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At the end of my kitchen worktop is a small stud frame covered in ply. I want to tile it to match the walls. Using Google suggested I use BAL Bond SBR to prime it - but then I've read that you only need to prime the edges and underside (guess this is for ply on floors). So now I'm confused as to...

I'd use some of those hammer in fixings you can get. then you can just drill through the inside of the cupboard and into the wall without having to take the cupboard out to fit a wallplug. Tap the fixing in and screw it up tight. this kind of fixing...

To try and help this is a rough drawing of what the frame would look like from the side. No noggins or supports in this picture. I could actually secure the top horizontal to the joists in the ceiling above.

In my Kitchen I have a small alcove roughly 400mm deep. Our boiler and gas meter is fitted in this alcove. Both are then surrounded by some hacked up cupboard units which have no bottoms and cupboard doors fitted. Then under the boiler to the floor there is a plywood 'wall'. This takes up about...

Just spotted stamped on the cable I've bought that it says H05VV-F so you're right about the coating. But any concerns about the size of the cable even though it's what the manufacturer has stated?

Hello I've bought this oven: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/cooking/cookers/kenwood-ck305-1-dual-fuel-range-cooker-black-10148350-pdt.html The specs state that it's energy consumption is 1.25kwh and needs a 13 amp plug. It's arrived with no cable at all and the instruction...

The ceiling tiles are like what you would find in an 80's office. Dimpled white square things. Horrible. I reckon I'm probably just gonna replace like for like. The missus will have to put up with the uglyness and we are hoping to move next year. Thanks everyone for your help though.

Thank you EFLImpudence. I'm not at home so gonna have a good look at my CU tonight. However, the new lights have nowhere to wire an earth wire to?

Okay that clears things up a bit. Is it likely that the master trip switch would be a RCD and then split down onto seperate MCB controlled rings for power, lights, cooker etc? If so is it okay to connect these lights to the current 6 amps if the main RCD is big enough to cope? Edit -...

Okay, if I buy some full price top quality versions will I need to change the MCB. Also is it right that the bathroom lights are on the same MCB as the rest of the house?

Hello, My bathroom has an ugly suspended ceiling. Attached to this is currently 3 light fittings. They have a screw on frosted ball which the lightbulb fits inside. The light fittings are so old that only one of them is working now. The plastic that the bayonet of a lightbulb sits in has...