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Hi, My consumer unit is a TT system and I recently asked an electrician to come and check it, and to install an isolator for me as well. This is what I ended up with: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phykell/diy/tt.jpg He said the earth was fine though I have my doubts and I fancy sinking a...

I know, it's been done to death... Anyway, I have 3 sets of SELV under-cabinet lights (not in a kitchen so no Part P stuff). It's arranged like this: 1 set: 3x20W on a 60W transformer (60W total load). 1 set: 3x20W on a 60W transformer (60W total load). 1 set: 2x20W on a 60W...

I'm just about to fit a chimney hood to my newly installed kitchen. I'm thinking of fitting a stainless steel splashback behind the electric hob and obviously would like it to run all the way up to the chimney hood as it'll look "continuous". Unfortunately, it seems that the standard sizes are...

Hi, I've got a ceramic hob and while it looks great it also looks so much like part of the worktop that I'm worried my cat, if he's walking across the worktop, may walk across the hot hob. It hasn't happened yet and I've tried keeping him off the worktops but of course he just ignores me...

The installation I was planning has the tube passing through the wall below the ceiling line as the chimney covers it anyway. The installation instructions don't actually specify going through the ceiling but they do show a relatively short run of hose turning 90 deg and through a wall. I...

Hi, I've read through the various cooker hood threads here on DIYNOT but I'm a bit unclear about what to do about ducting. The ducting kits are what's really confusing me. I'm going to have my vent passing through the wall rather than through the ceiling. This way I can minimise the amount...

Point taken about sliding ones. There seems to be some remarkably cheap ones on EBay and from online tool retailers (I thought I'd be paying much more). Have a look at this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4385418659&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 It's also...

Hi, My electric oven is fitted into an MFI kitchen cabinet, the one specifically for ovens of course. The problem is that it's not high enough. Can I just place some sort of material underneath it to raise it slightly and if so, what sort of material should I use? This must be a fairly...

Hi, I need to fit the cornices and pelmets on my kitchen cabinets and for this I'll have to cut some pretty good mitres. What's the best or most reasonable way of doing this? I've used a hand-mitre saw before but with less than acceptable results. Is it worth me investing in an electric...

Thanks - I'll be using a TCT core bit so hammer on then :)

Hi, How exactly should I use a core bit? Am I right in guessing that it shouldn't be used with a drill's hammer action? If so, can I only use a core bit in an SDS drill if I can stop the SDS action? Thanks :)

Thanks everyone - white waste pipe it is then :)

What? Inside as well? ;)

Hi, I'm just about to install some waste pipework from my washing machine standpipe to the outside and to a drain. The white plastic pipe shouldn't be used outside as it will harden and crack under UV from the Sun. Is that right? Do I need to change to the grey pipe once the waste pipe exits...

I'm thinking of adding a plinth heater to the kitchen I'm installing. My oven currently has a vent underneath it but I saw a picture of a plinth heater installed under an oven. Is this a wise idea with regards to necessary ventilation for the oven or am I better off positioning it somewhere else?

Wow that's interesting! My main reason for fitting an RO unit is because I have a marine aquarium that I need as pure water as possible. There's loads of people using these units for the very same reason - I wonder how many know about this regulation? :shock:

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Hi, I'm looking at fitting a 1.5 stainless steel sink and I want to fit an RO unit in the same cupboard if possible. While I'm waiting for MFI to deliver me the right waste fitting kit for my sink (they've already got it wrong twice), I'm trying to wrok out the best way of doing it so as to...

Hi, thanks for your reply. I'll be running it directly out of the wall rather than bother going through the ceiling, so ideally, the hose will come out of the extractor unit and make as an immediate 90 degree turn as possible and through the wall. That should limit the length to less than a...

I see, so that's how I should've cut my laminate flooring all those years ago - if only these fora had been around then!