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just for clarification, the picture I posted was just to show how much space I have between the plaster and the brick wall I prefer not to chase into. That double metal box is already now occupied by a double socket. I plan to put a separate 1 gang box left or above. Agreed on careful handling...

mhmm possible... The entire stack I think carries two flues, one from ground floor (also boarded up and unused) and one from this room. So I'd need to guess a bit where to enter in the loft. The chimney is vented via airbricks at the top (I had the caps removed) to allow moisture to dry out...

mhm, as opposed to having unsightly conduit running up on the wall? Where the socket is, I only have mains, no datacable, but there is an existing data cable just above in the loft.

any recommendation of cat6 cable to use in this case? if I go ahead and not use any conduit, is it advisable to use outdoor cat6 for I guess extra protection? or is standard cat 6 like this one fine? If it's plastered over, it is not really exposed to any elements (unless it's a damp wall..) so...

ok thanks, that's helpful. yes actually my initial thought was just to put the bare cable in, fix to wall and fill the chase with plaster given that it's just a datacable. makes things much easier.

Hello, I want to add an ethernet socket to the side of my covered up chimney breast. The cat6 lead will come from the loft above, so I'd be looking to chase down from the ceiling. I've recently installed a socket into the same wall and therefore know that I have about 25mm of plaster and then...

Possibly, but that definitely goes beyond my DIYer skillset. Would need to get someone to so this. And given that we might take that wall down next year not sure it’s worthwhile.. At the moment it appears that bloody rodents have used this hole. 2 days later the concrete was all scratched off...

k that hopefully should improve things. Filled the gap with a metal mesh and repair cement and all the gaps around the hopper, so hopefully not all waste water will flow down along my outside wall potentially weakening the foundation. - Used a 45 elbow to get the white one to unload over the...

Thanks for this and the info.....no wonder I got damp all over.. that hopper was filled up to the top and all the sink waste just went overboard into the ground! I just grabbed some extra PVC to extend the white one. The gap in the top l/h side then I can cover+fill with some metal mesh and...

(edit - put text in front of pictures) Hello all, I've been experiencing some (rising)damp that has started to smell at times and I think I have found the cause. The drainage of the house collects at the back garden in the side return and then feeds into the main sewer which runs under the...

Maybe, maybe not. But just highlighting to the OP for completeness. I've read it on another forum, where someone claimed to have called their hotline and confirmed it does. Either way with Samsungs they are fully replaceable, so best to check.

Another point to add, if you just run a power supply lead through a brushed plate w/out a socket, then the power cable of your TV set needs to be cut so I can be connected to that lead. You can use something like a greenbrook lightning connector, so it can be disconnected easily if you need...

If you are sure you will always only need a TV there, you can also consider to just run the supply there through a brush face plate. That takes very minimal space and you can also run more hdmi,cat etc. for future use. This is what I have done with mine, which is also above the fire place. Any...

I have a similar situation. There are probably ways, but I have been advised by my roofer and surveyor to keep airbricks for ventilation. Although for me both fire places (ground and first) are not in use and have been boarded up. My surveyor found evidence of damp on the bricked up chimney wall...

This is golden… should’ve thought about that myself. It moves between 0.4 and 0.5. I also read these cheap meters are not good at very low resistances and it makes sense. Re-calibrating for above “base resistance” I am actually happy with the observed values.

So with my £9.99 Amazon Multimeter I get: r1 = 0.8 rn = 0.8 r2 = 1.2 So the values are at least consistent, but a bit higher than expected in my opinion. Unless I have a weird setting on this thing, wouldn't this imply a 110-115m length? Seems long, but not impossible. However, comparing that...

Would like to know as well, exactly why they are undesirable (other than personal preference). Looking at a kitchen rewamp project sometime next year, but I did have these in many previous flats (new built) I lived in and found them quite handy, especially with these new modern fully...

In case anyone was wondering.... I finally managed to resolve this! But FFS I was looking at the wrong area... I actually went ahead and lifted the hallway carpet and opened a few floorboards to trace cable routes. Took an entire day, as I wanted to be careful to not break any of the carpet...

I cannot stress enough how true this is! So I did follow the pen and paper method and while it took forever, it seems to have been the only way. For some reason the sparky put a large JB just above the CU, which only had the two largest ring finals passing though. But this actually was very...