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Hi I need to wire in the electrical componant of a gas hob, used only for the spark to light up. Can I attach this as a spur from the oven iso switch so long as the iso switch does not have a plug socket built in? Is adding another spur to the ring main best?

The building inspector visits the house on monday, so I will see what he says! Initial post was based on a chat over the phone. Hopefully no engineer is needed for my 2.4m section... I'm haemorraging cash!

...So after dry skimming you rub it down with a float?

Bath has no holes yet... no fittings to worry about, I can do what I like! However, I'm worried about flow rates, as the diameter I though may be different? Side point: Basin and Sink are used interchangably in South africa where I use to live... We also call traffic lights 'robots'...

I just don't see how else it can be done other than under floor boards... Can you get wall mounted junction boxes?

I have recently downgraded from a 10.8kw to a 10.5kw shower. I have a 50 A iso switch, and a 50A mcb. The current I have calculated to be 45.5 A down from 47A. Do i need new MCB and iso switch, and is 45A ok for both?

I'm a bit confused... The current flowing is given by Power W = current (I) x voltage (V) Therefore, for a 10.5 kw shower, I= 10500W/230V I= 45.7 Amps Surely the MCB should be atleast this value or it will trip more often? I'm not trying to be a smarty pants, I'm at the...

How about a big peice of acrylic, can even buy it on ebay in different colours. Can be easily cut and polished. Or, perhaps you could use cuboard doors with no handles... just an idea.

Your TV looks a reasonable height, but I have seen this done at a mates house and it was a pain in the arse watching TV, as good as it looked! The problem was the TV was way to high on the wall, you're always having to look up, it really annoyed me.

Interestingly the loo MUST have at least one door between it and the kitchen, and its recomended that it is not transparent glass.

Hi, I just bought a new house, and I'm fitting a new bath. In my old house I was constantly at war with the bath trying to stop it leaking. this was mainly due to some joker tiling the room before fitting the bath, but also because there was a slight movement in the bath when showring which...

I was wondering about the type of plasters to use on different backgrounds. I have three types of wall to cover: Crumbly internal wall grey bricks (1930's house) External bricks Previosly plastered wall (for a skim coat). What types of plaster is needed? Many Thanks, Tim

I have a bathroom with 50% of the plaster falling off. I have to do this myself as I am skint, is it better assuming I can skill up suffieciently to plaster with a patching plaster or bonding, then skim then paint, or would dot and dabbing a cement based plaster board be better, followed by a...

Yes, and my granny is 90 and smoked her whole life! The cigarette health scare is a con!

I am assured by building control that this is not usually necessary unless you removing >3m of load bearing wall.

Been thinking of doing a bit of DIY plastering, and got a DVD on the subject. Watched it twice, and they never use a float, but I have seen people mention it a few times on here without explanation... What are they for? Cheers!

Yes, even new windows require planning. In this country it seems sometimes that even taking a sh*t reqiuires government approval.

This is definately friction damage not heat damage. The damage is on the top side of the wire, and its on both the hot and return pipes, which wprobably wouldn't be much more than 60 degrees (at a guess).

Hi, Would like to cover up mains hot water feed from combi boiler in plaster... I am assured this is ok for copper pipes, but doesn't plastic expand more, and will this end in broken plaster? Advice much appreciated! Tim

Cruel... lol :lol: