Recent content by marmotte

Thanks VERY much .....

Dear all, after installing myself out automatic gates, I thought maybe I might be able to handle installing a simple extractor fan ..... boy was I wrong !!!!! I am completely lost and am hoping that someone somehwere out there might kindly take the time to explain to me what I need to do as...

Hi - thanks for all of your posts. I contacted the seller today who advised me to file the stone with a rasp! She told me that in fact, it was not normal .... so must have been a second. The sink is polished stone, I think it's granite, so i'm not sure how far i'll get with a file .... !±±±±±...

Hi, thanks for your post - yes, the 42mm standard waste wont go through the hole ....

Hi everyone, I've just come to install a large stone sink in our little bathroom, only to find that the waste hole measures 41mm .... as you can imagine, i'm not best pleased. : ( I am only aware of waste traps measuring the 'standard' 42mm, does anyone have any ideas on how I can solve...

OK, PLEASE no more stable jokes permitted after this point .... We are at the planning phase of an exciting new project, which is installing two internal stables in a barn that adjoins our house. Unfortunately the third of the barn which we would like to place the stables has a soil...

Oh - that would be very helpful - many thanks indeed! :P

Great tips! Thanks. : )

Many thanks kitesurfer, I will check the building regs. We do plan to stay here for as long as poss, but you never know in life ... it has a habit of surprising you when you least expect!

One wood burner which heats the sitting room, stairs and upstairs landing. Dining room & kitchen, one electric radiater with iron core, slow release. Likewise in two bedrooms. We have a small adjoining bathroom to our bedroom which has an electric towel rail and a radiant heat wall mounted...

Hi John D, I have installed one that appears through a light just above the main shower head, its installed in the roof above, apparently more than powerful enough - proof will be in the pudding ...

Hi - can't install underfloor heating - not a possibility. Would an electric towel rail heater be safe in a wet room? (there is no screen for the shower, so it risks to have water spray). In the small area which is not the shower, I have teh entrance door taking up one wall, the WC on the...

Merry Christmas Everyone! :D I'm in the proccess of adding a wetroom to our house. The wet end of the room is finished. But I have yet to finish the dryer end with the sink, wc in it. I've got a floating WC and I'm a bit scared about fixing it to the wall, but that's a whole other...