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Yes I'm fitting a kitchen and wishing I'd got a professional in! Anyway... I have a tall appliance unit which sits up against a run of base units and a tall trim panel to sit in between obviously the wall isn't straight, the wall panel is as expected oversize and needs to be cut to the right...

I'm happy with the light output per watt (to the OP - try a different brand maybe). But in terms of lifespan they are very hit or miss. Have had one in the hall for >3 years no problems and its on a lot but others with a claimed 8 year life have died after a year. As far as I can tell the...

Yes but surely the point is (almost) any house inspected unless its freshly rewired to the latest regs would have items that dont meet the current regs?

But if it was legal when it was done?

But the Hager ones claim they are maintenance free and say they are designed for stuffing anywhere. Its the claim bit I dont get "Screw less terminals meaning no maintenance required" is the blurb so is that all that's required?

I had a quick look around and couldnt find a proper definition of what made a junction box 'maintenance free' and what I did find seemed to be almost implying that the manufacturers defined it as maintenance free rather than a specific standard. I dont have access to all the relevant...

Not sure you've quite had the answer you were looking for. Doubt they would flag up any problems - a big chunk of the country is living in houses with junction boxes under the floorboards and in similar hard to get at places - those houses are not unsaleable because of it even though they dont...

Thanks for the thoughts. The gurgling is after the sink has emptied as it pulls (or tries to pull) the water out of the P trap for the dishwasher. I'm quite limited for space under the sink so I'm using a space saving trap. However there is lots of room round by the dishwasher. You'd...

*yawn* They didn't say that and you know it. Is that soap box nailed to your boots?

Someone qualified will be along to correct me shortly but I've been looking into this a lot recently. As far as I am aware if it's plugged in to a standard socket you can do more or less what you like. In a kitchen more or less anything else seems to fall under part P and is notifiable work...

I'm putting in a long 40mm waste run say about 3.5m or so to a kitchen sink, this is fine and doesnt cause syphoning (tested). What I want to do is extend the run a further couple of meters to where the dishwasher will be located. With a standard P trap and the dishwasher outlet pushed into...

Basically lumps of hard stuff jutting out of a wall to support things above. Think of those apparently hanging balcolnies and bays you see on old stately houses which are supported by rows of bricks below, with each row coming out a bit further from the main wall.

Just a bit confused as the main drain is to the rear of the property and these covers have definitely been added after the path was originally laid. I'll poke around some more in the original hole to see if I can find anything but if I need to open that other cover any ideas on the right tool...

In the main path outside my house is a round liftable cover about 5-6 inches across revealing an access hole with some general rubble and junk inside. There is a corresponding one in front of my neighbours house. In both our houses a part of the front path has been cut away at some stage and a...

Cat left a dead mouse once that had me thinking there might be a gas leak, on the other had had an odd musty smell in a cupboard where there was a capped off gas connection and that actually DID turn out to be a leak. Guess noses aren't good.

...and rebuild the entire house while he's at it. Or not.

Hmmm tricky. Get a big fat book and put it under one side of the blighter. Or a big fat hammer right though it.

Ash one thing you can try is to angle the aerial on router a bit (if you can with a BT thing), try it at about 45 degrees - I think directly above and directly below the antenna are a bit of a dead spot.

I think you can have all rad's with TRVs if you have a bypass of some sort (don't quote me I'm not a professional) - It's not perfect as you'd be still heating the water in the pipes but better than nothing.