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what mix is best for inside an open brick fireplace for crack /heat resistance? its fairly small -4 bricks wide, 1 (length) deep and 8 high, so any hot coal/sparks would be up close to the render. the outside fireplace walls are 5,1,1 kiln dried sand, lime, white cement, yellow dye and sbr...

i've thought long and hard about rendering over ply, but every thought experiment saw the render cracking and falling off. - expansion of the ply due to moisture, flex, etc etc However I've given it a go in an internal kitchen cupboard just for the heck of it :D 1st step thompsons...

I've had to do a similar thing (cat6 usb and speaker wire), i set the wire in a straight line on the floor with dollops of stix-all and covered it with some 'primary support channel' that i had left over. basically galvanised steel channels that you can buy in builders yards, 2 inches wide or...

This concrete construction is in a block of flats with people above and below - it really would be a pain and unadvisable to move the pipe as the floor is structural and there is no evidence that ithe pipe was channeled in afterwards. I take it then that there is no hybrid coal / gas open...

thanks, but I'm getting a bit confused here - I've seen telephone cable 'concealed' under 4 layers of paint in a house before. Also speaker/telephone/doorbell cable similarly painted over in houses, as well as behind the edge trim of laminate flooring. Are you saying that installing...

I've recently gutted out a disused backboiler and gas burner from a fireplace and...but obviuosly now theres quite a void to fill. Are there any options for purchasing and having installed a hybrid coal/gas open fire. If not, what to do with the gas pipe (1/4 inch) popping up in the...

just a quick answer then - elv/data cable has to be run 5cm below the surface, 15cm from the paralell of lv cable and cross them at 90deg (if hard wired), and can go any way if connected to any form of plug/socket. I assume being plugged into a router is not hard wired, nor is being...

yep, I'd bet you havent done any experiments with the different tankning products available and stress tested them, i.e. when applied to different grip adhesives (hybrid polymer, solent, non solvent etc), primers, backgrounds (ply, plasterboard, multifinish) tile adhesives (2 part flex, 1...

Yet another reason not to automatically trust a pro, amateurs often do better jobs because they dont do it for money, Windows vs Linux anyone? b/ 8)

Additional info yes they are all in one plug in types, for an experiment i stuck the light ends in salty/detergent water for a few days and left them on, no issues as all, not even electrolysis, so i guess their IP rating is 99 ? :D This cables under floorboards business is strange...

I'd like to place a set of elv (3 volt) lights around the floor of a bathtub, the cable run to the lights are long enough to have them (transformer and jbox) plugged in from an airing cupboard with the cables run under the floorboards. Is this notifiable? also whats the risk of a cheapo...

Regarding the bath, if you dont want to worry about silicone and trims failing where the bath joins the wall, especially if using a shower, tank and tile the walls down to the floor first, then fit the bath. This option needs precision tiling and you want as near a 90 deg corner as you can...

I looked all over for usb wall boxes a while ago, made my own by getting a single blanking plate, cutting a hole and setting 2 usb self powered extenders into a deep backbox (plastic stud wall variety) using silicone. b/

I'm trying to brighten up the inside of a shed, - and get most of the daylight to reflect about and hit the corners. whats the heads up on a flourescent/luminescent white paint suitable for the job, -water or oil no preference, thanks B.

Have you seen what plumbing shops want to charge for a shiny new shower diverter?! ...when all I'm after is something slightly more complex than a ballfix for a couple of quid :) will chase up the 3-way, thanks. B.

Am looking for a way so send mixed water from a shower mixer to one of two taps located either side of a large sink (more like spouts as they dont have taps, -the shower mixer controls the flow). Is there something like an inline Y valve 15mm that can send water one way or another but not...

Anyone know what your typical floor tile grout is made of? I' had some leftover sandstone grout, great colour and want to render an internal breeze wall with it, test patches worked a treat but is obviously too expensive for this. I tried to make it with fine plasterers sand, light cement...

Are these the business when if comes to upgrading one's normal mixer? looking at mira 415 $$$, but was going to get a cheapo thermostatic $. Will one perform significantly better than the other when someone in kitchen starts turning taps on an off while i'm washing my misself? combi...

surge current of 8 ballast charges at the same time may be quite considerable, ur switch may spark a bit more than usual (useful to know in case you spill a load of petrol on the floor and dont have adequate ventilation) I'd be cautious myself and have 4 banks of 2, or at least an outdoor...

this raises a question re: 1mm stainless steel as a 'suitable' protective conductor... i ask this cos to change the height of a cable run of the horizontal ring in the kitchen (making a step up - 3 bricks height) i intend to run it out of safe zone behind the steel - o.k. assuming I earthed...