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I'm lowering the ceiling in the ground kitchen from 2.7m to 2.4m and insulating the gap above by using a 38mm x 68mm CLS timber frame. Usually I would screw this frame into the brick wall using masonry screws but there is a high window that comes up to 2.6m. The window has 2 units 1 lower...

My shed has a standard 15 to 12 degree incline and I put onduline sheeting over it. The roof needs to have a much larger overhang so that horizontal rain, of which there is a lot of, does not drive into the shed. And a larger overhang gives me a bigger roof area for solar panels etc. So I...

I did use an orbital Sander and used quick fil the result is in the above photo

What about using Polyfilla Smooth over (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Polycell-SODW25L-Smooth-Damaged-Walls/dp/B00AC2JL06/ref=asc_df_B00AC2JL06?tag=bingshoppinga-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80401995034749&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=69219&hvtargid=pla-4584001457396972&psc=1) just...

No that's far too much labour and there are electrical cables hidden in the partition walls a lot of which are not midway in the cavity (pressed against the inside of the plasterboard) chances of getting the plasterboard off without damaging cables are low.

I am insulating not straight (walls are 5 degrees out) partition walls by cutting out 5cm wide rectangles, shoving mineral wool into the cavity then screwing the plaster chunk back over wooden backing. Then I use plaster filler to cover any holes, sand flat then paint. Problem is I can still see...

I use am outdoor double bunded kerosene oil tank and, because of oil prices, am looking to either: 1) Enlarge the existing oil tank 2) Get a second oil tank and connect to the outlet of the first Are there any restrictions for 2) e.g. copper pipe diameter upped to 15mm from 10mm due to...

There is a small gap between the switch cable hole and the cable itself.

A small bathroom has a small section of exposed 1.5mm2 electric cable running from a wall to the lightswitch (pic attached). I need to conceal this cable either by pushing it back into the plasterboard or fitting surface trunking over it and making a waterproof seal such that no moisture can...

Do mice/rats eat through electrical tape and waterproofing tape? I saw some partially chewed cables (in a different property years ago) due to rat damage

Yes

Well the property has enough problems without adding risk of electric fires to it. The other cable had a fraction of of a mm shaved off about 1cm2 of the sheath on 1 side (didn't even go through the outer sheath) which is actually really hard to see except without being right up close. I...

Thanks. is the 'Hylec Debox 4 pole junction box' classed as not maintenance free ie can only be used inside an access panel (e.g. 1 gang plate and backbox)?

Are the Ashley J804 suitable for 1.5mm electric cables? I also have about 10 pre existing (ie signed off by electrician) of 'Essentials 30A 3-Terminal Heavy Duty Junction Box Black'...

I'm 'making good' an existing electrical installation in a terrace alongside lowering the ground floor ceiling. As such with the electrics under the upstairs floorboards I am doing: -Clipping the electric cables to the joists at 50% depth as the electric cables were not clipped at all...