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Hi all. I'm converting a serving hatch opening into a doorway (820 wide) & I'm after a bit of lintel advice. The wall I'm making the doorway in is a structrual wall, it has the upstairs floor joists resting on it & is 100mm brick. The wall doesn't carry on upstairs, it only holds the weight...

Hi. Can anyone tell me if an rsj has to be mortar bedded onto a padstone or does it just sit on the stones with any gap taken up by packers? If it is packers will steel packing pieces (which I have easy access to being a metalworker) be ok or is some other material normally used to pack the...

I know you shouldn't run wiring across a room but is it ok if the sockets/fcu's are very close together? Also is Marbo an ok make, their prices are a canny bit less then the likes of Mk.

Hi all. Can someone please tell me the difference between type-B & type-C mcb's? Can the two types be mixed in the same CU? Thanks.

HI all. I'm after help & info about a wall I am thinking of removing in my house. The wall is between the lounge & the hall & I will be removing 8ft of it. It is block built & does not extend upstairs, it's a single storey wall. My problem is it has some of the upstairs floor joists resting...

Hi all. I'm planning to install a twin impeller shower pump but have one problem. My heating system is fairly straightforward with a hot water cylinder in an upstairs airing cupboard, fed by a tank in the loft above the cylinder. This tank also supplies the cold water to the bathroom...