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I installed a radiator in my kitchen last night - a single panel from screwfix. The valves are Danfoss RAS-C2 complete with lockshield. I wrapped PTFE around the tapered screw on the tails and tightened them into the radiator about as tight as I would do a compression nut. Plumbed it is and...

I have contacted Yorkshire Water who are comming to show me my external stopcock on Friday. When they come they will clear the access hole and test that the stopcock works. If there is a problem they will organise the remedial work. Not bad as they won't be charging me for it. Once they have...

I got a plumber to cap the pipe off for me. Thanks for all the advice.

I am completely redoing my kitchen currently. When everything goes back, the stop tap will be behind the washing machine. I want to move it so it can be accessible by removing a plinth below the sink cupboard. I cannot find the stop tap in the street (I can find the cover but there is no tap in...

On Sunday I painted my ceiling with Wilko kitchen emulsion. It was skimmed with new plaster about a month ago. I watered down the first coat which I applied in the morning, I did a second coat full strength in the evening. Now I want to paint the walls. Is it too soon to put masking tape on...

foxhole, I understand some people prefer halogen, but I am not one of them. diyisfun, What size fitting should I use under a 600mm cabinet?

I hope to file my kitchen floor soon and hope to start preparation tonight. All of my ground floor rooms have an asphalt floor and the kitchen is no different - I peeled back the lino under the cupboards to check. However, when I removed the lino last night I found bare asphalt under the...

I am nearly ready to buy the light to go under my kitchen wall cupboard. I was planning to use T4 florescent lighting such as these, but I am unsure how many to use. On opposite sides of the kitchen I have wall cupboards 1.2m wide. I have considered the following options 1) 2 of the 6W...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll get a CORGI plumber to do the necessary.

Sorry for the confusing photo, it was really difficult to get a decent image. The skirting board runs horizontally across the photo with the will above and the floor below. The pipe comes out of the floor turns 90 degrees with the bayonet horizontal. I removed the cooker last night and the...

This is a photo of the connector for my gas cooker. I need to move the cooker while the walls are skimmed and the floor is laid. Can I (as a non-CORGI) person disconnect the cooker from this outlet. If so, are there any tips ? Secondly, Can a connector such as this be left...

RF: I'll pop down to Roseville Road. I've been there before and they have been helpful. Certainly a good starting point. Thanks :)

The hypothetical load of 10 x 40A was just really to illustrate my point. the example below that is what I currently have: RCD side 40A shower 32A upstairs sockets 32A downstairs sockets 32A kitchen sockets non-RCD side 32A cooker 16A shed CU 6A upstairs lights 6A downstairs...

I feared that might be the case, no harm in asking though.

by large a mean the Amp value. I can easilly see what can physically fit in. For example, could I fit my split load board with 10 x 40A MCBs? even though the RCD is 63A, the main incommer is 100A and my supply fuse is 100A. The above is hypothetical, but my current CU is already...

I have some switch outlets I will be installing in my kitchen as part of a rewire (Part P with LABC). Do you know anywhere I can get them engraved with phrases such as 'washing machine', 'fridge', etc? I searched using google to find companies that would do this, but the ones I found would...