Recent content by roxburd

Job done! I used Diall M5 x 80mm spring toggles. I hung the lower one with three toggles along the back and one through the side wall. And when I took the supports away... it didn't fall down! Hooray. So far so good - it could support its own weight of 15Kg. So then I took the second one and...

For anyone reading this thread for guidance - check out this guy - Charlie DIYte: Brilliant video. At 28:00 he presents the results of his load testing. The very worst product takes over 20Kg per fixing. But he loads them horizontally, pulling the fixing horizontally out of the plasterboard...

Hmmm... the cupboards themselves weigh 14.6Kg... each!!! Damn.

Determined - no, not at all. I'm keen to avoid over-engineering things and making things harder than they need to be. I don't think I can use any sort of rail as then the back of the cupboard wouldn't meet the wall - there would be an ugly gap. I'm not keen on cutting the whole wall apart to...

Thanks for the advice, guys, I appreciate it. The studs and pipes are vertical. The cupboards are 900mm wide, 367mm high and 307mm deep. The stud is 670mm from the corner of the room. I'm fitting two of these units, one above the other, screwed together. I've realised that the mountings to the...

Hi all, I've got two long but narrow cupboards and I want to hang them one above the other on an internal plasterboard wall in the kitchen. The wall separates the kitchen and the living room and I suspect the wall is stud and plasterboard but I wasn't 100% sure where the studs were by tapping...

To cut a loooong story short, my old pump went duff and was leaking to earth, blowing the RCD and various fuses. It was a Myson compact CP53. I went and got a replacement which is also a CP53... made by interpart. But on the highest power setting it's rated at 57W - the old pump was 104W. The...

My cold water down service gate valve was seized open and my shower hot water feed gate valve was seized closed!

Oh my god, I looked at those and thought they'd be better - only used gate valves because I thought I'd better replace like with like. Ah well, full-bore lever-operated ball valve next time then!

Thanks Terry, that was quick!!! loft tank, yes feeding vented hot water cylinder, yes yes, replaced 22mm gate valve feeding cold to the hot water cylinder. Anyhow, I read back my post after I'd hit 'submit' and thought "Well, why not try doing a loopback upstairs too?" The system did three...

Hi all, Need some help from someone who actually understands the black magic that is plumbing! I just replaced the hot water down service stop cock/gate/tap thing - it's just above the hot water tank on the first floor. Everything seemed to be going so well. Now we have everything working fine...

Well Dan, here's the thing... I've studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering to degree level including IEE training in domestic electricals. I've stripped automotive brakes and engines, etc. (cars and bikes) and rebuilt them without any problems. What I'm trying to say is that I know what...

Yeah, you're absolutely right, Tibbot. I have no problem with that or any of the other comments since I first posted this morning, including misterdubya's. It's the people who post things like "If you have to ask for advice then you're too stupid for me to waste my time on", thereby wasting...

... or even better than saying "Get someone in", if you really know what your stuff, explain *why* it's dangerous in clear layman's terms. That would be professional. I'm a software engineer by trade and if we go into a meeting saying "You can't do that" we get the sack real quick. Just like any...

GasMan, if your username is accurate then you have an enormous amount of experience to offer anyone posting here. I understand that the qualified guys probably compete to be top dog. But when the responses to people coming here asking for help descend to "You're a prat because you don't know...