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hi, Can anyone offer advice or point me in the right direction on how to wire in a solar divert feed into our existing wiring? The existing wiring looks like this (see photos below). There's an input feed coming from a secondary consumer unit in the utility room, into an isolator switch, then to...

Hi all, Bought myself a milwaukee M18 bos125 a few weeks ago. Its the first time I've used a ROS and I can't believe i didn't buy one before. It does a great job of sanding and the dust collecting is very good, but after I used it for the second time (and I used it for a few hours) i had quite...

Hi, I'd like to just check something with experienced professionals. We've had some works done to our house, extension and interior alterations. For this we made a planning application which was accepted. That work has all been completed and we are about to have the final inspection from...

Hello, We've got LED downlights in the kitchen (spec below). I'd like to change the light switch to a dimmer. 1. Anyone got a suggestion of good dimmer switches for these lights? We've used Varilight JQP252W V-Pro dimmers for other rooms but the dimmers are a bit variable (different LEDs at...

Hi all, Hoping you can offer a novice some advice. We've had the house re-wired with a new fuse box with RCBOs. Our electrician left the build a while ago and has sadly passed away since. Before he left he didn't finish connecting up the SWA cable running to the shed, so I've done it using some...

Hi Anyone got any tips for laying our 20mm PE-RT underfloor heating pipes into aluminium spreader plates (200 mm centres)? Specifically I'm after advice on how to get the pipe to be more flexible. The pipe is really stiff and very difficult to get it to fit around the bends. I'm going to try...

hi, I'm trying to find out what the minimum sensible thickness of plywood i can use to lay over our joists. Its an old house and the joists centres vary from 380 - 400 (most less than 400). The joists are 45mm x 160mm, and there are noggins dotted around the place. Most joists are pretty stable...

Hi Our house has low ceilings on the first floor. The max joist (top of joist) to ceiling height is about 2100 mm. We're putting new floors, so I'm wondering what the best options are for flooring without losing any more ceiling height. The flooring has to work with UFH with spreader plates...

Have started renovating our house. We will be removing our LPG gas tank and ancient boiler to be replaced with an Air Source Heat Pump. As part of the renovations we'll be adding insulation in the roof, floors, walls, and doubling glazing windows. The company installing the ASHP have run a heat...

Hi guys, Just replaced a rubbish mixer shower (bristan sonique) with a new mixer bar valve (mira atom). The fitting was a little tricky as there is not much of hot and cold feed pipes coming through the wall. I used compression fittings with SL-X jointing compound join to join the shower bar...

hi, I've had a search around, but not found the answer. Is it possible to wire a light off an extractor fan? The extractor fan is has its own isolator and comes on with the main bathroom light. The extractor is positioned right above where i'd like to have an extra light. So is it possible...

Hi, I'll be finishing off laying laminate floor in my lounge this weekend and then tiling the fireplace. What are people's thoughts on the best way to marry the two floor types (laminate and tiles) together? I was thinking i could raise the fireplace base a little with some ply, then have...

Hi, Just want to check I'm doing this right. I want to lay vinyl tiles in my kitchen. The floor at the moment is mainly wooden floor boards, but with about 1/3 concrete. Both are very old and look/feel dry, apart from one corner of the concrete which has a damp patch. The damp patch is...

Hi, my carpenter has just about finished fitting my new front door (http://www.howdens.com/product-range/doors-joinery-collection/external-doors/hardwood-doors/carolina-m-t-glazed/). Its meranti hardwood (i think), with hardwood frame. Anyone got any good advice on how to protect the door...

Hi, I'm renovating a house including refitting a bathroom and shower room. Having had a good read around on here and elsewhere I was leaning towards laying BnQ tileloc in the bathrooms. But there seems to be some conflicting opinions as to whether this is a good idea or not. It will be a...

Hi, I'm renovating and doing a loft conversion my house and could do with some advice on what type of shower to put up in the ensuit loft conversion. Currently i have a 24Kw combi condensing boiler in the kitchen. By time the loft conversion is finished it will have to feed: 12x...