Recent content by fester

thanx JPL, taking your advice. It's had a few days now (although I have had heaters on) I've hired a large de-humidifier today. Just gonna let it dry now. Thanx again to all replies

thanks all for your replies.. ...but does anyone know what the "red heat" is???

Just had an old kitchen completely ripped out and taken back to bare bones. Plastered the walls instaed of boarding then skimmed but need to know what is best way to dry the new plaster?? Have been told a number of different things hence the confusion. Any suggestions, p.s. the new kitchen...

why not?? you got me worried now!!

thanx for that. Have decided to rip the old cooker circuit out and install two new circuits. One for Hob at 7Kw and one for oven and micro at 3.5Kw each. Pretty much like your suggestion, thanx. Sparky mate of a mate who works for powergen did it for me. He also ran an earth cable whilst...

got it sorted now. Decided to follow the drawings and bury 750mm deep and 750mm from outside face of exernal wall on entry through kitchen floor. Managed to dig UNDER the house so not spoiling the new asphalt floor. Inspector from united utilities came and said it was fine but could have...

I have ordered a number of siemens appliances and whilst a new kitchen is being fitted, the power points are being planned accordingly. The hob has a max working load of around 7Kw so I intend to use the old cooker cable. ?? dont know the mm2?? The cooker has max work load of 3.5Kw which...

united utilities carrying out inspection in morning. I will let you all know how I get on. As for changing kitchen in 10 years........ wife promised me that after spending sooooooo much money on it, it would NEVER go out of fashion. So I will never have to replace it, hehehe

had it checked out. the pipe has to be at a minimum depth under floor level of 750mm and must enter the house a minimum distance of 750mm from the external wall face. In other words, the pipe would come through the floor approx 450mm from internal wall face (middle of a cupboard). The approval...

Thanks for your quick response. What is regulation 750mm? Does this mean that the supply pipe needs to be at 750mm depth under ground and therefore has to enter the building through the floor? As for fitting a new stopcock and supply pipe, this sounds like a very good idea. After approval...

I am fitting a new kitchen and whilst the room is empty I am considering replacing the old LEAD water supply pipe which comes in through the floor in the kitchen. At the same time it would also be useful to re-position the entry of the pipe to enable easier access to the stop tap in the NEW...