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You mean the 'mix the sawdust with woodglue' trick actually works? Am intrigued - and might have to try it myself. Fortunately the floor I did in the past was pretty blemish free so no problems. Have heard many such tricks ('push twine soaked in glue into the gap', 'use paper mache') but having...

Lifting & relaying is hard to do without damaging more boards because of the way the boards are nailed down. Also, its difficult to match new boards to old because they tend to be less 'aged'. Not impossible - just time consuming to get right. Sanding is just plain dusty, time consuming &...

Tricky...and depends on whether you think laminate flooring is the next woodchip! I've done both and reckon: - laminate provides a uniform, easy to clean surface but is everywhere and is noisy under foot (particularly if its plastic and not real wood veneer) - original wood is softer, more...

Not sure - he contracts a lot to a Raychem/T2 ( see http://www.tycothermal.com/europe/english/heating/products.asp?can=1023&pt=brd&pdid=628 & http://www.tycothermal.com/europe/english/heating/products.asp?can=1023&pt=brd&pdid=627 )supplier so tends to use their stuff a lot - but he also reckons...

You'll need to work out heat loss calculations as well if you're room heating so you get the right wattage. I seem to remember my T2 tile warming net was 80 watt/m2 - peanuts on its own but gets more significant the larger area you cover. My brother had heard of Penguin but hasn't used the stuff.

Thanks Ban - didn't know you has such a fetish for white uPVC :wink:

Had just thought it would better to have steel mechanical protection and cover that in something pretty. Maybe it's overkill for a couple of metres in a corner? Cooker radial's planned in 6mm cable but only expected to take a sub 13amp oven & ignitor on fused spurs at present so using 16amp MCB.

I have cabling fo the ground floor ring, cooker radial and lighting for a cellar etc running from the consumer unit down the wall and through to underneath the floor. Obviously I'd like to hide them but in a safe (!) way. Was thinking of putting them all in one of these...

My brother has a company installing electric underfloor heating so will ask him about the Penguin stuff. Never seen it before. My memory of installing mine (nice toasty feet) in our last flat was: Combined fused/RCD connection unit (cos no RCD at consumer unit) spur from ring main, going...

I hate to get back on subject, but I heard a Whisper :oops: that http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk is good for alarm info - contributors are kind to DIYers and newbies.

Difficult to post the whole thing because it's loads of pages, but FWL recommends in his scenario at http://www.franklin-wood.co.uk/diyindex.htm: Kitchen Ring 32A 30mA RCBO External Socket #1 16A Type B MCB the latter including a 'RCD protected socket-outlet adjacent to the Front Door of...

Have read the DIY info FWL_Engineer has hosted at the Franklin Wood site and it raised my techie interest in the subject of RCDs etc. I'm guessing the provision of a RCD-equipped socket outlet (as suggested for an internal socket used for external equipment) on a circuit protected by an MCB...

Have pulled apart house today and found that the majority of the cabling runs in the floor void. Getting access under ground floor is easy as there's a cellar. Upstairs - not sooo easy but boards have to come up for heating anyway. Interesting array of different sockets & wiring arrangements...

ZenStalinist wrote: Nah I plan to replace it in one go (boom boom) Sorry, long day... Single phase - just antiquated. I can see this dragging on as the supply fuses are wired not cartridges. Am I right in thinking that the elec board won't provide the supply to an untested system? Is...

I can highly recomend www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk - loads of info and with the same subtle (?) sense of humour found here...

Thanks for the info. I'd noticed there was stranded on one of the circuits (lighting or ring) and thought this might indicate doom... Wouldn't it be useful if the EU regs stated that there should be a date stamp on pcv sheathing as well as as colour change :D Am interested in the conduit...

Fair enough. Is it unusual to find that sort of supply coming in? I've never seen it before in friends flats around here (Edinburgh). Forgot to mention that garage supply is armoured cable from CU :) but on same fuse as cooker unit :( and goes through a separate CU in the garage in which...

Just bought a 1930's house and have had a quick check over the electrics. Am intrigued because the supply comes into hallway from under the floor into a cast iron Y shape, with the phase & neutrals each going through a separate fuse wire (behind a cover - but not sealed) and then dissapearing...