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  1. Lieutenant Columbo

    Removing plug sockets

    No. It’s concrete
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    Removing plug sockets

    No, I don’t need them. I want to plaster over.
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    Removing plug sockets

    Hi there, I’m renovating my spare room and need to remove a double of plug sockets and a pull cord light fixture. Ideally, I’d like to remove the sockets and push the wires back up into the ceiling and walls, but how do I make things safe? Surely it can’t be as easy as fitting a few terminal...
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    Sealing roofing felt to brickwork?

    Just over 1 meter across the door, just over 2 meters spanning the gap. If i used gallow brackets the doors would hit them when opened and pinned back in the summer.
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    Sealing roofing felt to brickwork?

    The doors are open facing
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    Sealing roofing felt to brickwork?

    Hi all, I’m about to undertake a small diy project. I’m looking to build a small flat roof to bridge an area over my patio that will connect my brick shed entrance to my house wall but wanted some advice before I start. UPDATE: So I’ve built the canopy and now it’s time to apply the felt. How...
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    Can I fit an air conditioning unit above a curtain rail?

    I just checked my measurements again. I only have a 10cm clearance between the top of the unit andvthe ceiling instead of the recommended 15. Nuts. It does day “recommended” though, so perhaps the 10 is permissible?
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    Can I fit an air conditioning unit above a curtain rail?

    So I have an air conditioning unit i intend to fit. https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/iqool9/electriq-iqool9-air-conditioner The instructions specify very clearly the distances from the adjacent walls and a 15cm clearance from the top of the unit to the ceiling. It also says that the unit...
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    Splashback

    It’s a cream coloured acrylic splashback. If i use a clear silicone on the corner the gap would show through.
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    Splashback

    Ok, thanks very much.
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    Splashback

    Ok, and that would be acceptable? It wouldn’t be a bodge or anything to seal the internal corner?
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    Splashback

    So it’s quite normal to seal the internal corner with mastic? I just want to be absolutely sure since the YouTube videos I’ve watched always end with when they have stuck the panels to the walls. You never see them sealing with mastic, and in the one instance they did the guy used a clear mastic...
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    Splashback

    I’m really not sure which forum to place this question, hope I’ve picked correctly... I’m installing a splashback for the first time, two panels. Where the panels meet there is a gap where the wall is not square. What should i do? Should i run mastic up the corner edge? Are splashbacks meant...
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    Splashback

    I’m really not sure which forum to place this question, hope I’ve picked correctly... I’m installing a splashback for the first time, two panels. Where the panels meet there is a gap where the wall is not square. What should i do? Should i run mastic up the corner edge? Are splashbacks meant...
  15. Lieutenant Columbo

    Splashback

    I’m really not sure which forum to place this question, hope I’ve picked correctly... I’m installing a splashback for the first time, two panels. Where the panels meet there is a gap where the wall is not square. What should i do? Should i run mastic up the corner edge? Are splashbacks meant...
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