Recent content by amfisted

Back in the mid 80s we bought a special noise-operated bulb for the dining room of our first house. You screwed it into the bayonet fitting like a normal bulb, but turned on the light by clapping your hands then turned it off the same way. Trouble was that the dog decided we were playing a game...

Thanks for the reply. It’s on the 32 amp shower circuit MCB, and the consumer unit does have RCD protection.

Afternoon all Looking for a bit of reassurance, mainly. On Monday I installed a 30w Lap floodlight on the rear wall of our property. Initially I was going to power it by breaking into the lighting circuit in the loft, but it would have meant taking up loft boards to access the cables, so a bit...

I thought as much, but thanks for taking the time to reply anyhow.

Never seen anything like that before. In your situation I'd be doing the rounds of local plumbers merchants, where you might just find someone who would know where to get the right fittings or suggest a reliable way of adapting standard hinges to your situation.

Probably asking the impossible here, but does anyone know of a spray, paste or product in any other form ( apart from bleach or mould killer ) which can be used to remove soap/shower gel/ shampoo stains from white silicone mastic? I fitted a shower tray last summer; the white mastic is already...

I'm simply providing the benefit ( hopefully) of my own experience with log burners and cold, unheated rooms. Presumably yes, there was humidity with that hot air and that's where the condensation came from in the circumstances I describe. The walls would literally be streaming just minutes...

Log burners give off a large amount of heat in a relatively short time. If you have doors open in unheated rooms with cold walls and the significant heat from a log burner suddenly comes into contact with those walls, you get condensation. In our previous bungalow we had a very efficient log...

Oh, I fully appreciate that those old toilets were made for an era when there were fewer concessions towards water conservation. It just so happens that I remember that impressive gravity-fed gush and the maelstrom that followed it with nostalgic affection, and compare it ruefully with the...

Glad it’s not just me who has a problem with new, rimless WCs. I installed a “bog in a box” about six months ago, and right from the word Go I was needing a bog brush and second flush for the first time in years. At one point I began to wonder whether the missus was putting glue in my food, so...

Thanks for that and I hope you’re right. If I ruin the stuff it’s 130 quid down the pan, and me taking up residence in the garage. Will see what the carpet shop folks have to say, manana.

Evening all We had cushion floor fitted in our bathroom a couple of months ago. Despite the fitter inserting several additional screws to stabilise the plywood sheeting underneath, the floor has started creaking. Reckon I need to lift the cushion floor and put longer screws through the ply...

For what its worth, I've just installed a stone resin shower tray and enclosure, employing the very welcome guidance and advice from contributors to this forum. I was left in little doubt that the tray had to be bedded properly with tile adhesive or sand and cement, and the former is what I...

The only electrics in the bathroom are a single light fitting and a 12v extractor fan, both of which are on the RCD-protected lighting circuit. Thanks for your guidance and I won’t replace the bonding in question.

Thank you. I probably won't replace it.