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5 years on and I'm just reading this topic. Could anyone tell me what the white stuff is in the photographs that covers the 'cross-member' (not sure of the technical term) supporting the rafters? I have a similar 'problem' where 6 rafters (east-west alignment) are covered in the stuff, but...

Thanks Crafty1289. The FCU will be accessible. The FCU will be fitted into (or onto) the tiled boarding. It won't be covered up. Thanks for the BC tip.

I have just had a combi boiler installed, ripped the old hot water cylinder out of the airing cupboard, and removed the airing cupboard so as to enlarge the bathroom. The FCU to which the emersion heater was once connected is now open to the bathroom (in Zone 3). I have built some framework...

It's been some time since I first raised this topic. I've been suffering an illness for the last six weeks so I never got round to the subject again, and still haven't completed the work. However, now I'm fighting fit again and want to get this work finished this weekend. The metal conduit...

Hi Industryspark, Thanks for your interest. The cables are single, one live, one neutral. No sheathing. No earth. The same pattern runs throughout the flat for all sockets. I, like you, was thinking that the metal conduit was earth. Is this a usual thing of the past? These flats were built...

I have just had a combi boiler installed, ripped the old hot water cylinder out of the airing cupboard, and removed the airing cupboard so as to enlarge the bathroom. The FCU to which the emersion heater was once connected is now open to the bathroom (in Zone 3). I have built some shelving...

Hi BAS, It was impossible for me to trace the cable back to its origin in order to replace the whole run. It would have required the removal of various sections of the ceiling (I live on the top floor of a flat roofed block of flats, with no access to the ceiling void). Therefore I decided to...

'Scuse my ignorance & naivity Breezer, I don't quite follow what you suggest? " I'm talking to a right thicko here! ", I hear you say? :oops: The cable to which the pull-cord switch is connected via the severed red wires, then runs on to the bathroom light. In order for me to run a...

Hi, I am trying to replace the bathroom pull-cord light switch with a switch outside the bathroom door. (The dimensions of the room have changed & there is nowhere suitable near the door to put a pull-cord on the inside). I want to replace the switch with a connection box and then run a...

Thanks doitall. I must admit to not having thought about the people below or pipe breakages etc. Some valid points to consider. Thanks again. The owner of the flat below, when he was doing up his flat in readiness for renting it out, located his pan in the same location as I wish to put...

I don't think I would be any better off I'm afraid Micky. The soil pipe comes up through the floor from the flat below and the branch off to my WC is only 5 inches above the floor. I could cut the vertical stack at that point and connect a plastic stack to the remaining asbestos one, but then I...

I don't think I would be any better off I'm afraid Micky. The soil pipe comes up through the floor from the flat below and the branch off to my WC is only 5 inches above the floor. I could cut the vertical stack at that point and connect a plastic stack to the remaining asbestos one, but then I...

I have what I believe to be an Asbestos Cement soil pipe in my flat, which is on the 3rd floor (top floor). I plan to relocate my toilet to the left of the waste pipe that connects into the stack (also asbestos). I also need to trim about 4\\\" off the waste pipe before fitting a 90 deg...