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Hi EFLImpudence, thanks for your reply! Yes, but that turns the work into a notifiable work, which is really what I am getting at.

Hello, I've been scratching my head about the following and I am hoping you guys could help: I have a 1200mm central heating towel rail to the side of a shower/bath with one end into zone 2 and the plan is to add an electric heating element to the other end with both the heating element and...

I was thinking of sticking a blinking led strip on them, which would have solve the issue of finding them in the dark, but perhaps phosphorescent yellow paint would suffice.

Thanks for that quick reply! Good idea re. marking the gas pipe.

Hi, I am planning to insulate central heating radiator pipes to running under a suspended floor. However I have discovered that a gas pipe runs alongside a heating pipe. They basically touch each other (both are 15mm copper pipes) so that I would need to insulate around both of them. Is it a...

Thanks. Yes I'm aware of the issue with electric cables, especially that there is a 'fat' one up there for an electric shower. It is not located where I plan to lay flooring and I plan to re-lay it in a tray or trunking above the new insulation layer. What would be the pros and cons (if any)...

I never did either, but I'm thinking (perhaps incorrectly) that laying timber across has more potential for problems than just laying loft flooring chipboard on top of the joists. Essentially I'm looking for the simpler and more fail safe option, and welcome any advice on which that would be.

Hi, I'm planning to board a section of my loft to create storage space, and to add rockwool insulation over the remaining space. Currently the loft has no flooring, just the exposed joists (with rockwool between them). Joists are 4x2 inches. Having read various threads on the topic, it...

Thanks Iggifer. I do plan to install ethernet, and perhaps phone cable, although I'm still thinking about how to run these across the house to a central point for network connection. Since floorboards will be lifted, is it possible to fit the flush box below the floor, e.g. attached to a...

Just lifted the carpet to check: They are 120mm wide, flat edges (no T&G). This is a 1930s house. The flat edges should, I hope, mean that I could lift a single one (orientation permitting) to run a cable across a room. Time to plan that and try it, it seems.

For sure :wink: I've never lifted floorboards, or contemplated doing it, so I'm not really warm to the idea, though it seems to be the best option.

Thanks for the replies. There's already a grilled hole through the wall for aeration. Ideally I'd like to simply add a fan. John, I see your point: Had a look at schedule 4 and it does seem to restrict allowed work to light fittings, switches and sockets (madness...)

If I lift the floorboards... Which is doable as I'll be re-carpeting, but seems like a lot of work (and risk of damage to old floorboards) to add 2 double sockets.

Thanks for the reply. [/url] Would it be possible if the horizontal cable was on the same level as the sockets? (zone shown in green) It would still have to go through corners, though... There's a single RCD for the whole installation in the CU. How would you go at it, then? The...

As the title says. I seem to have read a thread here where someone said it was not, but I'm not sure. Basically I'm looking at adding an extractor fan to an existing air duct and could just quickly do it myself if there's not need of any certificates.