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Hi - I'm having an island installed as part of a new kitchen and it will have two sockets on it (one at either end). No hob or oven on it - just the 2x sockets. Before the builders latex the floor (only needs one coat about 5mm), I want to chase out and bury the trunking for the cable to reach...

Just posting to say thank you for all the replies and to let you know this has been resolved. As per advice on here, I contacted water board again who sent someone out as an emergency. They located the external stopcock by finding a bit of the broken cover of it in the verge. It had been turfed...

How about the idea of an Aladdin isolator fitted in the cavity before the new join so there’d be a way to isolate it if there was an issue? I think it is fine to cope with pressure of mains as this is its main aim but I’m unsure of whether building Regs would allow it? (I could make access hatch...

Hi all, Thanks for all your replies; I have gone back to the Waterboard who I think will fit an external stopcock eventually but it's not a priority at the moment and I'm not a 'vulnerable' person so they don't know when it'll be. In the meantime, the building work has exposed enough of the...

I don’t think they’ve turned it on or off but if they have it shouldn’t have cause leak cos I used it a couple of weeks ago and it was fine. I think it’s been knocked but not sure. I’ve taken better photos to show exactly where drips are forming...

I have builders in for first day today demolishing some walls and I think they have banged the stopcock and unsettled it which has caused the leak. I’m pretty sure it’s a separate one cos the drip appears underneath before the one on top. Maybe I’ll just try gently nipping the top and the tap...

Thanks for the replies - you're right, it is just the top joint and the stopcock does shut off the water so that one's fixable with a new washer etc. The bigger drip seems to be coming from the bottom of the part where the tap joins the body (tried to show it on photo below) and not sure what to...

Thanks for the reply. It's actually leaking from the joints onto the pipe so swapping innards wouldn't solve it (you can just see the water beading from the top one on the photo). I thought I could just try nipping up the compression fittings and see if that stops it but I'm a bit worried that...

My internal stopcock has recently started leaking a bit. I know the usual way to replace it would be to isolate the external stopcock and then replace but the house doesn't have an external stopcock (the water supplier thinks it either never had one or has been tarmacked over!) A second option...

The cabinets do have feet and the plinth attaches on the front of them with clips. The plinth is 80mm so I suppose I could have the feet 22mm higher than the plinth and then floor up to it. It’s proper solid oak t & g parquet, unfinished and tumbled.

I’m about to lay a new solid oak parquet floor for a new kitchen. The floor is concrete but will have a leveling screed on top. the parquet has a depth of 22mm and I know I’ll need to lay this before cabinets are installed - partly because there’s an island which will need to sit on top and...

The bricks weren't on the floor and extend down into the ground but can't see the bottom of the wall. I've finished the job now and there weren't any other cracks so not sure what it was but fingers crossed nothing else 'moves' now the doors are in! Just not sure what to put in the cavity at...

I’ve just converted a window to French door but not sure what (if anything) should go in cavity at the bottom of the door? I’ve filled the cavity at the side with rock wool slabs before skimming the wall and installing the cloaking but the bottom of the door is in line with the DPC so didn’t...

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Many thanks for the reply - really useful and reassuring! I’ll carry on and take the rest out. Thanks again.

Hi - I’ve just started bricking out the internal skin of a wall under a window to convert the window to french doors. I’ve had a SE visit to check the lintel is ok and have also notified Building Control and got the go ahead to begin. There was no indication of any cracks on the internal...

Hi - as part of a kitchen install, I’m looking at installing an induction hob with an integrated downdraft extractor. The only thing I’m not sure about is that this will then extract the air thought a duct at the bottom /back of the cabinet, through the wall to outside through a wall vent but...

Out of interest, if you were going to do the job I'm planning to do (without the cost of the actual door), what would be a rough figure you'd expect to get quoted for it?

Great - thanks. The spec is: Inner pane – Pilkington KS (A+) Outer pane – Pilkington Optiwhite (A+) Gas filling – Argon Gas Spacer bar – SuperSpacer Thickness – 28mm U-value – 1.2 Doesn't mean much to me but sounds like it matches what you've recommended. Thanks again for all the advice -...