Recent content by eduardus

the manual says 50 mm. but does not say anything about the wall covering ( could be wallpaper instead of tiles)

i am installing a new gas hob. the distance from the hob at the back to a tiled wall is 40 mm. is this allowed or is the distance to short.

We have a 150 watt floodlight in our garden and it is enough. The garden is 40 x 40 ft. The floodlight is about 8-9 foot above ground level.

I want to install my gas hob in the centre of a 1000 mm. hob unit. The unit has two drawers so the centre rail for the drawers is underneath the middle of the gas hob. The work top is 38 mm. and the hob is 35 mm. deep. The distance between the top of the centre rail (chip board) and the...

I put in some noggin, PVA glue and more screws and the creaking is gone. Thank you for your help masona.

The joist are 2"x4" and 18" apart. The total length is 10 foot and half way they rest on a sleeper wall on a dpc. The timbers are good and firm.

When I lay T+G chipboard flooring is it better to leave the boards 1 mm. apart or aply Pva to avoid creaking eduardus, stop re posting your question, it is still in flooring where it belongs, you must be patient and wait for a reply. I will delete this post later moderator

When I lay T+G chipboard flooring is it better to leave the boards 1mm apart or to apply PVA glue to the tongue to avoid creaking.

The joists are laying on walls 5 foot apart and the movement is between one board and the next.

I have just replaced my old floorboards with new 22mm T+G floorboards (600x2400 mm). When I stand on the edge of one floorboard and jolt up and down I can see a slight movement between the boards and it creaks I thought this would not happen with T+G boards. The boards are tight together and...

Thank you fitter, you gave me an idea. I will cut off 10 mm from the back of the units so this will give me a decent overhang(40 mm minus doors). The 10 mm spare will than grow to 30 mm. I will fill this up with 15 mm chipboard on each side of the hob unit and glue a piece of decorative...

It is a Wickes kitchen. 2 corner units 925 mm each and a 1000 mm hob unit between them

I am fitting a U-shaped kitchen. The problem is that the wall at the "bottom" of the U is 286 cm and the units to be fitted are 285 cm, so I have 10 mm spare. The units are 570 mm deep and the worktop is 600 mm, so the overhang is 30 mm but the doors are 24 mm thick, only 6 mm left until...

take the plug off and pull out the flex, replace and do the same in reverse order

Thank you plugwash, I want to put the flex of the cooker hood into a conduit behind the splash tiles to bring it under the worktop and then plug it into a socket, so everything is hidden. Is it whitin the regulations to place a socket under a worktop?