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I have a shower to install. The shower controls connect via offset threaded bits (not sure what to call them) which I believe are designed so that the position of the shower controls can be adjusted to be perfectly level. I have used elbow joints on the water pipes. These have the right size...

I've re-read the fan installation instructions. Interestingly (?) they show the switched live taken off after the downfuse/isolater. So that effectively leaves the switched live also downfused. But, it also means that if, as seems to be the norm, the fan is switched with the light then the...

Well of course it is. However I can't see that there would be any more moist air flow through/past these fittings than there would through a traditional bathroom light (and its wiring hole). It is a small bathroom, and a low loft, so there are three cold water tanks and the hot water...

I'm in a similar position to the OP and feel that (even after lurking on here for ages) I'd like to know the answers to some things... For the first two an answer of "Because the manufacturers instructions say so" is probably enough, but I'd like to understand why... 1. The OP's fan is...

626mm about 25" in old money.

Knew there was something I'd forgotten to mention... The door that'll be going in the corridor is a normal size, so it is not too hard to buy a lining to fit. But the one going in the bathroom is narrower and I haven't found the right sized lining from any of the 'usual' outlets... Both of...

I'm adding a new doorway to an existing bathroom, and moving another doorway to what will effectively be the other end of a very short corridor. I think I'm only going to do the studwork, and will get the linings and plaster(boards) done by professionals. I'd like a bit of help in getting the...

Still some amateur options to check first... What does the wiring into the socket in the lounge look like? It could be that that is where the BT line comes in and where the downstairs master is backwired to, AND where the bedroom socket is wired from. Even if it isn't, you can get rid of the...

The tape is there to highlight that there is something hazardous below so that you stop digging*. So don't dig down further. Plant roots damage drains because drains have water in them, which is good for plants. Plant roots won't seek out gas so your gas main will be fine. *or in future...

Hi, I meant the bit that is detached in your top picture of the older/working downstairs master socket. Then you test (with it detached but still wired) in both the test socket (the socket on the bit still attached to the wall in that picture) and the socket in the detached bit. And in the...

With the easily detachable part of the older, working, downstairs 'master' socket unplugged can you try plugging your phone into: 1. The bedroom socket you wish to remove 2. The phone socket your parents actually use 3. The detached front plate of the working downstairs 'master' socket 4...

I am reworking a bathroom. I propose to do the following: 1. Remove the existing wall unit which includes a shaving socket and some 12V halogens (via a transformer) 2. Disconnect the existing ceiling fan 3. Remove the existing main light 4. Install ULV LEDlights in the ceiling (IP55 rated)...

Thanks, very helpful. Now, as it happens, I do need a plumber as a) I don't know which of the many gate valves and stopcocks turns off the hot water [and I can't turn any of them!] b) I need the shower pipework moving c) I'll need a new radiator plumbing in... and probably a few other things...

I've now stripped a bathroom pretty much back to bare walls/floor. I now want to start putting it back together, starting with the floor... The existing/remaining floor is T&G, about 22mm thick. It is in reasonable position [edit:condition!] i.e. no rot, and has only bashed about in a couple...

Even cheaper than chips as it turns out my service cover does include the valves! Now fixed, and it was indeed just the motor.

Thanks, that is really helpful. I've removed the whole buzzing head, and taken the cover off the other one for comparison. With the power back on again, I can see that the non-buzzing head moves its ratchet when I switch the hot water on - when it reaches the microswitch I get hot water. When...

The Honeywell is a V4043H1056. It does have a bobble, and the cover is held on by just one screw. I think that it is head-replaceable without draining down? (editted as the bobble was more subtle than I was expectring and I hadn't spotted it)

I had the heating on continuously on Christmas day. When everyone had gone, I switched the programmer back to its normal 'twice' setting, but the heating continued to run. I then tried all the programmer settings and it continued to run on all settings, including 'off'. Also, it would not shut...

No, it is detached. The bathroom in question has no external walls - does fire protection kick in in that case? The one wall's worth of plasterboard I've removed had to go anyway as it will soon be either the back wall of the new shower, or a new doorway.

A slight update... the plasterboard I've so far had to remove is three overlapped layers, and glue has been used between them in places. Behind all that there is a cardboard matrix, to which it is also glued (and then presumably another 3 layers of plasterboard for the other side of the wall...