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I don't really want to comply to those regulations even if sockets in the living room fall under the regulations. Edit, according to this it isn't http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/partp.htm

Hi Im chasing out a few walls in the house for new wiring. Is it necessary to have socket backs? What is their functionality? It would mean a lot more chasing if i had to put them on. Thanks!

Hi Ive a really old timer that I want to replace. Looking at the timer now I can see that the power goes in on one wire and goes out to the boiler on the other wire. Straightforward. I want to replace it with a Honeywell STC9400C but I can't figure out where the wires should leave to the...

[/url] Thanks for that. I had a root around my IKEA bag and found a 135-degree hinge that does just that.

I did it and had no problems. Actually less breakages when something falls :)

Hi Anyone ever manage to install an ikea kitchen pullout drawer inside a cabinet that has a hinge. For me it wont come out because the door opens but leaves a few mm kind of inside the width of the cabinet. It looks impossible but the wifey seems to remember IKEA saying it could be done. Thanks!

I was afraid of that :) I'm also afraid of spending the rest of my life holding a silicone gun hunting around the house for drafts while my wife complains of the cold!

Hi, So I pulled up the carpets in my new-old house and saw some lovely pine floorboards. Hardly a mark on them at all. I thought I could save myself a few quid by just sanding and varnishing them. The problem is that there's a gale blowing under the floor. On the front and the back of the...

My man! that worked like a dream. I held my hand over the tap for a while, heard ominous gurlges around the house and voila! The taps and loos started working :)

Hi I drained the tank in the attic, reason being I needed to work on the bathroom cold tap. Anyway, Ive let it refill, and now neither the bathroom cold tap nor the toilets are working. I doubt its a blockage, although maybe gunk from the tank has blocked it. Might also be an airlock...

That sounds ropey. pvc barrier then plywood.

Only the once. I put down a solid wood floor in the entire downstairs of my house. It was a concrete floor. I put a layer of PVC down to protect from moisture. I've heard of people putting two layers down. Then a layer of Ply. I nailed that into the concrete. At this stage make sure its...

Thanks! I'm wondering, If I want to put insulated plaster board onto the wall behind the units(its the gable wall/cavity block) should I cut the insulation so it fits over the batons, or should I nail the insulated board onto the batons? I was going to nail the board straight onto the...

I put down a layer of plastic sheeting under the ply to prevent moisture.

Thanks for the reply. I never even thought about wide batons! Doh... I was imagining putting up narrow ones in a kind of mad guess. :) Cheers! Ive a bloke coming around to do the electric's and I'll move the pipes. Im taking down the old units now. Years of Someone else's grease on the top...

Hi, Before I slab and plaster my kitchen should I think about where the batons should go or should I not think about it and just fasten the units through the slabs into the blocks? Thanks!

Plywood?

Hi, As the others suggested. Did you leave gaps while laying between some boards?

Hi, I was thinking of painting the bare floorboards in the kids rooms with marine paint. For reasons of durability. Anyone ever do the same or even recommend it or against it ? Thanks!

So, I gave the fan a squirt of some oil and turned on the boiler. I worked fro longer than usual, probably 1/2 hour this time before it stopped. I could hear the hum of the fan motor. I gave the stationary blades a bit of a push with a screwdriver and I can feel that they are definitely sticky...