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Yeah, know what you mean about the dated comment but they do suit the kitchen. I wasn't considering the Zanzibar for the bathroom.

I fear the worst.... I took one lamp out and pulled it out a bit to see what it was. On the bulb it says... Ikea 12v 20w It has a white connector on the lamp, then into a black connector block and then thicker black wires into the ceiling. Worst part is, when I replaced the lamp I...

Cheers. Will get the lamp out and see what it says and come back.

:) Its a bathroom cum utility. The bath and toilet are out of shot. Part of the idea is to make it look a bit less like a utility and more of a bathroom!

Sorry, yes tiles are coming down. Can anyone point me to a link for some replacements that would be good and a straight swap without any electrical work?

Right, we are having some work done to the bathroom and need some ideas or help. Basically, we need more storage at home and also need the downstairs bathroom sorting for the kids. Heres a couple of pics of the area we are talking about... Basically, the plan is to box in that...

Heres the are to be tiled - the window is going in soon and will be central above the bath. And this is part of the kitchen for the Zanzibar tiles....

We are just about to have a new window installed where there isn't one, along with a lintel and making good. Its going to be about 900x900mm, Cost is about £600. That's ground floor though.

We are doing some tiling in the bathroom and kitchen. We think we have chosen tiles for the bathroom - they are Beyker Zanzibar tiles. We saw them in Topps for about £40 a metre, but have sourced them online for more like £16 a metre. Any comments on that choice? As for the bathroom, we...

We are having the tiling redone in our kitchen and we have these lights above the oven at the moment. They are pretty dirty and badly put in, so we were thinking of replacing them... The question is, what would be straightforward replacements for these?

We are thinking about installing a brand new window in our bathroom. The bathroom is ground floor and where it is is single storey. Access is easy, and no scaffold etc needed. The brickwork is fairly thin, original 1900's ish and there is little weight above. Was hoping to have an approx...

I will take it off and try again. Its the spindle on the top of the valve, after you take the top unit off - correct? Would a bit of lithium grease be ok?

Unfortuantely, the chimney is all covered and plastered.

Cheers, yes the lever was totally loose, no resistance at all. I took the top off and gave it a quick clean up, and bang, seems to be working ok again! Is it just getting stuck when we are not using the heating/hot water? Should I put a bit of silicon lubricant in to loosen it up?

Hi all, We have one of these on our system, and it seems to have gone faulty. Just tested it last night and we are getting central heating only. This is the second one to have gone on us in a couple of years! Last time the whole unit was replaced, including the valve. I have taken the...

Heres a pic of the problem area. Its a Ikea kitchen and we are happy with it, but are replacing the cooker with a built in oven and a gas hob. We have bought the built in oven cabinet from Ikea, which fits in the gap width ways. We also have bought 620mm new Ikea worktops. The problem...

Thanks all. If it is a spur, is it ok to do the connector block route? Can anyone point me to the connector blocks I could use that are straightforward? Above that unit, we have the following.... The FCU on the right, is for the lights above the alcove. Its all a bit of a...

Hi all, I need to move a single socket, I also need to make it into a double socket. Heres a pic of behind the socket... Heres the location in the kitchen.... I only need to move it to the back of the cupboard you can see, so only a few inches. Whats the best way to do...

Thanks. Is it distance between the cold water tank on the top floor, or distance to the hot water storage tank that's important. It's probably 3m to hot water tank and 6m to cold. If I went for say a min 0.5 bar tap and the pressure wasn't quite 0.5 what would happen? Would cold be...

We are just in the process of tidying up the kitchen and downstairs bathroom and need to change the taps. The house is well over 100 years old (terraced) and the cold water storage is on the top, 3rd floor. Hot water is from the tank which is on the 2nd floor. Rooms are tall, around 3 metres...