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Hi, pretty much yes. Pic below, it's the middle small window that I'm replacing with french doors.

When he did the job did he support the outer wall ? Looking above the horizontal waste pipe there looks like a run of loose or disturbed bricks and missing mortar ? Have to say this job looks like it should be in an episide of Watchdog ! No was was it done by an experienced builder and the...

I have just tidied up something similar in the property I am doing up, the reveals were plastered not plasterboarded but I knocked off the plaster where it curved towards the window frame and bonded then skimmed the reveals. Making sure it was foamed along the frame to keep water outside of...

Hi everyone, happy new year ! I am shortly going to be cutting a hole through an external cavity wall to fit french doors replacing an existing window. Before I start thought it was worth checking, the cuts in the inner and outer cavity should be inline with each other I take it ? For...

I could be wrong but so long as all the paper is gone and there is no lumpy bits or damage then a PVA coat and skimming should do the trick ?

Just done mine with supercove, very happy :)

Surely it just needs a bit of green & yellow tape wrapping around the chocolate block doesn't it ??? :lol:

Can't help noticing the red and black wires.... Mains electrics in singles ?

Also worth checking positions of brick piles supporting roof purlins, in mine the previous owners had the lounge door moved and one of the supporting pillars inside the loft supporting a purlin was sat directly above the new door which wasnt installed with a lintel above it ! It now has a...

Re electrics, I am renovating a property at the moment including sorting out the existing horrible loft conversion. Soon as I got the keys I got BC over and got him to confirm a yes or no to their need for sign off on certain jobs. Electrics can be done so long as you can present a final...

Couldn't agree more but I can't do anything about it. And before anyone says it yes I know it's pointless, probably illegal and very frustrating but it's the way it is for now.

I finally got to speak to someone in planning and after some mumbling their end they said I was best off submitting a LDC application so that is what I have done. Will post the outcome ! Thanks for feedback this far.

Looks like you are fitting the same skirting as me. I bought a 254mm sliding compound saw, works fine so far. I did have to adjust it when out of the box as some of the angles weren't quite right but this is normal. It was a EBaur one from ebay which was used but not much. If you are...

Unless the fault is picked up in the correct testing / commissioning of course, in particular IR and Earth continuity test :)

Thanks again John, it's a long time since I did my 15th edition ! I'm still favouring a 10mm cable mind, it's about a 12m run and I'm only doing this job once :)

Thanks John. 13.4kw = 58.26A ,minus 10A and 30% of the rest gives 29A I take it ? I was treating the 2 appliances separately hence an extra 10A

Hi, apologies of this has been covered already... About to sort my kitchen out, keeping the current oven which is rated at 5.4Kw. Looking to fit an induction hob which according to the manufactures data sheet is rated at 32A / 8Kw. If I apply diversity plus 5A for socket it comes out as...

Fair point. I still do it as I think it's neater :)

I just replaced my dads outside light with a 20 watt led pir floodlight that cost about 20 quid. When I took the connection box apart to connect in the internal wires were held together by plastic twist caps and the screws were so soft I stripped one just putting it back together. You get...

Not sure if this has been covered already but I thought current guidelines were for a ring socket that an earth from each cable went to each of the earth connectors on the socket ? That's what the diagram shows in the current on site guide anyways.