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I need to drill a hole for a new toilet waste through a 600mm wall on a very old farm house. The wall is a mixture of boulders (rough slate) and infill. My question is would I be best to use a diamond core bit which I have or a TCT bit for the slate or another method. Any...

Won't the beam only be supporting the equivalent of one bedroom floor (half of one and half of the other)? Also half of the total ceiling area as long as the ceiling joists are supported on the bedroom dividing wall.

I seem to remember that the rough check for deflection is: depth should be at least length / 17. You can also check the BS covering weights of building materials (can't remember the number sorry) and the Approved document covering structure for the loads. This will allow you to do the calcs...

Many thanks again Jbonding for your help. I have not used bond-it so was not aware of it. Is it a specific plaster pre-treatment?

Here is the problem. Four walls of various materials (bonding, sand & cement and painted plaster) due to years of repairs. I am going to skim over as the walls are sound and do not really warrant overboarding. I was planning to PVA the walls to get uniform suction but was not sure exactly...

Many thanks to all for your advice it is much appreciated. I think I am going to go down the C&G 2381 and 2391 route.

Hello all, I have just had a change of career and am now renovating and converting domestic properties. I have no formal electrical qualifications and would like to gain the right qualifications to enable me to rewire, test and certify electrical installations in domestic properties. I am...

Thanks jbonding, I have not seen any signs of damp so I think I will go with Hardwall as I have used it before and was happy with the results. Just out of curiosity is there any reason for using sand and cement other than cost? Many thanks again

I have to reinstate three originally plastered internal walls after the old render and plaster has been removed (not by me and I have no idea why). I have used dot & dab in the past to overboard internal walls in the past and am happy with this method but I am not sure if this is the...

Also make sure that the the diff on the stat is wide enough to stop the unit short cycling

Make sure it is not a heat pump and that there is no requirement for humidity control. If there is check out Danfoss as suggested in the previous.

Thanks for the tip Gcol. I would be interested what you think of the Makita. I found the Li-Ion Makitas on the US web site and had got no further than that so I was not sure if they were available in the UK.

Why not try the Bosch PBH 240 RE. I bought one of these after using a friends, it has both SDS and twistlock chucks also rotation stop for chiseling. The cables on these are 3m which really is a bonus. It is only 620W but has served me very well with no problems using 4" diamond bits for...

I am looking to replace some of my cordless tools. I have a Ryobi 18V circular saw which was ok for DIY but I am looking for a replacement which will stand full time use. I have been looking at the new Lithium Ion tools coming out. Makita do an 18V Li-Ion saw on Milwakee do v28 Li-Ion...

Many thanks for your help Andrew