Recent content by rick1632

So in my bathroom I'm fitting a new sink - the waste pipe runs along the base of the wall, so I'm trying to connect the sink to a T directly below. The gap is roughly 50cm, less when a waste is fitted to the base of the sink. I know if I place the trap at the usual distance with a drop after...

Connector?? What are you looking at when you say that? That white thing emerging from the floor is a cast iron flange painted with white hammerite. Removing it would be a lot more challenging than what I'm proposing.

I have another option possibly. The toilet almost fits OVER the pipe as you can see in the photo - the base of the toilet is about 3mm off the floor. So I can just slice off the top of the flange which will be a lot easier to do - it widens out by about 8mm in the last cm, so I'd lose width and...

So in order for the toilet to line up with the fitted units against the wall, it needs to slide back 10cm further. I can put a small boxing in to cover the gap, but that will look a bit off and mean the seat has a lot further to go back again looking off. I did think of raising the toilet, but...

Fitting this toilet is proving a lot trickier than I expected. As you can see the flange on the end of the pipe is wider than the gap in the back of the toilet. I'm wondering if I can trim the sides off this to allow the toilet to slide over the top. The diameter of the flange is 17.5cm and the...

Warrington Fire And I've tried asking them and they can't help.

Because that's the spec.

I need to find a certifire rated tubular latch for an FD30 firedoor with maximum dimensions somewhat less than pretty much everywhere I can search online has. Max depth <64mm - that's OK. But max size of casing 19x15mm?? Most seem to be 21mm+ And the forend can't be larger than 57x26mm - again...

Just had the assessment sent from WarringtonFire and all good. Hinges in normal positions. Phew.

It seems weird - But I've re-read the spec several times to be sure. "Maximum 100mm from top of door to centre of top hinge" And the spec is only for FD30 :(

It's my property, but to be leased to the council for emergency housing provision. They're the ones who requested a firedoor be fitted (although none of my neighbours (all council stock) have any. But they apply different rules to leased properties. Don't know how rigorous an inspection would...

It will be tricky, maybe impossible to hide completely as the face is textured - if it was smooth easy, but that 3mm width will probably give me away.

The door spec definitely states top hinge: Max 100m from top of door to centre of top hinge, Max 300mm from bottom of door to centre of bottom hinge, max 1020mm from bottom of door to centre of middle hinge. My top hinge is cut 160mm from top.

Fitted the door without spotting the top hinge CENTRE needs to be within 100mm of top of door! Thinking of cutting a hardwood sliver to infill the cutouts. Anyone know if this will invalidate the door? Going to be tricky as the cutout extends 2mm beyond the intumescent strip recess so will...

Reading around a possible solution may be to employ someone to fit a new CU and multiple stub circuits as the expansion of an existing circuit isn't notifiable, except for the bathroom of course. Thoughts?