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Good thinking. I have seen pictures of the double ball catch online. I think they are well clever and will probably provide the sturdiness I am looking for. I will try some out tommorow. Many thanks again for the advice.

There will be 2 doors with a small open gap between them.

Thanks for responding. I had thought of magnetic catches at first but I figured that the magnetic ones would only be suitable for smaller cabinet type doors. I weighed each door and they are both 7.7kg I found these Hafele magnetic catches...

Hi, I am fitting two new 533x1981x35mm plywood doors onto a wide storage cupboard on my hallway. The old doors were held in place by steel hinges top and bottom. One door was secured with a sliding barrel bolt into the top of the cupboard and the second door was secured into the...

I realise that this is slightly late. but I stumbled across this thread and realised I hadn't returned as promised to update on my experience. Thinking better late than never... Here goes I did drill the joist & for the benefit of anyone else that might be interested here is what I used: A...

I see where your going with the 3 Core + Earth suggestion. However in my situation the ceiling rose sits directly underneath the part of the kitchen with a flat roof meaning the only way to run new cable between the switch & rose would mean cutting a path into the ceiling then having to get...

From further reading, this post in particular "kitchen cabinet lights". I can see that the method I described above for wiring the cabinet lights to the 2G switch is as I envisioned. But since these lights draw such small amounts of amps I am still unsure if it is ok for them to be...

:oops: Sorry people completely contradicting my original post I am now thinking of connecting my under cabinet lights to the main lighting circuit and replacing the 1G main lightswitch with a 2G lightswitch. which will control both the ceiling light and the under cabinet lights. A neater...

:idea: Ah I see what you mean. Thank you very much. Now if only the instruction manual could have been as helpful :D Do the connection blocks get wrapped in anything like insulation tape or something to protect searching fingers from accidently brushing against them? I will not be...

Hi, I am remodelling my kitchen. On one wall I intend to have a horizontal "feature" cabinet which uses recessed low energy cabinet downlights these: Surface Undershelf Lighting Kit 3 x 7W From reading other posts on this site I plan to have a single flex outlet positioned just above...

OK thanks to everyone for your comments. I will get a handful :lol: of these 25mm Bosch Cobalt hole saws they sound like they are just the tool I need for this job. A bit pricey but if they work they'll be worth it! Will sleeve the pipe in some scrap 22mm copper pipe I have laying around...

I am thinking about using a radiator cover and would prefer not to be able to see any pipework if possible. I'll try drilling through the beam first. But as an alternative i'd probably do this instead of my original plan.

Blimey that was quick! I'd much rather try to drill 2 x 25mm holes through the steel beam seems much more elegant and as you say avoids the possibility of developing airlocks. I just assumed that I shouldn't/couldn't since the original installer literally went out of his way to avoid doing...

Hi I am laying a new laminate floor in my living room and am taking the opportunity whilst the floors are uncovered to replace the radiator. The pipework runs under the floor for the length of the room until the window alcove where the radiator sits. Then because of a steel beam which runs...

The walls to be tanked are a combination of plasterboard and plaster over brick. I am installing an over the bath power shower where the spray will be directed onto the "plaster over brick" wall so I thought it would be prudent to tank that wall. Was I mistaken in thinking that filling &...

Thanks to everyone that has contributed. I really appreciate it :D. I am installing a shower and so want to Tank the walls before I tile over them. Would the following sequence be acceptable. 1. Tank the wall. 2. Fill & Feather the entire wall to make level with "powdered"...

Hi Roy C thanks for responding. I have never tiled a wall before so I don't know how easy or not it is to compensate for an uneven wall with tile adhesive. But are you suggesting that I should build out the tile adhesive to the required level by allowing it to dry between coats?

I am retiling my bathroom with large 25mm x 40mm tiles laid horizontally (bricklike). From the sticky in the tiling forum I understand that for large tiles the surface needs to be as flat as possible. However one of my walls is slightly concave. The majority of the wall is only out by...

Just reporting back for any others that might ask a similar question: Made the hole with the 38mm cutter and after centering the tank connector the seal seems water tight. Thanks very much to all that contributed.

:lol: Thanks very much judging by some of the responses I suppose what I should have asked instead is. "For the Speedfit Tank Connector fitting to form a watertight seal do I need to make a hole exactly the diameter of the thread or do I get a few mm grace. The thread measures 36mm so does...