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Hi folks, can you offer any advice on the following. I'm planning on tiling kitchen floor but there is a trench containg 2 x 15mm copper pipes, the top of the trench is finished off with a wooden board. What's best to protect these pipes so I can remove the wood and cement over before tiling...

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Hi all, I looking to fit a battern light onto a ceiling that's been cladded with upvc, I've attached the type of lamp I'm planning on. Which is the best way to connect to the mains? I was thinking of a lighting wago box pushed up behind the ceiling behind the light. These fittings have flex pre...

I've just removed a very old cooker back box from a kitchen wall. The wall is a Thermalite cavity structure, on removal of the box I'm left with a gaping hole that goes right into the cavity. How do I make this good please? Was thinking of patching in with Thermal Insulation Board, leaving...

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Random question, I'm renewing a Cooker switch and a Cooker outlet plate, neither of the back boxes are not earthed (both metal). It states in some q&a there's no need to earth the back box. 6.00mm Cooker cable has an earth of 2.5mm, could I use a length of 2.5mm cable stripped of it's...

Thanks for that, that was the option I took, worked a treat. Thanks to all replies I received, much appreciated.

Hi all, currently have a 100mm hole in thermalite block, what's the best way to increase this to 150mm (for a cooker hood)? 1. I've read to stich drill and chip away 2. Cut away with Pad Saw I thought of cutting square, insert round pipe and make good in the 4 corners. Any advice appreciated...

Ah right, I'm with you now, thanks for your time, much appreciated.

So can both cables use the bottom entry option? Thanks for your reply.

The cable for the electric cooker comes up from the floor, how do I terminate this into a cooker outlet plate, are they a bottom entry?

Control Panel, Uninstall Program not an option?

Hi folks, my son is currently in the process of getting his kitchen full renewed, floor, walls, units etc. Currently he has copper pipes running along the floor in a trench from one side of the kitchen to the other, the trench/pipes are covered by a bit of timber set into the trench. In time the...

Thanks for the reply folks, was just concerned about getting the upright pipe running behind the waste and the 22mm copper pipe.

Any ideas how to get an upright supply for a washing machine supply from the capped 15mm pipe below the White waste, many thanks.