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sparky - wouldn't 240v be normal mains voltage, i.e. GU10? I thought low voltage was defined as 12v?

Thanks for the replies. I'd like to use downlighters becuase my ceilings are only 7'6" and the current pendant light we have is too low. I was thinking that fitting downlighters would make the room appear slightly taller as there is no central pendent hanging down, and they are unobtrusive...

ELV?

I would like it to be subtle but effective - my worry is that it'll be light in the corners and too dark in the centre, but if I put more in the centre it'll be too much.

would this stuff be suitable to fill the internal joins with (and underneath the slabs before they're sat on the base): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SX-SIROFLEX-TRADE-STRENGTH-LMN-SILICONE-WHITE_W0QQitemZ7621276495QQihZ017QQcategoryZ41501QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem Thanks

its about 9' x 14' and is currently freezing - we keep the patio door closed otherwise the living room gets too cold. It has full length windows which I know are bad for thermal insulation, plus the seals are poor and you can feel a draft at most of the joints/windows. We're planning to have a...

I currently have a single pendant light in the center of my living room which is rectangular in shape. I'm going to replace this with low voltage downlighters, but am not sure where they should be placed to get the optimum effect? Should I place one in each corner and then 3 down the centre...

I was planning to use an underfloor heating kit made by hep20 for conservatories. It basically runs as another radiator from what I'm led to believe with its own temperature control valve that sits inside the conservatory. However, when the house gets up to the right temperture, regardless...

I'm hoping that with the flexibility of microbore AND the fact it'll be hep20 that I'll be able to go from the manifold across the floorboards to the end of the wall and down into the living room without having to make any joints, just one continous run. This way I'll only have to worry about...

how can I work out the depth of the wall though - I can see the external total thickness of the wall, but I'm assuming there is an inner and outer course. One wall is also a party wall so I have no way of determining its thinkness?

so you did Masona! Sorry for the re-post, I must get round to finishing one job rather than flurting with several at one!

I'd like to hide the pipework that drop feed into my living room and other ground floor rooms. Currently its copper 8-10-12mm microbore thats got capping over the top of it. I need to move a radiator anyway and was planning on using 15mm Hep20 for this, but realised that I won't be able to hide...

I've just bought my first house with the missus and the radiators are drop feed into my living room/dinin/kitchen using microbore pipework. However, this has been done by running the pipework down the wall with capping over the top which I dont like. I plan to replace the copper microbore...

I'm going to be moving the next door neighbours concrete sectional garage over to my garden, but I'm not quite sure if I should use some kind of sealant in between the joins when I put it back together again? Should I also use sealant on the floor before the section is placed in position to...

I've just had a new concrete garage base put in and want to paint the floor after I've fitted the garage. Do I need to seal it with anything before I paint it with floor paint? I want to make sure it doesn't all start peeling away after a little while?

I tackled this over the weekend. My local plumbers merchant had the McAlpine fitting in stock where both hoses can be fitted to the top of the original standpipe (VM33 I think). Seems to work fine.

Our current waste pipe for the washing machine/dishwasher exits through the kitchen wall at about half distance from the floor to the worktop, meaning that the standpipe itself is only about 12" long. Is it the length of the standpipe itself thats important or just the distance between the...

If using the V33WM fitting, how would the w/m pipe connect to it? Mine just has 2 rubber flaps that simply sits inside the standpipe. Also, that fitting looks to have a sealed top - I thought the idea of having a standpipe was that its vented?if the pipes are connected to this would it make...

But I cant do this on the same exit waste pipe can I? I only have 1 waste pipe going through the wall.

Hi there, We've just moved into a new huose and have found a problem with the waste pipe for the washing machine and dishwasher. The waste pipe currently has no trap fitted to it and so the smell from the drain is coming back into the kitchen every time we run the tap. I'm planning on...