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I'm looking at fixing 50x50mm vertical battens at 400mm centres onto a party wall (for noise reduction), but I'm not sure which fixings I should use or the spacings between the fixings. It's a 1930's semi, single brick party wall with sand/cement render and plaster (which is old), and given...

Hi, I'm looking for some expert opinions on removal of a room-level air vent I had put in to serve an old DFE fire, but the fire was replaced a while ago and the docs suggest the vent is not required. A little history first, sorry for the length; when we bought the house there was a DFE fire...

Hi all, not sure if this should be in the building or plumbing section for the gas people. I've got a pre-cast fireplace with a small DFE burner tray in it. I'm getting another tray for it as I'm not happy with the current one, but that side, the fireback behind the burner tray has cracked...

There is a cooker hood and 2.5kw single oven being installed in the middle of the attached picture. The most economical way to chase the wiring in for them I've drawn on in green, but is this the right way? I'm going to convert the socket into a double box for FCU's for the oven and hood...

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Lighting_Menu_Index/Lighting_Kitchen_Index/Linkable_Flourescent_Fitting/index.html I have a 2m run of cupboards and want it nicely lit, not too bright or dazzling. I'm unsure what kind of brightness these give out so was wondering if anyone here has...

The hood I'm fitting doesn't have a UK plug, it's more like a track-light plug with an earth. When running the wiring in for the feed behind the hood chimney, can I just use a line terminal to connect the hood or must it be a socket fixed to the wall? There's limited space behind the...

I have a row of kitchen cabinets which I'd like to wire up for lighting with a single convenient switch just at the end of the run. I'm undecided on which strip or downlight to go for at the moment. Above the cabinets I have an FCU out of sight, and I intend to wire in a single low wattage...

Would appreciate some helpful advice from you guys. What was meant to be a simple sealant replacement and loose tile repair has turned out to be a bigger problem - isn't it always the case! The problem is around the bath internal wall at the corner of the house. Had removed the tiles to find...

I've just received a single oven rated at 2.5kw. According to the manual, it needs to be wired to the CCU using 2.5mm cable, and protected by a 20a fuse (that's under the section for UK, for Europe it states 16a). The appliance has no flex pre-wired. Before I got it, I was planning on placing...

I've had a gas engineer here today seal off an old cooker point as we don't use gas - the bayonet connection has been there unused for 4 years but I wanted to make sure it was properly sealed off. He used a threaded metal plug, smeared Gasseal around the threads, unscrewed the bayonet and...

In relation to a recent post, my f/standing double oven + hob are being replaced with a single oven and high power hob. The cooker circuit is run from a 40A MCB, the cabling looks heavy duty, however, I'm not certain what size it is so was wondering if anyone here could please tell me. On...

I know there are a lot of these posts lately, sorry to add another but have a couple of questions - sorry also for the long post, will try to be logical with it... Firstly, in the new extension, its a concrete floor, so the builder has run some new sockets (extending the ring from the old...

I'm about to fit a new kitchen, and in the space where the old cooker was there is a gas tap. We've switched to an electric cooker a long time ago anyway and are relocating it further along the wall. Is it best to have this gas tap disconnected at the meter or leave it hidden behind the...

Hi all! My house was built circa 1935 and has foundations as thick as sheet of card :) All of the interior walls have vertical cracks developing in the corners where the inside walls meet the outside structural walls, and I've discovered recently that it's because the inside walls are built...