Recent content by alphazulu

Why would you just use one of them? Are there any issues having a core that's not connected to anything at each end (just wago)

Thanks for the drawing.

This switch is in the least useful place you can imagine, near the kitchen door and you can't even see the stairs.

Hello, My landing light is currently controlled by three switches and I want to remove one. On the landing I have a two way switch with wires wires going to COM, L1 and L2. At the bottom of the stairs I have an intermediate switch with wires going to L1, L2, L1 and L2. In the hall is a two way...

It has the max over run that the fan allows, about 15-20 mins. Usually the light is on for a while after showering. I connected up the 6" fan using the 4" ducting and it made a difference. Not as much steam the room and the mirror cleared faster. Now I just need to make the hole in the outside...

There is about a 10 mm gap under the door. I'm just about to tile the floor so I'll make sure I keep that. It is an old house so we have plenty ventilation. I thought a 6" fan would be too big but in a few places I have seen people say 4 or 5" are not enough for bathrooms without windows.

I have an en-suite that is about 2 x 2 m and a sloping ceiling (the roof). It basically has two external walls, a wall to the bedroom and the fourth wall is a stud wall with a cupboard the other side. All the walls and sloping ceiling are tiled. There is a bath with a shower over it, just a...

Hi, I have a double socket which has a single (fixed) light plugged into it (standard plug 3A fuse). I wanted to tidy this up by taking a spur from the socket into a switched FCU and connecting the light to this. Unfortunately, the socket is a spur from another socket so I know I can't do it...

Thanks! I know how I'll be spending Saturday morning. When I was thinking about just redoing the haunch I was planning to use sharp sand. I've spent a lot of time looking at them lately when I'm out and about! The same day I fitted the cover I filled some gaps in crazy paving using a 3:1 sharp...

Hi, I had an inspection chamber (precast concrete) in my garden covered with a piece of ply. I decided to fit a proper cover on it a couple of weeks ago, rectangular galvanised cover with a metal frame. I mixed up some 3:1 mortar using building sand, sprayed the precast concrete with water...

If you remove the front cover of the boiler, the instructions will probably be stuck to the inside of it. If, not, check heating and HW are off at the programmer and turn the knob on front of the boiler to "off". Kneel down in front of the boiler and you will see the gas valve at the front, turn...

I did think about an electric one but I like the idea of it coming on and off with the heating in the rest of the house. I know the electric ones have built-in thermostats but I wouldn't want it coming on in the middle of the night when the kitchen cools down but I would want it to come on just...

Hi, I'm thinking about fitting a Smiths SS5 hydronic plinth heater in my kitchen. This takes heat from the central heating system so only requires an electricity supply to power the fan. I'm thinking about just putting a plug (suitably fused) on the end of the lead and using a convenient...

I found this from a council: 15.0 Wall where partly converting a section of a double garage The wall that separates a garage/store from the new room/s will need to befire rated to 30minutes and thermally insulated to achieve a U Value of 0.28W/m2K a) This can be achieve with a block cavity...

I'm just about to start building a wall using blocks and wanted some advice on the best type of blocks to use. The house originally had an internal garage and a second garage was added many years ago. The brick wall separating the two garages has been removed and a UB fitted. I want to replace...