Recent content by diy_er

Thanks for being no help at all :)

Hi, I trying to ease the cost by routing some cable for the electrician. i intend to add a consumer unit for my new loft. can someone tell me the size of cable i will need (just for ring mains and lights in loft) also i plan to route the cable in the cavity wall which is insulated, so i...

Hi, some time ago i saw a topic showing good pictures of a an engineered joint connecting the new floor joist to the roof rafter at the eaves area, thus forming a truss when fitting a new loft floor. I wish to put new floor in loft to high standard and liked what i saw can someone remember...

Further to my earlier post, i have decided to seriously consider doing away with my chimney. Though what i need to know to swing the decision is about zonal heating? I have combi worcester in 2 storey house. I want to fit some automatic valve to shut off the upstairs during the day. Is this...

Still confused :D

Got a dilemma, should i scrap the roof chimney (which is leaking) and with this the lounge gas fire which uses it, and just use the central heating? The boiler is an A grade Worcester combi single zone. So if i do use the heating all the house is warmed up, so that sounds inefficient, but on the...

I need some quite high profile trim (25mm) to cover a gap, which would not look good if i just used silicone. I can only find 15mm x 15mm profile, can anyone suggest somewhere please?

Hi, got a mid quality plastic composite shower base 1000x1200. Instructions ask you to put it on 18mm ply then bed it down with weak cement mix? Will this not crack up, even if i do put the plastisizer in? Could i not use a granno mix? (note i need to put an amount down about 10mm thick to...

That makes sense to me, as i was told about this a while back , now it makes sense. cheers

I will be hiring another plumber to sort my very loud toilet i had fitted recently. What i want to know if it is supposed to be a quiet flush, which it is. What could the original fitter have done to cause it to be so loud filling the cistern?

Look a bit closer, " Showing off is the fools idea of glory !" Or am i just paranoid, and who's OP :shock:

Thanks happy now :lol:

:( Oh , i am offended now... Seriously, i have the up most respect for gas, and next week i will be getting a so called expert to look at it. I am just curious how things work, always have been even now as a fully qualified electrician. Moderatly offended to be called a know it all...

8) It sounds like you don't know your self :?: