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Hi Iggifer, Socket 6 isnt there in the original drawing as its a socket I want to add (and currently isn't there at the moment) The other thing is I've already plastered and hung wall paper around that socket which is no huge problem, just more an annoyance and a few more days waiting for...

Hi, Currently in the process of sorting an older style house out and started in the main front bedroom. All the sockets were singles when we first moved in. My question is: Is it acceptable to put a separate ring within the main ring? I've drawn a crude sketch to try and explain better as...

Thanks for all your thoughts. I think knowing what I know now I'm gonna screw the boards down and plug them. I say this as today I found that the boards had indeed warped quite alot. (I'd have though 45mm x 200mm wouldn't have shifted but obviously not) The boards have been just lead on the...

Thanks for everyone's thoughts! It is American White Oak and 45 mm thick. I'm hoping it's thick enough it doesn't warp too much. Bracketing was something I'd thought about but didn't know how to go about it. As much as it may pain me to drill it, I might research how I'd go about making the...

As in expanding foam? The original looked like was held in with this amung other things but thought it was a bodge job as everything else in this house I've come across has been!

Hi folks, First post of many as I'm currently ploughing though the house which is like stepping back into the 70's! I've had some solid American oak window sills made and I'm really loathed to drill and screw them down. I have seen some propoliethylene packing sheet used as a gasket to protect...