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I believe that's a myth. I rang Soudal on that they confirmed there were no adverse effects, I even wrote in the forum about it. https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/no-nonsense-expanding-foam-around-electrical-socket.554627/#post-4752438

Thanks. I'm redoing my kitchen which is on the other side of this wall, so I'll have a closer look at it when the units are off and look to close any draughts from both sides.

great, thank you for clarifying. On the draught issue, I guess the best method would be to spray foam until its packed out?

oh, sorry I should have given a better description. It is outside the house, in the white plastic (?) cupboard identical to our gas meter cupboard.

Property was built in 1998. Any way I can be certain?

Hi all, I have this horrid hole in the electric meter cupboard and I get horrible draughts in through and it passes around the back of the kitchen cupboards and kickboards. Any suggestions on how best to plug this so I can limit the draughts coming through?

Hi all, I'd appreciate some advice on how to prepare my plasterboard walls for tiling. The walls were previously painted but it is peeling away, so I'm planning to scrape it all off before tiling. However, there is a powdery residue left on the walls and I'm wondering if I need to seal the...

Quick update. I ended up cutting a long stem of bamboo just below a culm and transferred it indoors into a plant pot filled with potting mix and the leaves have all curled lengthways. It happened pretty much the same day. I have watered it but I can't see any change. Is there any remedy to this...

Thanks gents, thats really helpful. I'll update the thread as I get this going. I'm basically looking at having crittall style doors but will go for a powder coated aluminium finish instead and add the decorative trim myself. If I was to replace this in metal, it would cost £2000+

Hi all, Sorry for the random and bizarre question, but I've found a set of patio doors that I really like that I can't find anywhere in wood or as internal doors and I was wondering if I could install patio doors internally? I haven't reached out to any suppliers/fitters yet but just wanted to...

Thanks Mike. Just so I understand properly, if I cut a few canes mid-length and replanted them indoors, would they survive and grow new roots? Eventually we will get rid of our outdoor bamboo too. We inherited with the house purchase and the previous owners didn't put down any root barriers and...

Hi all, I have a large and healthy set of running bamboo and would like to transfer some indoors into a small plant pot to improve decor of the house. At first we were looking at getting artificial plants but then I realised that I've got all this beautiful bamboo and wondered how difficult or...

Great, thank you for your help. Much appreciated

Great, I thought it needed to be 50mm deep but ignore that. All sockets are on the RCD, so I'm good to go. Many thanks!

I've just sketched out what I'm trying to achieve. Based on what you've said, I understand that what I'm trying to do is compliant? Could you please confirm this is what you've outlined?

Oh ok, ugly extension cable it is then :notworthy:

Thank you for that. Unfortunately I can't get a 50mm recess without cutting a chase out of the block work. Should I just switch to armoured cable to achieve what I'm after?

Hi, I'm adding a spur socket my ground floor office, spurring from an existing socket on a perpendicular wall. Am I ok to run a chase across the wall at the height of the socket and into the new spur? Ideally I would have spurred from above as my power sockets are on one circuit (excluding...

I'm pretty sure Hive requires the base unit/hub to work because it's the hub that sends the signal to the control unit for hw/ch to turn on. I know that you can connect Hive to Smartthings and the philips hub uses some of the same protocols but unlikely that someone will have written the device...

For the wall lights in the garden, can I connect them to a mf junction box and then connect that to a DP switch?