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Yes - Existing board has RCD - thanks

Hi - would appreciate your advice. Is it permitted to install the washing machine/dryer in a cupboard within a shower room. I appreciate this has been asked before but I cannot find quite the same scenario or a recent reply. The washer/dryer would be in zone 2 with the exception that it’ll be...

Shower room layout

Hi - after some advice on a new shower tray i want to fit a Mira flight square tray. The instructions say bed on 5:1 cement bed - which is fine. it’s to be installed on ground floor, concrete but I’ll need to rise it up to install waste. I also need to run a waste pipe under the tray to pick...

Hi - i have a bungalow with concrete floor. In one room, the floor has sunken and looks like it on a old issue and hasn't changed in the last 10 years. the floor has sunken around 30mm evenly across the whole room, except for around the perimeter walls, where the floor rises to meet the...

We recently bought a house in an area with mining history. Around 5 doors up there is a vent-shaft under a drive and some gardens opposite have vent shafts also. On ground near by, four shop stood for around 25 years until one begun slipping into a shaft. The coal board attempted to grout but...

Thanks for the reply, it makes sense. I may look into this roof design a little further. Thanks ^^ i will end up purchasing some materials new, probably the roof battens and cladding for the finish. I am looking for reclaimed OSB or ply sheets at present but these are not so easy to...

Hi - i am collecting materials for my new shed (about which I have posted before), but i am now looking for advice/reassurance on the design. basically, I intend to use basic interlocking tiles on a 45* pitched roof but I am un-sure whether the design will take the weight of the roof. the...

Cheers! Thanks for the info

Hi can anyone confirm whether the floplast Boss pipe fitting sp581 can accept a 50mm waste pipe with appropriate gasket? linky to the item on screwfix -- http://www.screwfix.com/p/black-boss-pipe-sp581/97309 Screwfix don't state that this can accept 50mm connection but I am sure i have...

I was moving my stereo amplifier and needed to unplug it. It was unplugged for a few seconds after which I picked the plug from the floor with the prongs pointing into the palm of my of hand. It gave me a shock-much more than a static shock, left my arm tingling for a few minutes. How could...

Hi - question relating to my driveway. Just had drains repaired and extended. The contractor has left the surface below the finished level, using scalpings and wacked them down. It's more or less ready for me to lay the surfaces. At the top end of the drive, I will be putting a shed -...

Hi - I am about to tile our new bathroom... there are three walls to tile, each a different background. I intend to tile around the bath area (with shower over). one wall is just plasterboarded, the second is plastered but not painted and the third is an old bedroom wall which has layers of...

Thanks both - I assume this is the sort of product you are referring to? http://www.wickes.co.uk/clear-wood-preserver-5l/invt/170761/ Ta![/url]