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Yes, thanks for your help. It's just difficult to find longer screws. It just seems strange to use window frame screws for putting up a bathroom cabinet. Why can't I even find normal screws on the screwfix website, all the ones they sell seems to be self tapping, or adjustable or for wood...

Would be nice if someone would tell me what they use for heavy duty on breeze block. But nevermind, it must be a secret. Simon.

Just writing to see if I can find the best practice on fitting heavy objects to the walls in my new house. The walls are plasterboard which is attached to the breeze block behind using metal brackets. I find my usual screws are not long enough to cope with the distance of the plasterboard and...

I'll let you know how I get on then! Thanks for the quick replies. Simon.

It wouldn't go down the exchange end, because this is an extension cable (that I wired myself) from the master socket downstairs to the upstairs extension socket. The cable is a six wire cable, and three are needed for the extension. The only wires I'd use are the wires in the extension cable...

This might be a strange one...! I've just bought a CCTV Doorbell that operates essentially a push button doorbell with a covert pin hole camera. http://www.visibellsystems.com/specs.html#instruction The camera plugs into a control box that operates the chime and sends the signal on to...

Ahh ok. So there's no problem fitting a 3-pin socket under the kitchen sink. Thanks for the info. Simon.

Wondering if this is good practice or not... We've just moved into a brand new home by Fairview Homes, and we have a special 'socket' under our sink that has no switch, but a small hole in the middle for a wire to enter. It's installed as a spare and has a switch above the kitchen worktop...

Hi, Our house has some nice skirting boards...but we want to install laminate flooring and we need to create an expansion gap. Is there any tool that is used/recommended that can make a nice cut into the skirting board to create an expansion gap for our new laminate flooring? Otherwise...

Hi there, We're moving into a new house and it has this brand new boiler system that I don't understand at all. Can someone explain what the small red and white cylinders are for? Does it look like a good system? I hate having something that I don't know how it works. I've seen some...

This current model washer dryer was purchased only 19 months ago!! This is what it's doing: Last week it wouldn't drain. Error code E20. Drained it manually. Now it also won't heat the water and the pump is completely dead. No noise at all from it! Three weeks ago the display started...

Yes, I had another big gap which I filled with grout and that just looks really bad! Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll probably find some thin tiles as suggested. The plastic would be nice if I could find it. I'll post a picture when I've fixed it. Simon.

No, that is the overflow :-) And I'm quite proud of my hole :D Can't really find any plastic that would look right. My neighbour's had his bathroom redone last week and the fitter told me I could get something that would just fill in the hole no problems (plastic too). But have been to...

I'm tiling my first bathroom and I've got a large gap to the basin... What would be the best way to deal with this huge gap? It would be great if I could make it look professional. Simon.

Well I've just finished rewiring (including laying new cable because the old wires didn't reach)... AND IT WORKS!! Finally, after much sweat it's all sorted. For anyone skimming down the thread, the problem was with the showers connected to the wrong CUs and the RCCB had its neutrals...

Here's a picture of it: The box says it's an RCCB. The (working) upstairs flat is wired like this: From CU: Blue to third connection, top. Brown to second connection, top. From shower: Blue to third connection, bottom Brown to first connection, top. The non-functioning flat is...

I know...! I really appreciate the advice I have received from everyone here, and I realise I've obviously put myself at risk given what we now know about this wiring. And the electrician isn't answering my calls...so I'll do this one myself as I know the problem now. Will let you know...

Hi ban, It's not a faulty shower, as I've switched the two showers over and got the same problem. But I just decided to swap over the RCCBs in the unlikely event it was faulty...and I've found that he wired them up differently!!! The one upstairs that works has the blue wire from the CU at...

Ok this is what happened... The electrician wired up each flat to each others CU. This meant that when I pulled the fuse from one flat, to test the other flat...I was actually cutting the circuit for the flat I wanted to test!!! Anyway, I changed the cable between the RCCB and the DP...

The two shower circuits are totally independent. Except that the consumer units are both next to each other 30m away from each flat (yes it's true). The two cables join each other for about 16m until they both go into their respective CUs. I went out this morning and bought a new fuse...