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Thanks for the quick reply (especially at this time of night!). I have a few more questions... Why would it be wrong to chase out a vertical run a foot or so down from the light, then horizontally, around the corner to the switch? You've ringed these areas as OK in the sketch. Would the...

Hello, I am in the process of converting a kitchen into a dining room. I'd like to add a wall light, approximately where the old, now unused, 30 amp cooker supply runs. I was hoping I could use the existing wiring for the light, and change the MCB in the consumer unit to a more suitable (5...

My setup uses the same water in the rads and the UFH, but each has its own valve and pump, so I can run either the rads, the UFH, both, or just my hot water. So they share the same water/inhibitor, but can run independently. It's an open-vented system with a small header tank in the loft...

I eventually ended up with some fairly horrid Jeld-wen things that my idiot builder assured me "would look fine and elegant". His idea of elegant and mine are separated by about 20mm of ugly timber. The phrase "oh **** it, just get it done" came to mind many times during the build. My biggest...

John, by "system filter", do you mean one of those magnetic things that apparently catch all the metallic bits? About a year / 18months ago I put in some X400 for a week or two . It's probably due another flush, but I don't have time to take all the rads off and hose them out. I think I'll...

Hello, I've recently had a load of work done extending my house, including adding underfloor heating and I have some Sentinel X100 to chuck into the vented heating system. I've taken a look at the water in the system (hose on UFH manifold into bucket) and it's slightly grey with some small...

Hmmm....I just ordered 2x 1 litre bottles of Sentinel X100. Hopefully that will be enough for my 8 rads + 35 square metres of underfloor heating (well, the floor area is about 35sq.m., but there are fairly large chunks with no UFH, eg. under kitchen cupboards). - Paul[/i]

Thanks! I suspected as much. Now - does anyone have any thoughts on which brand of inhibitor is "best"? Or do they all do pretty much the same thing? Thanks, Paul

Hello, I have recently had an extension built with underfloor heating, which runs on the same circuit as my radiators. It all works perfectly and is nicely balanced, but it hasn't yet got any inhibitor in the system. I've seen various fungicide kinda things formulated for underfloor heating...

Thanks for that info Foxhole. I found a local kitchen supplier today and bought a couple of those long hanging rail brackets. A busy weekend lies ahead... - Paul

Thanks for those suggestions. Foxhole - I had no idea that that kitchen hanging rail existed - it will be ideal for what I want. Easy to get it all level, too! Unfortunately one of the walls (the one with the cables) is a Thermalite-type block - all soft and weak as a kitten. The "screw in...

Hello, I have recently had a kitchen (the room) built, and am in the process of installing the units. Unfortunately, the wall where the brackets for two wall units will be hung contains wires exactly where the brackets need to be screwed on. Also unfortunately, it's a dot and dab wall, which is...

Thanks for all the advice and suggestions! Last night I swept an area and put a rubber mat down; this morning the area under the mat was very, very slightly (almost imperceptibly) darker, so I'm postponing the tiling. I've put the mat back to see if it gets any darker and will get the...

Thanks Adam. My plan is to attack the floor with a stiff wire broom to remove anything remotely loose, sweep, vacuum then prime it before tiling. And to go with the "it'll probably be fine!" attitude!! - Paul

Hello, I have about 38sq.m of floor to tile. It's currently an anhydrite screed with wet underfloor heating in it. It was poured 5.5 weeks ago. A week ago I started gradually warming up the underfloor heating, and switched it off this morning. I'm hoping to tile it tomorrow - the floor should...

Hello, I've looked through these forums, and found a lot of helpful information about tiling onto old blockwork, and other information about tiling a wetroom. But I have a newly-built wetroom to tile, and I'm hoping to tile directly onto the blockwork to save the cost, and more importantly...

No suggestions or thoughts, anyone??

Hello, I'm currently having a single-storey, pitched roof extension built on the back of my flint-walled house. Obviously the normal way to waterproof the section where the roof meets the wall would be to cut into the wall and insert lead flashing. But my wall is flint and very lumpy. A...