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Hello ive looked and not found an answer for this, I hope, quite simple socket replacement question. Im replacing double sockets in a bedroom with multiple sockets in them. The old sockets have one N terminal and one L and one Ground terminal. Two cables with two live and two neutral...

hahaha. So let me try to explain. Its an old terraced house with a ton of weird DIY jobs done on it - (9ft x 6ft opening from bedroom wall to the landing for example) It had a tiny kitchen as on outrigger and then an extension built on to square off the back of the house. As i say the...

i think the system could be more open and transparent but they seem super busy. Which is why i guess the previous owner got away with some of the amazing bodges that i am trying to make right

ive been silenced by the flu! one of the walls was between a kitchen and a conservatory so i have technically removed this thus creating an extension. this seems to be the root of the issue. ive paid it and would have done in advance had i been advised to.

you live and you learn....

ive read a lot of contradictory info about hardie board. Im building a shower enclosure out of studs and using Hardie Backer 12mm board on all the wet walls. Can any kind soul tell me: vapour barrier over top of studs to top of shower tray allowing any water to travel back into the shower...

thanks for your answers. Ive used blocks to build the wall up on my side and sealed any cracks i can find on the council side. Not sure i want to put the young family next door through the pain of taking the council to task about this. but it doesnt look great

thanks all. im doing my reno by the book, but there seem to be bunch of these quick fixes on the council house side. sigh.

Thanks for both your input. I was surprised to see it as I’m Installing blockwork on my side. I have a concern about it’s safety. Should I raise it with building control to confirm?

can anyone advise me? I’m renovating a Victorian mid terrace house. Including building up the left hand side wall in the loft void. The house next door is a recently renovated council house. It has what appears to be insulation hung off brackets and no wall. Please see photo Is this some...

Looking for advice on retrofitting open fireplaces. A victorian house with fireplaces and flues still in place but boarded over on three top floors. Basement renovation about 20 years ago placed the giant boiler and its gas feed from the external meter box in the basement directly below a...

thanks both existing boards arent up to a refinish. I'll use them as a subfloor with a lot of new screws and try to keep it authentic with the new boards.

Im installing 20mm oak tng flooring with underlay. secured with tite screws. the existing subfloor is 20mm victorian pine boards in pretty good nick and fairly level. rather than spend the money on new ply, im going to use the existing floorboards and sand them. they run perpendicular to...

hello there long time reader of the forum, lots of great advice and perhaps you can help. im replacing a sink so the drain in the new one is about two inches to the left of the old. The previous owner seems to have glued all the joints on waste pipes from below the trap, which means i cant...

I have had some bad leaks via a wooden window frame in the kitchen. I think the issue is that the frame sits proud of the exterior wall and as it opens at the top, the hinges and trickle vent and so on allow water in. Moving it isnt currently an option so i aim to fill in the trickle vent...

I hope someone can advise. I knocked the compression valve on a cold water pipe causing it to leak slowly around one of the nuts. I've replaced the whole valve but it now leaks from both nuts (so to speak) :roll: They are both as tightly screwed as I can get them without shearing...

done and done. thanks again for your help.

It has that symbol. so am i ok to simply fold back and tape off the earth wire? John Lewis also sold me a lava lamp for the kids that was basically a sealed bottle with the lava in that was balanced in an inverted bowl light fitting. That went straight back.

Hello I have a very basic question and hoped you could help. I'm fitting a simple wall light but it has no connection for the mains earth wire. Is there a fitting similar to a ceiling rose which would earth the light, and would it be small enough to sink into the wall? (and on a...

All done, no burnt bits. Cheers for all your help.