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Thanks for your comment DaftPunk, what comments imply he doesn't know what he's doing (so i know what to question him on)? My problem is the fact they are NIC etc registered seems to have no bearing on whether they know what they're doing or not and i have no way of knowing so i'm in between a...

Thanks for your confirmation ekmdgrf, i am also finding it hard to believe it would break in 4 places but then i can't believe they'd lie on the test certificate, that seems completely outrageous (but so i'm learning i shouldn't expect anything to be done properly!) Are you allowed to connect...

Thanks so much for your speedy response, it is massively appreciated! I am hoping that the joins are somewhere that's accessible and we just can't find them but i think that's very optimistic!! Although if as you say there are legal ways of joining inaccessible cables then i'm sure they'll say...

Hey everyone, We have been renovating our house for the last year or two and are finally getting towards finishing (or so we thought!) We have just had an electrician round to add a couple of sockets having had 'most' of the wiring redone last year by a different qualified electrician who...

Hi everyone, We have recently redone our bathroom and have had a custom cabinet made to sit on top of a ledge (underwhich is the pipework for the toilet/sink etc). You can see this in the attached pic. Unfortunately the top of the front side of the ledge (which is tiled in white moleanos...

Thanks for your replies everyone, much appreciated. big-all: Which one is better, i presume mortice and tennon (which i think is what they use for the new doors)? Does this mean if i can find an old restored mortice and tennon door then its likely to be a similar level of security to a new...

Hi everyone, We are currently trying to replace our front door and wanted some help! We live in a victorian terraced house in east london and want to replace the current horrible 80s front door with a restored or new victorian 4 panel door with 2 glazed panels at the top similar to...

Hey everyone, We had a new central heating system installed a few months ago with a new combi boiler (Ideal) and new pipework and radiators (from Selco). One of the rads (possibly more but this is the only one i've noticed) makes a quiet whistling sound every now and then and the only way to...

Hey everyone, We are renovating our Victorian terraced house in London and have sanded the old pine boards on the ground floor. We have tried a multitude of varnishes, lacquers, oils and waxes to try and find a finish we like which hasn't been massively successful (want something very natural...

So does anyone know the situation with building control with regard to the constructional hearths vs decorative hearths by any chance? Thanks so much, Dave

Ah yes, very good point! :) So I was looking at this pair of chrome valves: http://www.screwfix.com/p/verona-angled-radiator-valves-15mm-pair/37800 presumably these would work for what we are discussing? And with valves like these presumably you can still turn the rad off completely should you...

Thanks for your reply bigall! So what you're saying is we don't really need a TRV for that towel rad (that's the only rad in the bathroom)? This does make sense to be fair, i was probably being overly cautious :) This is a very stupid question (:)) but if we go ahead without a TRV then do we...

Hey everyone, We are putting a stainless steel towel radiator into our bathroom which is being redone. I bought a chrome TRV from Screwfix over the weekend (http://www.screwfix.com/p/danfoss-ras-d-chrome-trv-8-10-15mm-angled-l-s/88443) which is fine but it's quite long (like most TRVs!) and I...

I just thought that if everything was prepared with the opening exactly the right size etc and the chimney swept/ready for use then it'd just be a case of putting the heath/mantle/insert in place which i (perhaps naively!) thought wouldn't be too time consuming! The price for my builder is all...

Hey everyone, We are currently renovating our 3 bed Victorian terraced house in London and are about to replace the fireplaces. There were 3 old 1970s fireplaces (lovely brown tiled things!) which we have now removed. We have had all of the chimneys swept and got the certificates and they are...