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Thanks guys. Does it matter if I put one red wire in one side of the connector and two in the other or all three in one side? Can't see it makes a difference but just wanted to check! Thanks!

Thanks guys. So to be clear: 1 connector block with all 3 red wires in; 1 connector block with the two black and the new light blue wire in; 1 connector block with the black with red tape and the new light brown wire in; and 1 connector block with the earth wire in and the two earth wires from...

Hi I've just bought a new light for the hallway which has a metal fixing and candelabra. I need to replace the existing plastic pendant fitting but the new light has only come with one junction box for the neutral, live and earth wires. The old pendant light fitting has all of the existing...

Thanks for your reply. The doors very old but I think it is square still - not sure about the rest of the house though. Something is clearly not square! Can you get timber thresholdsor were you suggesting trimming a metal one? Thanks again

Hi I've recently had my hallway tiled and the tiler trimmed the door to make it open. This has resulted in a big gap under the door of about 1.2cm under the inside of the door on one side but the other side has no gap. On the front of the door the gap is about 4cm on one side, reducing to 3cm...

Knowing nothing about this I can't believe there are so many varying views. I would have thought this was pretty standard. Anyhow maybe I'll go with a 9kw Mira sport airboost in the hope the air boost will give me the power I'm after? Any thoughts? Thanks!

its a circuit breaker

Hi My shower has broken (keeps on cutting out 5 mins into a shower) and i need to replace it. I've got a 40amp fuse and a 10mm cable with an 80A30mA RCD. I want as powerful a shower as possible and my electrician that has just done a lot of work on the house (but has now finished) said i could...

Hi I have a large brick retaining wall between my and my neighbours garden. My neighbors garden is about 1m higher than ours and we have painted the wall but there are signs of damp coming through the wall so we want a permanent solution. We'd love to have the wall rendered but will this work...

Thanks-very helpful. What mix between the sbr and concrete? Don't suppose you can buy it pre-mixed?

Hi My parents have a beach hut which is an old style stone and concrete construction with a solid concrete slab roof. There are a few cracks around the join between the walls and roof and a crack in the roof which is letting rain in. Any ideas on what I can use to fill the gaps and make it...

Not sure about the vapour barrier- they haven't mentioned it. Is that necessary? Would love to do it myself but they need to board it before the weekend and I don't have any time before then.

I would have thought it's a days labour tops?

Hi I'm currently having my kitchen re-done in my Victorian terrace house. This has involved taking off the plasterboard from one of the walls (which has been studded-out) and has uncovered the fact that we don't have any wall insulation behind it. So we've now been given the option of putting...

Thanks for your reply. That's what I was thinking but don't know how you'd get doors to open- presumably a track of some kind? thanks

Hi I have a victorian house where the front two rooms have been knocked together with an archway between them. I now want to split the two rooms with folding doors so that we can either use them as separate rooms or keep it as one big space. I've attached a photo of the archway and would be...

Thanks for your messages. I haven't had the structural engineers full report yet - this is just what he said was likely to be required. I really don't want a central pillar but I guess I just want to know what's a feisible way round his original concerns and how can I push the structural...

Hi I am planning a side return extension to my Victorian terrace house. The side wall is 7m long so we'll need a rsj this long to open up the whole side of the house. Our structural engineer hasn't done the detailed calculations yet but says it would probably need to be approximately 450mm deep...

Hi I live in a Victorian terrace house where the stairs are along the side of the hall that is the internal dining room wall rather than the side which is the wall with next door (see photo). As part of other building works we are doing to the kitchen it would be beneficial if we could move the...

Ok thanks guys