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    Kitchen Unit Install Help Needed

    Hi Please someone help me, I have got a Wren kitchen which I am trying to install but cannot work out for the life of me how to fix to the wall. I have attached a photo of the instructions but I do not understand it, there is a back board at the back of the unit which would be the inside back...
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    Stud Detector Help

    Hi I am trying to find some studs behind plasterboard. These are studs, in between the studs is plasterboard and the joins are taped with that foil tape. I have just been testing it and i cannot seem to easily be able to find the studs Is this normally that difficult? Is there a decent stud...
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    New Kitchen Units Install - Leg Height

    Another question I have a 130mm filler that fits from the wall to the first unit, I cannot find any instructions on how the hell to fix these other than to use the force Anyone ever had to do this?
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    New Kitchen Units Install - Leg Height

    Yes, 2 ovens, microwave, fridge freezer, dishwasher
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    New Kitchen Units Install - Leg Height

    Hi I have my new kitchen being delivered on Saturday (at last) and its from Wren and there is a fixed height that the legs need to be at (150mm i think). The issue is, i have not put the flooring down yet (going to be 9mm laminate with underlay). Should i increase the leg height to take this...
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    Why type of paint for velux reveals

    Sods law they do not do the colour in Ultra Matt but they do have it in Durable Flat Matt which i think is a similar thing (and the same price).
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    Why type of paint for velux reveals

    That was what i was thinking :) thanks
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    Why type of paint for velux reveals

    Hi I have three velux windows in my new build kitchen which are quite large 1600x800 and they are set in all three sides of a pitched roof so the reveals are the size of the window footprint going downwards. What i am trying to work out, is this, i would like to paint the inside of these a...
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    Door Lining

    Hi, I have purchased a ready made door lining kit which is too wide, I ordered a 132mm and it needs to be around 91mm What's the best way to cut these down. I was thinking about using an electric plane and doing multiple passes. Going to take a while, what's the preferred method here...
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    Grid Switch & Ring

    OK I think I get it, currently I have the Ring Loop, lets say these are end A and end B when they are cut A into supply of first switch Short wires between first and second switch (supply) B into supply of second switch This will continue the ring
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    Grid Switch & Ring

    Hi Part of my first fix was to install a grid switch, part of this is a fridge freezer and a dishwasher. On the first fix they have installed the ring to the gridswitch ie a loop of cable. What I am wondering is how this would be installed, they both have separate load cables but not sure how...
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    Butler Sink Base

    Its more the height that is going to be the problem, I need something that is, lets say worktop is 900 high minus the thickness (lets say 40mm) minus the sink height which is 255 would mean I need something that is around 600 high so I need a base that is 800 wide x at least 460 deep x 600 high.
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    Butler Sink Base

    Not too sure if this is the right forum for this but I am building a utility room and just got hold of a massive ceramic butler sink which is 795 wide, 460 deep and 255 high (outside measurements) It it going to be in the middle of a tumble dryer, sink, washing machine set up with bit of...
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    Curious Question on First Fix

    Hi Really curious question and I hope someone will be able to answer, I have had the first fix done on my lighting etc and I have lots of 'loops' hanging down, I am guessing that the bottom of the loops will be cut and one end connected to A and one to B, on a circuit I would guess that on each...
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    Grid Switch For Ovens Advice

    No gas, fully electric, there is an induction hob but that is somewhere else
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    Grid Switch For Ovens Advice

    So if I go 4mm Cable > 20A Grid Switch > 13A Fuse (in Grid) > Oven, is that the way to go?
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    Grid Switch For Ovens Advice

    This is just for isolation, in real terms it will probably never be turned off (dont even know if there is a clock on it tbh). Just concerned about the fuse as its hard wired
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    Grid Switch For Ovens Advice

    Hi I am thinking about a grid switch solution for my new kitchen but need some clarification on what is needed, there will be among other things, 2 ovens, both 2.9kW, both hardwired and both will have their own circuit. In my mind there will be an RCBO in the consumer unit, cable to the grid...
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    Marking Metal Back Boxes on Plasterboard

    Hi I have installed a load of back boxes (metal 40mm ones) onto noggins and need to put plasterboard over the top and then cut out the holes for the boxes What the best method for locating these? Bang it to get it marked on the inside or careful measuring? Is there another no fail method? Lee
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    Humidistat Extractor Fans In Kitchen and Utility Rooms - Isolator Needed?

    its being run on a lighting circuit
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