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Due to an incorrectly labelled fuse box the other day I wired in a plug socket in what was a spare wire, capped off into a junction box... It turns out that this wire was from the lighting rig and not the plug circuit and we were just using a high powered tool and it stopped working, went and...

Thanks for that, as long as it can still be done, I guess we are safe. One thing I should say, is that when the plans were passed, the foundations were to be 2.9m deep at the rear and tapering to 1.5m deep at the front because of some Leylandii to the rear of the property. This was the...

Well, the foundations have now been filled with concrete mix and there is no Claymaster anywhere. Just did a google and found that it is not two separate words, hence being unable to find it before. So, gven that they did not insert Claymaster at the time of digging the trench - is it now too...

Does anyone know what Clay Master is on a building's foundations? We are having building work done at home and the builders have dug their holes and filled them with concrete mix. Looking at the plans, though, it shows the concrete foundations and then a "75mm Clay Master" - I dont actually know...

Thanks everyone - I will contact the DWI and see what they say. I spoke to someone else tonight at Thames Water and she said that she was not sure what the policy was - but she is sending someone round to do a test on the water supply to trace contamination etc...Interesting stuff. Going back...

also.... with regards to the gas meter, I have just been told that British Gas will re-connect my meter FOC and that all I will need to do is to get a Corgi registered installer to connect the new meter to my existing internal gas pipe work. Thing is, is it worth going without gas for a day...

Bab I asked Thames Water about the lead pipe replacement scheme and they had no idea what I was talking about!! Can you tell me where I can find more info on this. Thames wanted to charge me £400 to connect the pipe my builder will lay onto their stopcock in the pavement. This is all...

thanks for that, Bab - that is brilliant.

thanks very much for this. I will set to contacting both parties right away. The length of lead pipe being replaced for £450+ vat is 3 metres, by the way.

Hello and happy New Year to all. I need to do both of the above and I wanted to get advice about doing each one. We are having an extension built and will need to move the gas meter (currently in the garage) and we would also like to renew our water mains from the current lead one to a...

Have found out that the mains is fed by a lead pipe that has been repaired in one place with copper piping.. Anyway - do the council replace the mains pipe if lead or is it my responsibility? Should I replace the lead pipe regardless? The pipe is 15mm so it seems that I am losing out a lot on...

Does anyone know if I can enlarge the size of my mains water supply to my house? The cast iron pipe that is there is not very large and I run a combi off mains pressure. Im sure that I heard that you can increase the size of the pipe resulting in a greater flow rate - I was hoping to add...

I askded duravit and they wanted £73!!!! I wondered about using a tile grout pen just for the sake of making it white!

where can you get a tile grout pen, then?

Hi I have a recently installed acrylic bath tub and there seems to be a very small chip (it really is small) but, me being the perfectionist I am, wanted to see if I could repair/fill the chip. Are there any methods / tried and tested products that anyone can recommend? cheers :)

Hi I had a nightmare at the weekend! An old cast iron pipe that had been tiled over in the kitchen rusted and burst. :cry: The plumber replaced it with White Plastic piping from Wickes and with white plastic elbows. I personally don't like plastic piping but he was adamant that it was...

I am currently having my bathroom refitted and am worried about how the tilers have begun tiling the walls. I'm having a brick-style pattern done with large (40cm wide) tiles. I thought they should have begun tiling in the middle of the main focus wall i.e. the window wall. However, they begun...

this one didnt specify what it should be embedded with, tbh - it is built like a ship - just can't see how it could actually crack!!!

Thanks! :) I insisted that the floor be repanelled with ply underneath and also that it was bonded. He used a whole tube of silicone to bond it. It now no longer moves and is absolutely level! I can't stand it when people bodge jobs!! :roll:

They said it will be siliconed where the tiles meet the shower tray. Is it insufficient? I also heard that they can crack if not bedded in. True? I thought these stone trays were really strong!??