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Tommy, I do have tiles down but they are going to be replaced anyway. I just thought that channelling a concrete floor would be difficult and time consuming. You say it isn't a big job, would I need to hire any special equipment to do this or is it a case of a club hammer, chisel and hard...

I want to move the position of a radiator in my kitchen (solid floor) the current pipework appears to be run in the concrete floor. Rather than dig up the floor, I was thinking of running the pipework (10mm) behind the skirting. Two questions :- 1) Is it accepatble practice to do this? 2)...

Thanks for the helpful replies gentlemen, The new cooker hood has a 150mm vent pipe, I seem to be struggling to find anyone who stocks gravity flap vents to fit that size of ducting. I have a couple online but wondered if anyone knew if any of the DIY outlets or Builders Merchants...

I am replacing an existing cooker hood with a new model. The new hood has 150mm ducting supplied, the old one was 125mm. Because of the design of the new hood, I cannot just enlarge the existing outlet hole as the new hood sits higher and a new vent will be needed further up the wall. Two...

We are considering a make over of the kitchen, we currently have a cheapo cooker hood of the type that is hung underneath a bridging unit in the middle of a run of wall units. We want to replace this with a stainless steel chimney type hood but this presents the following problem :- We...

Thanks for the replies, Col Jack, replacement has to be new ceramic tiles and cannot tile over the old surface as the level will be too high. Bahco, interesting suggestion - looks like an excuse to buy a new toy! any suggestions as to which one to buy?

First project for the New Year is a kitchen makeover, this will entail removal of the existing ceramic floor tiles and replacing them with new ceramics. So, the question is what is the best/easiest way to remove the old tiles? do I hire a fancy machine from the hire shop or do I rely on the...

Well that provoked a bit of a discussion, thanks for the replies. On a purely aesthetic point I would prefer the material used to be black, as I have never seen black trunking then I guess I am favouring conduit, unless anyone knows different?

Just had an electrician round to quote for a replacement consumer unit and to fit some extra sockets in the kitchen. He has stated that the main earth bonding will need to be upgraded ( not a suprise as the installation is quite old) and because the rising main is in the downstairs cloakroom and...

It isn't rising damp, the damp proof was replaced about 9 years ago and the damp appears under the window and spreads down the wall. The area above the skirting board is dry. Good idea with the hose, just have to wait until it stops raining enough to see what is happening! Any way...

We have had an on going problem with damp under the window of our downstairs bay. I have asked the advice of a builder and he had a close look at the problem and although he couldn't actually find a definate source for the damp, he suspected that the problem might be water getting behind the...

A relative has been having problems with a radial circuit supplying a washing machine and tumble dryer tripping the MCB intermittently. The Consumer unit was changed about a year ago and a periodic inspection report was supplied, looking at the pir and the CU the circuit is supplied by a...

I am not a qualified electrician but I am looking at having some electrical work carried out at home in the next couple of months. Having spent some time looking at the information available on this forum and elswhere I thought I had a reasonable understanding of Part P and the need for...

Not sure if this belongs on this forum or the plaster and rendering forum, so if it needs moving please go ahead. We have had an on going damp problem with the downstairs bay window for a couple of years. there is damp appearing on the inside wall below the window cill along about three...

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Thanks for the replies, Looks like a marathon painting session coming up, however if the results are as good as the ones you guys acheived then I guess it will be worth it

We are contemplating a kitchen makeover and want to paint our existing kitchen cabinets. I think that the best paint to use would be a satinwood colour and wondered if there was any equipment available that would enable this paint to be srayed on to the cabinets? Failing this it is down to...