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Thank you for all replies... The build work is being done with build regs approval and I will have a final testing done prior to EIC and completion certification. The electrical design was done by myself after consultation with a qualified electrician who has inspected the new wiring along...

That's my ignorance, I should have typed just RCBO : (

I've completed building extension to our kitchen which included: • extending the wiring of one 32A ring, adding about six dble sockets. • reduced number of sockets (by about 2) and extended cabling slightly to re-complete another 32A ring. • extended wiring of one 6A circuit by adding approx 8...

Having found the price of a Grohe cartridge (and also the temp knob is sliding past its stop), I decided to replace the bar with a cheaper whole unit. I've tried a cheap very Bristan and now a cheap Triton (both made in China I think). Unfortunately neither would quite line up with the...

thanks guys!

Getting final stages of re-fitted kitchen done. I've used old units and I'm pretty fed-up with it. I've got some nice aluminium kick-boards but they are just too high to fit, it is so tight, I need to trim a couple of mm's at least off the top edge to get them in. The aluminium has a little...

I've managed to get floor pretty level using a few bags of self-levelling compound. I'm left with needing to put down over most of area about 8mm of flexible adhesive with 9mm thick porcelain tiles on top. This brings me up to the required level (threshold of sliding doors). Is 8mm a lot to be...

Starting tiling (ceramic) soon, but screed is somewhat uneven with a few low spots a foot or two wide perhaps 5mm too low. Can I use a self levelling compound just on those areas/patches to get them up to the rest of the floor level? I've never used the stuff before. Floor is 25 square metres...

Windows are in, leaving me with some flexible, rather buckled cavity closer and 100mm of blockwork to tidy up and tile on to. I need to build this up by about 35mm (to hide the back of the exterior aluminium sill) prior to quarry tiles (and before wet plastering next week). I could use sand &...

Windows just installed and realise that most of the cavity closers will need to be plastered. However, I've used flexible closers (very cheap from Wickes) that buckle and obviously can't be hard-plastered, should I just plasterboard all the reveals and leave for the plasterer to add his...

Yes that is right, knocking thru to main house - whether it is best to knock thru before the windows arrive (in order to avoid all the dust etc getting into everything).

Thanks guys. The windows are in brand new extension. I just wondered if pro never knock thru until the windows are actually in (in case windows are wrong size etc.)

Custom sliding doors and windows be fitted by manufacturer next Tuesday. Do I knock through before or afterwards - what would a professional do?

Literally the only place I can get new pipework out to one v. big rad in new ground floor extension is from the downstairs boiler room. It's got a newish Brit Gas condensing boiler (with traditional hot and cold water tanks) and the original copper pipework goes off downstairs under the...

My new flat roof has 8x2 header all around and I was thinking to glue (gripfill, contact adhesive?) the shiny UPVC fascia to it to avoid all the little nails. Anyone done this? Is there a reason not to?