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That confirms what I thought. Thanks! Not including earths, there are five connection points on the boiler. Two are Mains Live & Neutral and two are Pump Live & Neutral. The last one is Switched Live. According to the diagram in the boiler's installation manual, I take a fused spur from...

Hi there! I am wiring up a new heating and hot water system that is being installed by a plumber. I've recently moved into the house and I'm re-wiring it, with the appropriate building control inspections of course. I figured I'd save £680+VAT by doing the wiring for this new heating system...

I'm researching tile backing boards. And for adhesive I'm going to try and source some BAL. You got me worried there! I checked the paperwork; it says: Building Control Notification - Fees for mandatory notification of work [...] have been allowed for in the above price. I am planning...

Oh I didn't know they did stoves. Should have been more specific! Ok, cool. I didn't think you could tile on to plasterboard. My wife chose the tiles from B&Q. They are 100x200mm ceramic. The install and comissioning is being done by a Sheffield company, for quite a pretty penny I might...

Thanks for the info but this isn't a stove install. A Rayburn is a type of range cooker. If you do a google image search you'll see that it is common for them to be installed immediately adjacent to a kitchen unit, so the tempuratures are not high. Plus I'm not actually installing it myself just...

Hi, I have a brick chimney breast into which I am having fitted a Rayburn. I am going to tile inside the recess, above and beside the range. The space is currently about 2 inches too wide. Plus the bricks are very uneven. So I need to render on to the brick to get a flat surface and to add...

Hmm, interesting. Thanks. BTW I'm now getting a couple of other quotes. I think I'm going to drill into the floor somewhere to see how thick it is. What is MOT? And how does Celotex compare to Kingspan?

Oh good point. I got the impression he was talking about two people doing the work. I haven't had his formal quote through the post yet, so there may be more detail to follow. (Also, as an aside, I've just taken a hammer to one of the tiles on the kitchen floor and it appears that they...

Hi there, I've just moved into an 1866 house with solid kitchen and dining room floors. The surveyor said that there was some damp in the floors, so we shouldn't cover them with anything non-breathable. I don't think there is a DPM. I'm getting wet UFH installed. The heating engineer had...

[/url] Thanks for the link. There are so many to choose from! I am thinking of getting this: http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/draper-machine-tools-accessories/draper-1500w-230v-bench-mounted-spindle-moulder-09536.html I assume this would be okay for moulding skirting and architraves?

I've never heard of a moulding plane before. I thought I'd buy to to try out but they are pretty hard to find! I think I'll stick to the router.

Very useful reply. Thanks. I looked up what a jack plane was and I have one of those. It was my grandfather's and it's about 50 years old but it still works :) I also looked up rebate plane and I think I'll get one of those as well. I have an orbinal sander. Tick! I'm thinking of...

Hi, I am renovating a house and I am going to install oak skirting throughout, as well as some door frames and architraves. I have always fancied buying some proper woodworking tools with a view to making some furniture at some point. I'm trying to pursuade my wife that the cost of all the...

Hello, I'm in the process of fitting a new kitchen. I have one tall (206cm) unit that is 50mm from the wall at the top when the bottom is touching. From looking around these forums it seems that the usual thing to do would be to scribe the unit so that it fit flush to the wall. (Note...