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Hi- I need to fit a 30 min. firedoor in a new stud wall. I've hung doors before, but the fitting tolerences need to be high for Mr. Inspector. So does anyone know a good source for a door and frame set that won't break the bank? (I live in Epsom, Surrey). Thanks.

Hi- fitting pink fire resistant plasterboard to new utility room on ceiling and stud wall, and a firedoor. Can anyone please confirm if normall drywall screws are within regs. for fireboard? Also, need supplier of firedoor and frame together without remortgaging the house. I've hung many...

Hi- Extending kitchen into integral garage, with stud partition for utility space. 'How unoriginal' I hear you cry. I believe utility room needs pink plasterboard (quite fetching and fire resistant as a bonus) for ceiling and walls, but what about kitchen? Around cooker? Only in old garage? It...

Thanks for this. Thing is, I just contacted Speedfit (John Guest) and they told me no pipe OR fittings should be within a metre. So are there other makes which will be OK (can't see a name on the one the plumber put in)? Cheers.

Hi- I'm aware that the first metre or so (as recommended) of outflow pipe from a boiler should be copper, not plastic, but should I therefore not insulate the copper before it hits plastic piping, as surely I'd increase the retained heat hitting the plastic? Also, should a plastic joint in the...

My plumber has used plastic push fit joints within the metre or so distance where copper, not plastic, pipe is recommended on the outflow. Can anyone reassure me that plastic joints are exempt from the rule? Thanks.

Hi- I need to extend a mains water feed (15mm) through a new partition wall then Are there any building regs. concerning this? Better as copper for detection? Distance from power points? Insulated in case of condensation? Any pointers gratefully received...... well, I say 'grateful', trawling...

Hi- thanks for even more info. Can't seem to find this area on the regs. Could a Part P electrician then turn up and wire up for a cooker point and extractor hood, with the insulation in place, or do you know if I'd have to get him to do the wiring in the partition first, then ask the friendly...

You've hit exactly where my problems are cutting in! I can work out the depth of insulation required by the regs. and buy the corresponding depth of wood for the partition, build a DPC and the partition wall with water pipes in it, hang the door, plasterboard one side, skim it, everything by the...

Hi ban-all-sheds again- great name, and thanks for taking the time to send me the very useful links. I'm knocking through a kitchen wall into an integral garage, to make a bigger kitchen and partitioned storage room, doing what I can myself where I'm allowed to these days (i.e. nowt). I've...

Sorry to be dim here, but does this mean that if I bury the cables in a wall in plastic piping/conduit near the surface, a gas pipe can then happily run on the outside of the walll at right angles, and the 25mm rule is not relevant as I have plastic/ plaster as insulation?

Hi ban-all-sheds. Thanks for getting back. I haven't told them anything yet, as I'm trying to work out what I can and can't do so things don't have to be redesigned after submitting. Not done this before, and a bit confused to be honest. Is it that you do the best you can to meet the regs., but...

Hi- I'm burying mains cables in a brick wall, before a nice Gas Safe man runs a new gas pipe to a cooker. Am I going to cause problems here, as I believe gas pipes must not be nearer than 25mm to circuits, and the pipe will be running across my vertical cable runs? Is there a way around this for...

Hi- I'm knocking kitchen into garage, but want to retain an area in the garage for storage before I reach the garage doors (which are staying). Anyone know if I can I partition wall this bit off, with a door, without adding a window/ insulation etc. inside the storage area. Can't find any...

OK- 1930's kitchen has a concrete lintel spanning over a cooker and supported at each end on peninsular walls. It supports a chimney breast above, about two feet being visible vertically. I want to remove all this to knock through to the next room, keeping the breast in the bedroom above. I have...

So if the wires are sorted, I'll have 4 wires to the one mcb, which means 2 ring circuits off one mcb. I guess that is allowed, and I don't need to get a new CU with another 32A point...?

Thanks for the help folks. Without boring anyone any further, I can see the ring (ceiling down), and as helpfully suggested, yup- still live with one mcb off. Now, how do you correct this (or your friendly Part P electrician) if the live cable to be moved doesn't have any space for it in the one...

The consumer unit is about 20 years old, and the holes for live feed to each mcb are about 4mm wide with 3 twisted cables in, so no more room. I guess there's more space available in more modern ones.

Hi- have just spotted in my consumer unit that the kitchen ring mains live leaves one 32A MCB and returns to the 32A MCB next to it. (Looks like wire-clamp holes were full). Not my area atall, but just wondering if this is OK. Would both breakers trip with a fault, or, and may be a stupid...

Hi- thanks for getting back- just types an exhaustive reply...... said I logged out and lost everything I'd written. So, in summary, internal wall. Room one joists at right angles over extenal and internal wall. Room two joist in parallel with outside wall, ends resting on wall to be removed and...