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Thankyou wingcoax. Now that I know the correct term, I can find several with Google :D Confusingly (for me) the MK "Logic Plus 1-Gang 20A Flex Outlet Plate" doesn't have a hole in it for the flex, which is why I discounted it when I initially saw it. But I see others that do ...

I'm decorating the bathroom, including replacing a stand-alone light-with-shaver-socket with a mirrored cabinet with the light and socket built in. I've removed the old stuff, and am left with a pair of cables coming out of the wall, to which the old light-and-socket unit was directly...

Thankyou Charnwood. I should be able to find a match there. Edit: Oh dear, my existing one has 22 splines, so doesn't feature on their web site. I suppose I might be able to match the other dimensions and then get a knob to match whatever splines it has.

My 1/4-turn kitchen sink mixer tap is dripping. It's a cheap one from Focus, so I don't know its brand. I've looked on the internet for replacment valve cartridges, but all I can find is ones specific to their own brand of tap. I haven't disassembled my tap yet, but I suspect it's a 1/2"...

Couldn't find it on that link, HERTSDRAINAGE2010, but when I Googled "Shepherd furniture casters" (one of the first brand names that comes up in your link) I got just what I'm looking for http://www.shepherdcasters.com/products_ball.html, and I've found a UK company selling them (Ross Handling...

Can anyone help me with a retail source of bolt-mounted swivel castors like this one, please? I've searced the internet, and all I can come up with are plate-mounted and ferrule-mounted ones, but no single-bolt ones. Colour is not important. Oh dear, I thought I'd uploaded an image -- it's...

Just got round to ordering the tracks and, based on previous experience, I phoned John Lewis first. They say that the web site is wrong, and even their current 2.5m corded tracks are in two pieces with two cords :( I see now that there's more results from my Google search than there were...

There seem to be epoxy fillers available on US web sites, such as the "Chip and Fill Kit" shown on this page http://www.bonstone.com/applications/repair.htm . Might be worth contacting them to see if there's a UK outlet.

I never saw that info before, but I've found it now "hidden" in a drop-down information window in their buying guide. They must have changed their specs., for I've got one of their 2.5m aluminium (I think) tracks, bought about a year ago, and it comes in two pieces with a joiner and two...

Some of my curtain tracks (Swish, and other similar brands) need replacing after about 25 years due to plastic getting brittle with age. They're generally about 2.5m long, with a single cord pulling both curtains together. Both on the internet and in my local diy stores I've been unable to...

Sorry I didn't get back sooner, and thanks for the replies. I'll definately go for hardwood, rather than veneer. My initial searches of the popular DIY stores brought up many hardwood-lookalike-veneer ones, but on Googling a bit further I've found plenty of hardwood ones at even cheaper...

I'm planning to replace the rather flimsy front door of my house (1970s, probably pine framing, with large upper and lower glass panels) with a more modern timber one that will keep the cold out better. Probably timber panels, with only a small amount of glazing in the upper half. Looking at...

Yes, thanks, PrenticeBoyofDerry. I think we're all on the same wavelength, thanks. I'll figure out the detail, whether it's best to use 600mm wide boards or two 325 wide loft panels, after I've measured and done some planning. I prefer 2400x600, but the loft panels will be easier to handle.

Our house came with insulation between the joists, up to the tops of the joists. Last year we had extra insulation added, which was simply laid over the top of what was there, and the joists. I don't know what the overall thickness is, but it was installed under a British Gas promotion...

No, I've already got the extra insulation, above all the original joists and insulation. My point is simply to provide a safe walkway over it, partly because tradesmen won't go in the loft now without boarding, and partly because if you do go in the loft you can't see the joists so you don't...

Thanks, PrenticeBoyofDerry. I don't understand how turning the panels round would allow me to have more insulation within the void, since the idea of the 4x2s is to raise the panels above all the insulation. I'm only trying to create a walkway, not board the whole loft. So using loft panels...

Thanks for the responses. I like the idea of 4x2 (or whatever gives me the right height) at right angles to the main joists. Seems to me like I could just cut slots in the insulation where the new joists are to sit, without having to shift anything out of the way. Then, which board to...

The other day a council pest controller said he was unable to go into my loft because it's not boarded. Aware that other trades (TV aerial, electrical, plumbing) might take the same view in the future, I'd like to put down at least a longitudinal walkway so that access can be easily gained to...

Thanks, seco services. That's just the job :D

Thanks, Nige F. I've clicked on your name, but can't see any option to send a PM. Anyway, I don't want you to go to any trouble, thanks. We've got quarter-turn taps in the rest of the house, and I know how expensive they are -- and the replacement cartridges too :shock: If quarter-turn...