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Sorry murraysnudge, I'll stick to this forum now. I still don't understand how I can replace just the one section of skirting. The height of the skirting on the adjacent wall (which is ok) is 10cm. If I buy replacement skirting with an identical pattern for the sagging wall, this will also...

I don't really want to put beading round since it doesn't look as good as just skirting. I may have to end up replacing the skirting on the bowed section and plane it to shape. Unfortunately I would have to replace the rest of the skirting in the room so it all lines up. One final thought...

I have a room where the floor has sunk slightly over time and there is now a gap between the laminate floor and skirting board. The floor was made cheaply by Wilcon Homes and the previous owners had a heavy cupboard where the floor has sagged. I am confident that the floor is now stable and I...

It is a fairly new house so the builders used the cheap alternative and used chipboard instead of floorboards. The previous owners had a large cupboard where the floor has bowed but I am happy that it will not get any worse. You are correct that the expansion gap is behind the skirting...

I have a room where the floor has sunk slightly over time and there is now a gap between the laminate floor and skirting board. The gap is about 1cm in the middle of the wall and there is no gap at either end. I don't want to rip the floor up and start again and normally I would just fill the...

Thanks I think I will go with plan C and just remove the sheath for a couple of inches. Saves an extra connection for the Neutral and stops the box being so cluttered.

Thanks I'm not familiar with DP switches. What do they do? Do I still need the FCU or does the DP switch have a fuse in it? Would I need to change the fuse for a 5A fuse for the lighting circuit. Why do you not recommend using the mounting box as a connector for the Earth? What is the...

I am installing a light and taking the supply from the ring main since there is no lighting circuit available. I was planning to run 2.5mm T&E from the existing socket (which is on the ring) to a switched FCU and then 1mm T&E from the FCU to the light fitting. However, a switched FCU looks a...

You say the cable may be attacked by chemicals leaching from the brickwork but all the posts only talk about chemicals from the insulation breaking down. If I did not use insulation, does the problem go away (assuming no-one else puts insulation in, in the future)? The wall is only 600mm high...

What if you want to paint straight on the plasterboard. I would have thought you use the white side for this as well. Am I wrong?

I am building a conservatory (approx. 3m x 3m) with a 600mm cavity dwarf wall. I will be running power cables along the cavity. The windows are 24mm double glazing and the roof is triple wall polycarbonate. Is there any benefit to using insulation between the two walls since I assume most of...

I need to plaster a 600mm high dwarf wall in my conservatory as well as the house wall. I have already bought the plasterboard but I want to know the best way to fix it. The house wall is normal house brick and the dwarf wall is thermalite block. Can I just use an adhesive or do I need to...

I am extending the ring main to feed my conservatory. I am going to fit 3 double sockets on the ring and a 2.5kW electric heater using an FCU. Does it make any difference if the FCU is fitted as part of the ring main or should it be connected to a spur? If it is fitted in the ring and fuse...

I am doing the same thing in my conservatory which has no lighting circuit, so I will be fitting a spur from the ring main. You say I need 2.5mm2 T & E from the socket/junction box to FCU but what type of cable do I need from the FCU to the light fitting?