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Sorry to hijack your thread.... but you did make me open the pic just after having my tea :) but is it normal to bore out the walls for incoming pipes like that? I'm needing something similar but couldn't find anything readily available, but was also concerned doing cutouts might not be reliable...

Well I used to wire control panels for up to 500 kVA generators and nothing ever went bang so I'm not your average DIYer :giggle:, but in the end circumstances have lead me to getting an electrician in anyway - the feed from meter to dist unit is right in the way of some ceiling vaulting work...

Whenever I see a photo of people with arms crossed I usually make immediate gut feel assumptions............. ........ my gut has served me well through life :giggle:

Cheers - there's enough gap to get a decent thickness of insulation in there so I'll go with that. Did initially consider UFH but the room is a tack on to a bungalow and represents less that 10% of the total floor area - and there is unlikely to ever be anymore work done so I felt to introduce...

I recently put on of these in, same kinda job but different design. Faffed around a bit as it was my first one but I'd use again. You do need the adapter supplied separately though...

I might have been unlucky but I put a cheaper (£36) Fantronix 100mm dia inline fan above my shower and within weeks it packed up with no visible issues. Struggled to get going. Replaced it with a more expensive (£70 approx) Manrose fan - and so far so good and seems more powerful although it is...

Just lining up to slurry, DPM and then insulate and finish a suspended beam and block floor (built by others). Is it best to fill the small narrow gap running the length of the outer beams edges and the inside wall (Cavity wall thermalites) with either mortar or insulation etc. or just leave...

Cheers, I'll be tracing the existing ring over the weekend, those 2 red star sockets look to be adjacent on the ring so options there to split and extend but I'll know for sure once I have a proper look.

Hi, Thanks for all the various replies. Apologies the deleted Dodgyrog reply above was from an old account of mine which Ive moved away from but accidentally logged in as - but purely as I started to think the jokey "Dodgy" bit might not be best when asking / giving advice. So yes I am UK...

Hi, I'd appreciate some advice. Sketch shows new single storey extension being built. Red stars are existing double sockets on ring main fed by fairy recent new CU with 32A MCB. Whilst I'm confident in running T&E and sockets etc I'm no qualified electrician but I would much prefer to do the...

Know what yer saying, but due to various aspects of the layout - if I can get a good method of fixing direct to the thermalites it will be a lot easier / straightforward than battening - its only 3 full boards on 2 of the walls so two joints each - the 3rd is even less, but then with numerous...

Yes, might be marginal but we are in an exposed area facing an estuary, it's a room with 3 external walls and then there is a fair amount of steel embedded / exposed in the walls so keen to reduce cold bridging. I don't mind the small additional costs for a few boards for peace of mind.

Newly cavity wall with thermalite inner - I'd like to use insulated plasterboard for better insulation but also as there is a steel I beam face set in it. Due to other features (window reveals etc) I've got a total 40mm max from the wall surface to play with so that rules battens out, unless I...

That would be a concern - as long as above DPC is rendered nicely I'm not too concerned how below matches anything within reason so whatever is best.

At least a full block - 215mm - possibly more as its on slightly raised ground I can scrape back.

The house ones had stained as around 50 years old so I thought just go with a different but complimenting look rather than try and get close. Builder being a mate was able to slot me in to a tight cancellation so it was a case of just cracking on with blocks and worrying later ! There's not a...

Hi, first-timer hoping for help. New small single storey extension - std cavity wall thermalite / dense block. Builder's done the shell and I'm handling internal & external finish. For external I'm not keen on K-Rend and I prefer to paint my own colour - small / single storey will be quick...