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Thanks, No, garage ceiling is under it, but if needed i could make a hatch to gain access. I have just been looking on mcalpines site, looks like you may get them in plastic? https://mcalpineplumbing.com/traps/shower-traps-accessories standard shower waste Just thinking, replacing with a...

My mums shower grate chrome has lifted and can be a bit sharp. Can the whole top section be replaced?

I'm 5 minutes away from my mum, but i get what you're saying

the house was built in the very early 70s, hopefully the wiring is ok, it's all twin & earth I know a couple of sparkies, i'll get one of them to look into it

oh, ok, i'll see about getting it replaced

thanks, i was trying to push my mum to get a new board fitted but my brother was being a skin flint and mentioned the Wylex ones

My mums house has still got the old fuse wire fuses, was looking to get the Wylex push-in MCBs on the fuses it has 30a 5a 45a on the Wylex mcbs i've seen, they have 6a, 32a and i can only see 40a ones not 45a is it ok to change them out? will the Wylex mcbs fit a Memera board?

sounds like its vented just into the roof space and not externally ducted? if it was me, i'd remove the vent and repair the hole thats left

you can get the walls injected with a DPC that should stop the water coming through to the joists

can you lap them?, so one is 50mm out of line of the other one? if they're in different rooms no one will see they're not fully in line with each other also, if you're kit panels that are 140x38, is that the norm nom? I'm always used to 50mm thick (45 reg)

are the joints wet just near the wallplate on the external wall? if they are, check to see the level of what is on the outside (earth/slab etc), it maybe too high and above the DPC level and letting moisture in through your wall

yip, the steel beam should be under the ceiling ties to support them and to cut down the span as for the ridge height, don't make it too low, as you'll then struggle to get tiles etc for the degrees they work on

if you can fit wooden rafters, then polycarbonate sheets is what i'd do (i have this on my wee sun porch)

are you in a conservation area or house listed? If you are, then be limited to what you can replace them with

i can see why you wanted the doors to open on the right, it's a narrow kitchen! Me personally, i'd buy a smaller width FF to get the doors on the right for easier access Have you anything above the FF just now? just in case you're limited for height, if not, you get some tall FF and even if...

are you painting the new skirting? If you are, just plug and screw it

i was advised not to have a room stat either, we just control the radiators with the TRVs Think it was because of the position of it and it was in our hall/stairwell and the big lockshielded radiator being not too far from it, i just took the installers advice

if you don't put a big enough round on to the ply you'll end up buying another carpet sooner rather than later

as above said, you have a leaking roof, it's not condensation PS, you also don't have any sarking, you look to have rafters then roofing membrane, tile batons....

that is what i changed my mums 103 timer to, works well and very easily replaced