Recent content by LadyM

But then surely neither would a bed or a sofa. One of the brands we were looking at allows 115kg to sit on top but not if it's fixed.

We are doing an en-suite bathroom and looking to use rigid vinyl planks for the flooring. One of the brands Quick-step states not to screw the toilet directly to the floor but to leave an expansion gap. Our builder sayes what we can do is leave a gap around the screws to allow movement, but I've...

We have dark grey concrete coping stones on a low garden wall, didn't realise when we got them that touching them would leave you with black hands are that it would get on your clothes. We are looking for something to seal them with to stop that as well as help protect them from weathering so...

Good point I don't want to be doing this again any time soon! I've found a place that does the renovating plaster for just under £25 a bag and the skim at around £19 so not too bad.

I must be missing something, the sovereign one is over sixty quid, I don't think he would be suggesting a cheaper one if there was only a tenner difference, maybe you have a better source :)

Hi not sure if this is the best forum for this question. We had damp on a wall which has now been identified as being caused by rising damp. A chemical DPC has been injected and we need to use an antisulphate on the wall to neutralise the salt before it's re-plastered using sovereign renderlite...

Our garden slopes towards the house and water runoff pools in a space between a patio and low wall. The soil is very heavy clay and I want to dig it out and put in a soak away. How close to the patio and wall foundations can I dig without compromising the structure of both. The area I'm...

All of the lights, island plinth, floor cabinet plinth and wall cupboards should be switched on by one light switch.

Bit more investigating and info The LED lights have several different cables for them as it's not one continuous run Kitchen 1 by LadyM posted 15 Apr 2017 at 11:38 AM There is one cable under the island, two cables (one for each side) for the floor cabinets either side of the cooker and then...

Sorry that maybe wasn't very clear it's the 3rd and 4th switch in the first photo, the other 4 switches are for lights which all work perfectly well. In the second photo it's the third switch along and in the third photo it's the first switch ( 4th out of the six). Hope that makes sense

Hi We've finally got round to installing LED plinth lights in our kitchen, the electrician had wired it all up bar needing to do the final connection in the light switches, leaving us to install the LED strips. There are two areas of the kitchen that he wired up and one section works the other...

Thanks, I was surprised that the power consumption of the light was the same as the bulb wattage I don't why I thought it would use a bit more power

Hi Brought a 10W LED outdoor flood light to replace a broken halogen one, the current cable is looking a bit ropey and a small part of the cable will now be open to the elements as the light fits off a bracket where the current one fits direct on the wall and goes straight into the garage so...

Thanks for all the replies The floor is concrete rather than suspended wood and I'm wondering if the damp could be spreading out from here towards the walls as the underlay and carpet don't allow any moisture to escape. I'll hack off the plaster back to bare brick and open up the chimney to...

Hi we have a 1950s house and have found damp in the dining room on the internal wall shared with our neighbours. The wall was covered up to about 2 foot with a foil backed wallpaper and then papered over the top. The chimney has been blocked up at some point and there haven't been any vents put...