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Hi, Due to various issues, I need to batten and plasterboard one wall in a kitchen. The other walls can be just tiled. Can anybody please advise on the type of wood that I should use for the battens? Can I just use studwork timber? Does it need to be treated? Are any of the below appropriate...

Hi, I am going to get a gas safe engineer to disconnect and cap a pipe that runs to an unused gas fire. Pipe will be disconnected next to the meter. Should the engineer give me any specific paperwork when it is complete? Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Hi, I am in the process of a kitchen refurb, and am in the process of taking out a flue from an old gas fire. There is no chimney breast downstairs, so the back of the gas fire (which is in the dining room) protrudes into the kitchen and the flue then runs straight up, as can be seen in these...

Thanks. I ended up wrapping the wire around, as I couldn't get hold of a ring crimp in time.

Hi, Can anybody please let me know, or point me in the direction of, the correct way to connect to the earth terminal on a Neff oven? (which looks exactly like the one in the image below) Any help would be much appreciated.

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Thanks very everything so far. Can I please just check that this cable will be OK from the oven to the connection unit? https://www.screwfix.com/p/time-heat-resistant-flexible-cable-3093y-3-core-2-5mm-x-5m-white/80786 The oven manual says - "Power cord: Type H05 V V-F or a higher rating"

Thanks for clarifying. It doesn't sound like anything I should be doing, so will have to wait to get somebody in for that. Currently the kitchen sockets are on a circuit with the dining room and bedroom above the kitchen. That circuit is on the RCD. Electrician seemed to suggest that the...

Thanks. Below is a picture of the existing setup. The new oven won't fit in that location, so needs moving to a wall the other side of a door frame. I had thought about reusing the oven socket, but thought that I might as well replace with new when moving (I'm assuming that the electrician can...

Hi, I am planning to temporarily surface mount an oven socket and connection unit. The existing oven is already on its own circuit (32A MCB), although it is not RCD protected. I am therefore planning to surface mount for now, until I can get an electrician in to add a new circuit under RCD, and...

Thanks for all the advice. The problem I have now, is that the electrician involved is no longer responding, and I cannot find anybody else. While the sockets are not urgent, I have no working oven at the moment. The hobs on the existing cooker are working, but not the oven. It's a bit hard to...

Thanks. The paint is pretty flaky, but I wondered if there was enough bare plaster for good adhesion. I'm also starting to wonder if the surface is actually good enough to tile on, without much repair (there will be wall cupboards, so I will only be tiling the splashback). The thing with...

Seems OK for a day and a half's work. I just wasn't sure it if should really take that long. The current oven is directly wired, so there is no plug, but thanks for the advice about the plug in igniter. I think that all of the labels have been put one circuit over, by mistake. Looks like...

Thanks. He gave an estimate of £250 plus materials (West Midlands). He did say "it's good that it's on the RCD because I wouldn't be able to work on it if it wasn't" - so I'll have to discuss that with him. The existing cooker is going to be removed, and a gas hob installed. That will...

Thanks. Not sure about question on extending. The picture below shows the complete area for the news works. Red circle is where the new double oven needs to go. The double socket on the right can stay in that location, the one on the left will probably be moved to the blue square, the oven...

Hi, I've spoken to an electrician about some work that I need doing in the kitchen. In the area requiring work, there are currently two double sockets and an oven socket. The cables themselves are all up to regs, according to the electrician, but the oven needs moving, and one of the sockets...

Thanks. This is what the surface is looking like under the tiles. Is dot and dab the way to go? Do I need to get the old paint off the surface first? (would rather leave it alone, as much as possible, in case it's lead based)

Thanks for the advice. I'll see if I can tease it but, if not, will try the pliers.

Hi, I need to remove an old worktop which has a cable clipped underneath it. Does anybody have any tips for getting the clips off without damaging the cable? Any thoughts much appreciated.

Hi, I am in the process of taking out an old kitchen which is tiled floor to ceiling. I'm planning to take the tiles off, dot and dab with 12.5mm boards, install the units and then just tile the splashbacks. Are there any particular considerations regarding any of the d+d related materials for...