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Yes, paving, not as high as the DPC but up to lower brick level.

Yep, thanks. I believe using sillicone to adhere the skirting has the same advantage. Cheers

Hi all, Not a dramatic post really. I am smartening up my garage this summer. Although 3 of the walls have thermalite blocks in addition to the brick walls, one section is just single skin (one brick). This wall has a DPC 150mm off the floor level inside. Moisture rises to this point and...

Hi all, Last two nights my CH pump has been running all night. My setup is: - Grant Vortex oil boiler, floor mounted in a protected but unheated cold area (detached garage). - Honeywell frost stat mounted directly above the boiler. - Unvented heatrae sadia megaflow cylinder. We don't call...

Ok, fair enough thanks for responding

Ps it's on the ring main for sockets, RCD protected and the junction box just has two cables going in, both are 2.5mm Twin & Earth.

Hi all, I'm refitting our bathroom. Hoping someone can suggest a solution to this wiring issue I've found. Apon removing the old vanity unit, I was surprised to find a junction box screwed to the wall directly behind it, a few inches from the sink pipework. Looks to me like it was once used...

Hi, Thanks very much to all three of you for the helpfull replies. Yes I'm confident they are fixed mechanically well. The 2x conductors from the ring are steoght in, side by side. On the 1x conductor side (to the faceplate) I 'hooked' the end around so the scree would get a good grip. Still...

Hi, I've just installed some lovely under-the-stairs cupboards with nicely scribed trims and plinth etc. Really happy with my general carpentry effort. However, foolishly, I was focusing on the woodwork and think I may have gone for an electrical solution that was convenient rather than correct...

OK thanks v much - The manual gives specs for three different sizes of HRM - small,middle and large. Curiously for the small & large models it specifies 80deg but for mine, the middle one, it specifies 60deg. Again cheers for the above - has put my mind at rest a bit. Tom

Hi all, Not drastically urgent but I had a new heating engineer come and serviced my HRM Wallstar today. All fine except he only had an 80deg nozzle in the van and the manual says it should be 60deg. The previous two nozzles have both been 60deg. He said it wouldn't make any difference and...

OK I've done quite a bit of tiling in kitchen and bathrooms. But I'm finding that however neatly I prep & paint my garage floor, it never lasts long before I spill some brake fluid on it or something. I've got a week off coming up so thinking of tiling it. But I have a few questions.... This...

Ok, it'll have to be the naff way for me, en suite is directly above with a tiled floor!

Cheers for the idea EFL but I dont really want to pull the ceiling down to get to the other end of the existing wiring...I just plastered and painted it!

Hi, Yep the run is within the 150mm band at the top of the room and also horizontal from the fused spur im fitting in the cupboard. On your other point, I thought as much hence my question. Could you help me out with an accepable, maintainence free method here that I can bury? Maybe crimping?

Picture below :) P.S - The existing cable it just wapped up in a terminal block temporarily while I work on the rest of the room. Tom

Hi all, I'm replacing our kitchen. Just a minor electrical question since I was about to crack on and do something before I stopped and had a rare, sensible, moment and thought I'd better ask about this one before I do something silly. Anyway - simple situation. The old cooker hood/fan was...

Hi all :) Just fitting a new kitchen for the wife. The location of the cooker hood is about 12" from the location of the old hood, meaning that the hole through the external (cavity) wall isn't in the right place any more. Not wishing to make a mess trying to drill it out with loads of tiny...

Cheers guys loads of useful help there:D I love this site!!

Hello all :) I'm DIY replacing our entire kitchen - This will be the 4th time I've done a kitchen on my own so I'm confident with most of it. However, this time is the first time that I'm actually moving the location of the oven. Until now I've just used the existing electrical infrastructure...