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Hello All, Thanks for your replies yesterday. On closer inspection I have an existing cable of 4 wires. There is a Yellow, Red, Blue and Earth. The Red and Yellow are live. On my new bathroom extractor fan I have only 2 terminals. One that says for permanent live and the other for...

Afternoon All, I have just bought a bathroom extractor fan to replace the old one that has packed up. It would be fair to say the new one, Intervent is very cheap to replace an RDL one. Not being an electrician I am now confused as to the wiring. The old one has connections for Live, Neutral...

Hello All, Recently moved into a new house and the shed needs the felt replaced. It is a flat roof shed with a slight gradient. My plan is to strip the old felt and renew with shed felt with one piece overlapping the other piece. Is it advisable to use some sort of adhesive across the whole...

Hello All, I have an old rusting isolating valve that I want to change. It is just past a bend where the pipe goes into the shower. The other side of the valve is the pipe going through into a cupboard. There is only about 10mm of play in the pipe. Is this enough to change for a new valve...

Hello All, I am sticking self-adhesive floor tiles to MDF. The instructions recommend priming any porous substrate and chipboard and ply are mentioned but not MDF. Can anyone tell me whether it needs to be primed and if so, with what. PVA I presume. Thanks

No, I do not put it near the olive, only on the thread. Just bought 2 flexible tap connectors so I will have a go with those.

Hello All, Can someone run through the procedure for fitting a compression joint. I am fitting some new taps. For the basin I have cut the pipes and bought 2 flexible tap connectors. 1 is ok and the other has a slight leak. On the bath I have just connected back on the existing 15mm...

What a silly boy Thanks

Hello All, I thought I had a nice little job for a sunday morning. Replacing the shower switch for a new one. The old one was old and grubby. Bought a new 45A one from B&Q. Similar connections in the back 2L and 2N plus 2 earths, basically the same as the old one. Connected no...

Hello All, I have been sold some Bal bond SBR and the above BAL grip wall tile adhesive in a tub. From a well known tile shop. I explained that I have ceramic tiles that are 235x355mm and are going on a normal plasterboard wall in a bathroom away from any wet areas ie bath or shower or sink...

Hello All, Is there such a thing as a flexible hose piece about 300mm long that will connect to 15mm pipe with a compression fitting one end and the other end to fit to the threaded bit on the toilet cistern? Any help would be great Thanks

Thanks all, Thinking about it I might use the green plasterboard which I presume would be a bit cheaper. Only need about 3 boards. Cheers

Hello, Can anyone tell me what the proper trade name is for the above. Also what sizes it comes in and is it readily available. Sorry, lots of questions. Thanks

Hello, Can anybody recommend a primer to use on a wall of a bathroom which is drying out from a damp problem which is now fixed. The wall surface is a mix of old and new patched up plaster. I really just want to use a ready mixed tile adhesive. Thanks for any help

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If I were to leave it and maybe just bury the surface cables, will that be frowned upon by a surveyor when they do the HIPS?

Hello, The exterior wall of our bathroom is damp because of faulty guttering and the water running down the wall. I presume this is the reason. Yes I will cure this at some point. The wall paper inside is stained and peeling and will be removed to reveal a hell of a messy wall behind...

Thanks everyone you have given me food for thought. At present it cannot be reached from the bath/shower but could be reached just about, if you had one hand in the sink and reached with the other arm. Not sure why you would want to do that though.

Hello All, At present I have a surface mounted shower switch located on the wall inside the bathroom with ugly surface plastic conduit. The switch is at sort of shoulder height with the cables going out the top and bottom, up through the ceiling and down through the floor. It is exactly as it...

Hello Everyone, I need to take a rad off for decorating purposes. The valve on the right is leaking slightly from its connection to the pipe coming up through the floor. Then when the rad is off it leaks periodically from where it would connect to the rad. As far as I can tell it is a 3/4...