Recent content by OldKettle

Hi, I am going to install a bar shower on a wall that it battened and then has Marmox board, and then shower panel. I will be sealing the joints in the Marmox board, and the fixing screws and also sealing around the pipes where they pass through the marmox. When I am fitting the shower valves...

Thanks very much, that is good to know. For the location I really need to stage it first, because it is just over 50 metres from the delivery location to the slab. Even though it is more work, I don't mind because I can do all of the moving at my own pace.

Hi, I am intending to lay a couple of concrete slabs in my back garden. I will be barrowing the MOT and ballast from dumpy bags in the front garden, to the read of the back garden. I'll be doing so over the course of a few days. I'll be mixing with a Belle Minimix. The MOT I will likely just...

Hi, Almost the whole of the downstairs of my house is parquet floor (house built in the 50s). It was underneath thick carpets for decades before we bought it, and so is in really good condition (only one loose tile in the whole house). I want to sand it and re-finish it, but I am aware (for the...

Had a guy come around today from Cadent (or one of their contractors, not quite sure). He said that the mix wasn't what he would expect (sharp sand but no aggregate), but that it seemed to be drying solid (not rubbing off the surface). He did offer to have it replaced if I wanted to, but also...

Thanks for all the responses. They can today to finish off, when I was out. They used a single barrow of mix and were there 5 minutes (CCTV). Does the mix look right? (looks more like a mortar than concrete to my untrained eye) Any thoughts would be much appreciated

Well, they took away everything that they originally dug out, concrete, soil and any sub-base so I can really only go on what is left. It looks like there is a rubble sub-base (broken bricks and stuff) under the remaining path. They turned up today with a grabber lorry and said that they were...

I just want to make sure that the work is being done properly, both in terms of not causing damage to the building and also that it is being reinstated properly. They turned up this morning to "fill the hole with stones" before the concrete is poured later. I had expected to see an MOT type...

Hi, In the last few days, Cadent have replaced the gas pipe running to my house, which included jackhammering a concrete path with is next to the building. I have attached a before picture and a few afters. They eventually found the pipe, which was encased in concrete and was running parallel...

Thanks Harry. I forgot to mention that the sockets are on opposite sides of a cavity wall, and are both surface mounted. Hole is 12mm, which allows cable to pass OK but there is some resistance when pulling. Not sure if the cable needs to be significantly downrated when passing through (cavity...

Thanks EFL. If that is OK, then great. It just felt that any possible risk of even the slightest tugging force on the other socket was wrong, so just wanted somebody who actually knew what they were talking about to confirm. Much appreciated, as always.

Hi, I am in the process of wiring two sockets, on opposite sides of the same wall, with the sockets directly behind each other. Just to be clear, this would mean that the wires are connected to socket 1 and then the cable goes from the middle of the backbox, straight through the wall to the...

Yes, but I bought the FCU with the original intention of CU->FCU->Internal Socket->External Socket Which should have been fine except the FCU is Type AC and the External Socket is A. I never expect that the RCD would protect the supply side. I've decided that, for now, I am going to simply...

Thanks for all of the advice. The outdoor socket will be used for power tools (including lawnmower, strimmer, mitre saw, plunge saw and various others). It will also potentially be used to power portable lights. The only other thing that it is likely to be used for is a bench top power supply...

Hi, I am planning to install an outdoor socket as a spur from an existing socket on a 16A radial circuit. When initially looking at the work, I realised that the circuit is not RCD protected. Because I wanted to keep the internal socket, I decided that I would buy a FCU with RCD, put that...