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Thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time to post. I shall be buying it tomorrow

I know this threads pretty much done with, but for the sake of people searching I'd recommend: http://www.kielder.co/collections/ They're a small, local (to me) business, who are new to the power tool scene. I have their drill driver, combi drill and impact driver, all running their TYPE18...

Hi all, I'm wishing to buy a corded SDS drill with isolated chisel function for the following tasks: - Chasing radiator pipes, plug sockets and wiring into a block wall - Removing cement render from the exterior of our property With a budget of around £100, I've narrowed it down to the...

If it's any consolation I paid a brickie £200 for a 1800x700 inner leaf wall of an ex-patio door. Built with blocks 50mm insulation Walls ties Wall starters He supplied all materials, did all the running around and tidied up afterwards. He took his time but finished sooner than he thought so...

Yeah, all the C16 timber is what I've fitted. You've got noggins @ 400 centres between two joists for structural support of a studded wall (you can see the void for the wall plate in the plaster at the end). There are also two runs of noggins at 1/3 intervals across the span to stop twisting...

With part of our renovations I'm replacing the terrible chipboard subfloor in our bungalow with T&G WBP spruce plywood. The area we are working on has been gutted and taken back to an empty shell. I'm making provisions for additional subfloor rigidity and strength at the moment. Joists are...

We're replacing that window (and others in the room). There is an issue where by the lintels at the top are not level. Meaning the top of the window frame was covered with plasterboard & plaster (the plaster was level with the glass, you couldn't see the top frame). We think the window was...

Lol I've taken the floor up and removed the plaster :D

Hi all, In our bedroom it seems someone has removed a patio door and replaced it with a window. From the images, can you tell if this has been done correctly? I was under the impression you were supposed to "tie in" the bricks into the existing wall? Further more, the inside lintel is...

Thankfully, although still requiring work. It's not too bad. The wiring for the sockets comes from under the floor and the lighting wiring comes from the loft (we live in a bungalow). All the runs for the sockets have been done below the joists, "as the crow flies" with no method of fixing...

My girlfriend and I moved into our first house in October 2015. When we bought it, we knew it would need some work doing. After starting work, we soon realised it's certainly the house that Jack built. Allow me to show you some examples: Is this how your supposed to join two studded walls at...

Hi, Thanks for the prompt reply. We're taking the whole room back to square 1. That wall is nowhere near true (plaster is all over the place) and we wanted to try and straighten the wall up by using large sheets of plasterboard. The idea was to dot and dab (I'd have someone in to do it). We...

Hi all, I'm taking my existing plaster off to fit plasterboard. Do I need to take it back to block work or will it suffice to take it back to the initial layer of plaster? I ask because I'm removing it by hand and it's exhausting work taking the first layer of plaster back. I've attached an...

I went to the Ideal Home Show at the beginning of the month. I didn't rate it at all, it was full of JML products and loads of health & beauty stalls. I'm going to the NEC today, tickets can be picked up for free if you look carefully. It looks promising, as there's quite a few suppliers I...

Fire & Drafts: If you've got a piece of tube coming from the open, drafty floor cavity, surely there is a chance the draft would run up the conduit?! Same goes for fire/smoke/hot gases?! Transferable skills: Why be so obtuse?! To quote myself, I said, "SOME transferable skills". For...

This is merely a proposal, hence the enquiry. What would be the normal routing of cabling in this instance? Run it through the insulation without conduit and derate accordingly?

I fear we're all over complicating the conduit here. As I mentioned before, there is no complex runs of conduit. One of my examples specified a cable run up from under the first floor cavity. This would include: Joist height - 225mm (with 150mm insulation) subfloor thickness - 25mm sole...

Thank you for the response. I feel I've not properly explained our intentions with the renovation. We are not wanting a cheap or quick solution. We intend to stay in this property for a long time. Hence, taking our time & learning as we go along. We're also trying to maintain a high standard...

The cables in our bungalow are currently fitted to the bottom of the joists that make up our suspended timber floor. We are wishing to insulate said floor. I'm proposing running conduit through the insulation and so it will sit flush with the joists and connect to the backbox. The runs of...

Using a very crude description, the conduit would be acting like a periscope for the cable.