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Thanks for the reply. I can take them to work tomorrow and measure them and compare with those sizes. At least that gives me a starting point for which imperial size charts to go through!

I have brought some old Coughtrie type lights from ebay. I was going to recondition them and fit them in my house. I am struggling to find out the thread sized used on them. The inlet/outlet is close to a Modern 20mm conduit thread, but the 20mm is a bit small. Do any old timers :D know what...

Hi. The funny (or not!) thing about this is that I was very concious of cracks forming, so I hacked it back to brick before fitting the stove. (the bottom half was already badly damaged after removing a 1960's fireplace. Its a victorian house, so the original mortar is crumbly, but there was no...

The pictures probably don't show the cracks too well, but as well as the ones around the burner, which could be covered by trim, there are also 3 horizontal cracks across the whole breast, the highest one is only about 18" below the ceiling. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that...

Thanks for your reply. The thing is that I have carpets up, the room isnt painted etc. So it would be better to sort it out now. There is a chance the small cracks wont get any worse, but if I chance it and they do get worse then it will be a much messyer job to try and correct it once the room...

Hi, I have just had an inset log burner fitted. I had made the hole and had it plastered before fitting the stove. We did consider that the plaster might crack and my plasterer suggested using a repair plaster strengthened with fibers. This was skimmed with normal gypsum multifinish. When I lit...

Hi. Thanks for replying. There is no edge insulation in this bit because I cut it back to get a smooth joint between the floor that is already there and the patch that I am going to have to add. There is insulation around the rest of the floor. The floor is concrete, with some polymer...

I have knocked through several rooms downstairs. Some of the floors were at different levels, so I dug it out and have put a new floor in. The floor was sand, damp proof membrane, 100mm celotex and 100mm of screed. When the floor went in the doors weren't in, but the doorways were knocked...

Yes I have had two competent gas safe engineers - both relatives. They are quite able to make the plumbing connections, but electrical control of UFH is not their strong point as this is the first UFH they have looked at. As I dont have to pay them then I'd rather we try and work through...

Hi Tony, Thanks for your input. I realise that my system will not be optimised in its current configuration. Due to the location of the boiler and pipework it would not be easy to zone off the UFH onto its own time zone at present. I realise that this means that I will now either have the...

Hi, I am just in the process of having a new kitchen 3m x 9m on the back of my house. I brought an underfloor heating system a couple of months back when the floor was being laid http://www.underfloorheating1.co.uk/product/standard-2-port-kit I did a bit of research and found that for...

A 4 terminal wago is pretty small. Did you try one of those?

Thanks for the help. As it happenes Ive decided to ditch the low voltage and go for 240 volt LED's instead. I'd got it into my mind that 12v LED's would use less power, but I think I was being a bit simple :oops: In fact I guess the 12v's will be worse due to transformer losses. I...

Just realised that the wago lever connectors are rated down to very fine stranded cable (0.08mm2 - which must be speaker cable or similar) so these should do the job. Anyone use anything different?

I am planning on fitting some LED downlights. I have looked at some off the shelf kits which come with the transformer and a ready made wiring 'loom' with quick fit connectors on the end. My issue is that the cable lengths between the LED lamps are set and not applicable for what I want to...

Bumping an old thread. I am now ready to start this work. I was looking at various membranes to keep the moisture out and also reading stuff on the net....which has caused even more confusion! Would a breathable material such as the breathable roofing membranes be suitable? I know they...

That website is American. They probably do it differently. If you are going to follow stuff from the net, then I'd at least make sure that it is applicable to the country you are in!

The wall has headers, so that is not the case in my situation, but thanks for your suggestion. The problem was noticed because the ceiling plaster was pulling away from the inner skin of the the wall at the edge. It wasnt a lot, maybe 15mm over the course of 100 years. But as I am having a...

Hmmm. I am aware that there is a lot of current going through the tails, therefore any bad workmanship, loose connections etc will have a much higher risk assosiated of fire. My approach would be to work carefully and double check all of my connections. I realise that cutting the larger...

A bit of an update on this. I was on google and found this google book result which explains exactly my issue. Ive posted a screenshot, hopefully if I reference it and it is freely available on google then this isnt a copyright issue. Structure - Dearborn real estate. (from google books)...