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The FCU has earth wires connected up to it. EFLImpudence I cant do that unfortunately. The grey wire connected to the FCU is buried inside the wall and quite far apart. I remember the old cooker hood very similar to this one had a wire connected up to the grey wire in the wall, which is why I'm...

Hey guys, thanks for the speedy reply. DetlefSchmitz unfortunately I cant seem to see that symbol anywhere. Here are some pics of the specs. There is an earth wire inside the hood as seen in the middle pic. EFLImpudence the grey cable (neutral and live) goes to exactly that, a fused connection...

Hey all, I bought a cooker hood and when I went to install it realised it has a 3-pin plug at the end! I have a grey wire sticking out of the wall with neutral and live only (no earth) so it needs to be hard wired. Would this be a case of cutting the plug off and using a wire connector to...

Great, thanks. Will look that up.

Thanks for the advice oops. What products are SBR based? I couldn't find any online.

Cheers guys. So no PVA? interesting. I've not heard of sbr, cheers will look that up. So are splashes of water on the grout generally ok and wont affect the wall too much?

Hi all, I did a search on this and it seems most of the questions are in regards to plasterboard. I have solid (clinker) walls in my shower area. Once old tiles are pulled off I will give the walls a skim. Though do I need to waterproof the plaster with some sort of application before tiling...

can you not break off some 2cm strips of plasterboard and squeeze them in? Or is there nothing to fix them to?

cheers guys. Yeah I think I will need to measure up in store if I can as not sure how accurate their measurments are. I am imagining the sides being panels to have a little flex in them. Trouble is most of the fridges I'm eyeing up are on ebay and not easy to track down in store

Hey all, just wondering how flexible a fridge is when fitting into a tighter space? It's 2mm though can make a big difference. Has anyone managed to fit a fridge in a smaller width space like this? Otherwise will have to go with a 55cm one. cheers

Another question, is butyl mastic tape generally used to seal the hob? or should it be some specific hob mastic? foxhole: foil tape looks pretty thin, how do you use this to make a seal? cheers

ah not heard of foiltape, will look that up. The sealant is an odd thing to use as it is like bluetac and never dries. can imagine it gets pretty dirty over time? I'll use a woodglue that is apparently waterproof. Will cut the hole wednesday. Not looking forward to it :(

Great thanks for the advice guys. I'm going to have a go at this tomorrow, the tighter the fit the better. Will pva around exposed area too. I really wish I took the measurement from the old unit as I had it a while. Need to track down some of that putty sealant strip too.

...which I don't have unfortunately (appliances installed before I bought the place) hence why I am asking here ;)

hey all, I took my hob out of the old kitchen and plan to re-use it in the new one. I need a bit of help with cutting the hole in the worktop. Are there any rules I should be aware of as in spacing regulations etc? should the hole be tight fitting to the hob or should there be some sort of gap...

ok, thanks dilalio.

I would have to have asbestos removed imediately if I could afford it. The thought of having it in the house makes me very uncomfortable. I had asbestos paper stuck to my floorboards. I had my suspisions and all the pro builders and decorators I had in said it's just lino backing paper and...

Ah I see what you mean, thanks for pointing that out. With the addition of the adaptors there is little space for the hoses to extend, so will have to bend both hoses to fit in, is this ok?

Actually would I need the flexible tap adaptors? As it seems the flexible hose can screw in at the top of the isolation valve.

Nice! Will loom into those Combicert, cheers. Ah yes I always spell it wrong! should have just said tap :D