heating system in my new home. the firm have very...

we have a house which has got solid floors on the ground floor. Can someone please tell me if we first ran internally, an "armoured" cable from the CU (under the stairs) up a side wall via a boxed in soil pipe ducting (which is already there) then running it along the upstairs joists and then...

hi all, have a similar problem..... would like to choose an RCBO consumer unit but am confused as to which brand to use even on here everyone seems to have their own preference as to which one is best! project:- just bought a soon to be 8 bedroom house with one section of the house to be...

just bought a new house. Does anybody know of a company that specialises in coloured concrete polishing? i have approx 110m2 of polishing to cover for the ground floor, with piped underfloor heating. Also can someone explain what the procedure would be when adding the concrete?... in our...

next year we will be having a new loft conversion done to our home. i want to get the builder to "completely " remove absolutley everything of the existing roof trusses etc. as it is a 1930's semi. and we wonna start afresh. does anyone know if after fitting new trusses, ply sheeting can be...

the other day visited the Hans-Grohe showroom in Esher/surrey and was very impressed with their selection of bathroom shower heads and other bathroom fittings. choose a very expensive shower head (£500 approx.) but was disheartened with the fact that the flow rate of this shower head was...

hi i have a small WC downstairs on the ground floor next to the kitchen. i have a douche spray attached to a stop valve which is also attached to a remotely positioned thermostatic valve (under the kitchen sink) the stop valve is only used when the douche is to be used and then the valve is...

We will be having an out building built at the bottom of the garden and intend to put heating radiators in there. The distance between the main house and the outbuilding is approx 50 ft. Questions What pipes (copper/plastic) will the plumber (gas safe) use for this new gas supply to the...

IS THERE SUCH A THING AS RUSTLESS RADIATORS?

soon to buy a 6 bedroom house, 3 showers, 2 kitchens. i need advice on a "rolls royce" central heating system. i've heard i should fit a megaflow system with a possible 250lt tank up in the loft extension. is this capacity enough? we would also like a water softner (Harvey Water Softner)...

was just doing abit of basic mathematics..... for low voltage lights (assuming 50w halogen bulbs and 12v transformer) P=IV so I=P/V..... so I=50/12= 4.16A per light fitting for mains voltage lights (assuming 50w halogen bulbs) P=IV so I=P/V..... so I=50/240 = 0.208A per light fitting...

hello everybody, just needed some advice on 2 plate wiring. i did a 2 plate wiring circuit in a brand new kitchen we had fitted a couple of years ago, and it had to be the easiest wiring i had ever done. wiring a 4 gang switch to 12 large LP flurescent light fittings. we are going to buy a 5...

my whole house has low voltage light fittings (12v Dilchroic). i am constantly going around replacing the crappy low voltage lamp holders. does anyone know of any brand/make they can recommend. i have tried these 2 different designs and so far my conclusion is that they are all crap...

my house is a 1930's semi detached dwelling with 9" brick wall construction and no cavity. i always feel a constant draft even though the house has been fully "re"-double glazed, the central heating system "re" newd, the ground floor fully removed of previous joists and wooden flooring and...