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Hi Guys, I am having real trouble trying to locate a place to get the type of bolts pictured (tried the usual B&Q, Wickes, Screwfix etc etc). I cannot even google them - probably calling them the wrong thing?. They are used on my teak garden chairs to allow them to collapse. Many of them...

Hi All, I am looking to install electric heating under engineered wood floor in our study. As we already have a radiator in the room (about 9m2), this will be a secondary heat source to take the edge off the cold floor - it is on the ground (concreate) floor of a town house. Looking...

Hi Guys, We will shortly fitting a study in a room that will be floor tiled. We want to fit a 900mm wide, 40mm deep kitchen worktop (Breakfast bar type) against the wall (with an up-stand to hide the curve against the wall). The length of the worktop will be about 3m, and will be support...

Hi All, We want to create wet room for our downstairs cloak room. We have already semi-prepared the room as you will see in the photos below. The screed has been taken up to reveal the concrete pad. There was a ceramic ‘Inlet Hopper’ like the one below where the waste from the basin and...

Hi, We are looking at getting our front and back door replaced. We have got two quotes in to fit: - Front door: White door/frame, Composite GRP, two glass panel with rose design. - Back door: UPVC White with glass top. Both existing doors are UPVC, so I have been told these are...

Hi, We are going to be replacing our back and front doors shortly. We would like to go for composite doors for both back and front for the thermal property advantage over standard uPVC doors - as well as the security benefits. There seems to be two different skin types - GRP and uPVC...

Hi, We have started to rip out our cloakroom downstairs which includes a shower. The previous owners, instead of installing a normal tray decided to raise the height of the shower floor with concrete leaving space for the tray in one corner. The floor is currently tiled, but we want to...

Hi, We have a friend that is willing to give us a surplus of fiberboard underlay that was from B&Q - the 6mm green stuff. We are just about to fit our engineer flooring and was wondering if this would be OK to use on a chipboard subfloor. If you do not recommend this, could you please...

I have read a few guides on different types on bamboo which would result in in being less hard that advertised or the fact it has been cut too early and not matured - therefore still 'green' Have been refering to this guide...

Hi All, We have a town house with the lounge on the 1st floor. We have decided on putting bamboo flooring on the ground and 1st floor. The stairs lead directly into the lounge. One of the things we can't visualise/agree on/do for the best effect on these stairs and wondered what you guys...

Hi Having a new kitchen fitted soon, and getting my uncle in to do most of the fitting, but will be getting a gas fitter in to re-route the gas pipe to the hob. Currently the pipe is 'hard-connected' into the hob. In my previous house I remember having a bayonet connector with a rubber...

Hi, We are going to be ripping out the kitchen soon to replace it. Instead of laminate or vinyl, we are thinking of laying engineered flooring instead before the new kitchen goes in. - First off, is this a good idea laying engineered (rather than solid for example) in a Kitchen. Is there...

Hi Guys, We have a 10mm cable going to our oven at the moment. On installing a new kitchen later this year, we might want to install an induction hob as well on the same cable. Looking at the requirement I think it falls very close to the limits of the cable, and just wondered what you...

We are currently rewiring our house and will be commensing the lighting circuits in a few weeks. I will be installing X10 home automation products on the lighting circuits to allow remote switching and control by the fire/burgular alarm system. You can install the X10 modules in the back...

Hi Guys, Quick question. Does the Banshee sounder operate at 12v? On the screwfix website it states that it can do 9-30v, but all others state only 24v. Would like to connect to a 12v system. Cheers Adam.

Hi Guys, To save me searching through every alarm system manual out there, does any one know of any Intruder and/or Fire Alarm systems that are compatible with the X10 Protocol for home automation? I am specifically looking for a wired alarm, rather than wireless preferably with a seperate...

As part of my house rewire, I am wanting to installed a circuit for my TV sockets, but I want it switchable from one or multiple 'master switches' in the room'. On discussing the circuit with the council's sub contractor who can round the other week to inspect the house prior to work...

Did anyone else go? On the whole, I was disappointed. We are doing up our house at the moment, and went there to get ideas and information of various things - including new and up-and-coming technology for lighting, insulation, AV, home automation, security etc and there wasn't really a great...

Hi Guys, Just had my council's electrical subcontractor round to get a feel for the rewire I am undertaking and he basically said when the 17ed comes into effect in July (I think), ALL cables (unless 50mm deep in the wall) will have to be protected to the same standard as the existing...

Hi guys, What do you think to a new main forum topic dedicated to Home Automation? Due to the massive area that covers Electrics, Alarms, phones, Computer hardware and software etc, I think it may be benificial to add this to the main list? I am only just starting to investigate it for...