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Thanks awbcm, Thanks for that, I will examine it closely. The TV Weighs 20KG, I was thinking of using a bracket like one of these: http://www.bracketsuk.com/24-to-32-TV-Wall-Mounts/Tiltable-Wall-Mount-TV-Wall-Bracket-24-to-32-.html...

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Thanks for the link r896neo, I could make a metal frame if needed, I will have to work out the weight, i think i might try and mock something up using CLS & MDF to see how everything works. I could of course just make the opening smaller and behind the Tv and then you wouldn't see it...

I have just opened up my fireplace, and also removed a portion of the gather, for that I used 2 short acrow props with strong boys, to support the brickwork while i removed the courses for the lintels. Depending on your fireplace construction, the front of the breast may be 2 leaves of...

Hi, Hopefully this is the right section for this... I have just finished opening up my fireplace. The plan is to put a plain white box in the bottom section, with a down lighter so that my girlfriend can put a vase containing some dead sticks in it. In the top section however I am...

That should be simple, as I will be doing the work, I wont design anything I cant build! :) Failing that I know a brickie that will help for a bit of cash in hand. As far as i am concerned the basic structure ought to be reasonably cheap, if I utilise the party wall, then I just need a...

Thanks Woody. I haven't decided which route I will go down with Building control yet, probably full plans, but I would probably try and do them myself. Now that might sound ridiculous after reading my previous post, but a neighbor a few doors down has done a similar extension and has kindly...

Hi, Im looking to do an extension in the not to distant future (latest next summer), and am just trying to get my head around some of the details so I can get an idea of what is involved and how much it might cost me. I plan to do most of the work myself, and don't want to involve a...

Thanks for bearing with me Spark123! will see if i can get a diagram up tomorrow morning. Im using grid as I need a 2 gang intermediate switch in the MK logic plus style, and AFAIK MK don't do a double intermediate, infact even their single intermediate seems to use a grid switch combined...

I share your reservations, hence the question. I will try and post a diagram, but don't have time to do one right now. Essentially the setup is as follows: Either end of hall downstairs is a 3 gang switch. Upstairs on the landing a 2 gang intermediate. The Porch, Hall and landing...

At college we used to take the fuses out of silly scopes and power supply's and fill them with the 'lead' from pencils. Then wait for the next class to turn all the kit on. :)

Im wiring some intermediate switches, which are to be upstairs and not 'between' the 2 way ones which are downstairs at either end of the hall. The neatest way to wire everything up would involve running a twin and earth (2 brown cores) containing the common wires for both the hall (downstairs...

I removed a wall recently and the UB had to sit on the party wall & there was no cavity. Take a look at this (party wall booklet): http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/133214 What I did was order a couple of copies of the booklet, (took a few weeks to arrive)...

Thanks Hotrod, it will be fine, ill go for the mortar, DPC, Mortar, and either have the DPC run down the side of the wall for the depth of the mortar joint or maybe ill adjust the FFL. On a related note. My house has/had a aprox 10mm b.itchumen DPM, and the previous owners removed a large...

Personally I don't think the DPC will make the slightest bit of difference. But guess it should have one. The house is on a slope, and the foundation for the wall starts approx 5' below the FFL, and is approx 2'9" deep then there is loads of brick infill (over 2') before some compacted ash and...

Hotrod thanks for the input. Woody, sorry but im not quite following you: [My emphasis]. The above reads to me as Mortar -> DPC -> Block -> Mortar. is that what you mean? Edited, as your second post beat this and now its crystal :)

Typical, everything i had previously seen said just slap the DPC straight on the blocks, so when I poured the Foundation I used that as the reference. And then today I happened across a site that said sandwich. So that means that my nicely measured DPC level is going to be out, oh well, I...

Hi, Im building a new internal block wall, do i lie the DPC directly on the blocks, or do i lay mortar, DPC, mortar, ive read conflicting reports, is there a consensus of opinion? I don't have time at the moment to try and find it in the building regs, if it's mentioned. For info, in...

Yes it is after the meter. I didn't say otherwise. I find it highly unlikely that they would fit an isolator before the meter, as it would make it a far simpler job to bypass the meter then. Many people are reluctant to cut seals and pull main fuses, but flipping a switch is a no brainer...

When my stuff got moved I asked for one, and they put it in gratis no problem, well actually, they did have to borrow a screwdriver to connect it all up as they didn't have one small enough... That was Weston Power Distribution through EDF. I think it depends on how you ask and if it's much...