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The kitchen does have a separate ring, the downstairs socket ring covers the hall lounge and dining room (soon to be new kitchen) whilst the kitchen sockets serve the kitchen and scullery. The existing ring in the dining room also covers the lounge/hall and as the new kitchen will have all new...

It's not my idea to crimp the cables, if I do it myself I'd simply swap the rings around and I'm pretty sure that any 'joins' will be at new sockets. It's the pro's who don't want the hassle of moving the old circuit and wat to cut and splice. I don't think space is an issue re: MF junction...

Bearing in mind I'm skint yes I do mean physically moving the ring mains, do bear in mind they're all surface mounted it's not as drastic as it sounds. I asked about junction boxes as where any cut and join would be is under a half landing which is carpeted and therefore inaccessible and the...

We're in the process of moving our kitchen & as currently the cables are all surfaced mounted it's not too much of a pain to physically shift the entire kitchen socket ring to the new room and swap the new rooms 'ground floor sockets' into the old kitchen. ( the cables for the cooker and hob are...

Thank you so much for your help, I thought the chap that told us it would be ok and he'd be happy to do it was genuine It's reassuring to have it confirmed.

We are planning moving kitchen from an ajacent room. The existing cooker point is supplied by a 6mm wire which can very easily be re-routed to the new location. Question I have is, we are thinking of using an Ikea Raffinerad oven http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00245168/ which needs...

Nice shed Elliott, I'm jealous

We're having problems with our low profile shower flooding. The shower waste I've fitted doesn't have any kind of 'hair-trap' and when I try to use a plastic grill the flow is further restricted making the problem worse. I'm going to change the waste-trap and would very much appreciate any...

Thanks to everyone, I should have said it is as plugwash sumised my reason is I have purchased an extra 2m mains lead which I wish to threas through a small opening and the new fig 8 is a right-angle which won't go through the hole the straight one did.

The charger for my chromebook has a figure of 8 plug on the mains leas with a moulded 3 pin plug on the other end. I want to replace the plug & my question is does it matter which wire connects to the positive and return. The plug can be inserted into the charger either way so I'm guessing...

Get a local tree feller around to give you a quote to fell it for you. They'll know what the score is.

Can I butt in to say thankyou to EFLImpudence for his diagram which I just showed to one of my 'teenagers' who 'got it'.

but what difference does it make, why are you upset who lives there?

Is the lane gated? if not just mention to the farmer what you hope to do. If it's got a gate you may have to negotiate. You shouldn't need to get planning involved unless the property has any restricted covenants.

Why does it matter ?

I'm in the process of 'hacking' Ikea Billy bookcases to house a TV. This involves using some mouldings & I just wondered has anyone else found a woodstain to match the Ikea oak finish? I've seen a few 'mid-oak' colours, & funnily enough, our stripped 130-year-old pine panel doors are near...

My grandfather actually played the national anthem on the organ as the curtains were closed in front of the screen.

The danp problem was caused by a broben slate cill and leaking window, happily all fixed now and the airways and subfloor all sorted. Intrestingly the 'rot' in some of the old oak joists is very localised around the corroded nails securing the joist to the plate timber.

I've only just seen your reply. The membrane is being used as I was gifted a couple of rolls and under some of the other rooms we've used insulation roll supported by nylon type mesh. I've been obsessivaly cleaning under the floor so theres no debris at all and a good airflow. The...

I'm after recommendations for an undercoat + white finish for new floorboards. I've found Johnstone's Flortred' which has a quick-drying time and at the moment it's a toss up between that and Little Greene but any advice will be very welcome. The new floor to be painted is in the dining room...