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Hi Can anyone explain the process I need to follow to remove an internal wall It's a chalet style house and I want to remove the wall between the gally kitchen and the dining room the wall runs up trough the bedroom and stops at about 6ft where it meets the sloping ceiling with a door into a...

Hi I have a 6 way consumer unit non rcd feeding power/lights etc Also a 6 way non rcd unit that was feeding storage heating (now sockets) And a newer rcd unit with one 32a mcb feeding kitchen sockets only Is it possible / suitable to put the kitchen sockets in one of the other units and...

I intend to start work soon on a large summer house ( home pub ) The plan is to lay a timber floor over an existing concrete base 4 x 2 treated with ply flooring Then erect the walls using 3x2 studwork and cover it all in 11mm osb The roof will be 4x2 timber also with osb Then I intend to...

Thanks for all the advice I'm now looking for a good used bostitch air framer They come out one of the best in all the online reviews I have seen and the wire weld nails are easy to get hold of and are supposed to be better than the paper or plastic collated ones.? How much should I be paying...

Thanks for that "JobAndKnock" very informative I have seen a couple of ferm nailers and a rockworth any thoughts on these I have looked at the price of nails at tool station and to be honest there is not much in it but it will be clipped head nails As I said this will mainly be for building...

I'm thinking the clipped head nails at about 75 - 90 mm long should be ok for my needs and in screwfix about £21 for 1100 (firmahold) These nails are at a 34deg angle so I was thinking easy to get hold of as I have a screwfix near me and I wouldn't be spending a fortune on nails The problem I...

Hi I have been looking at getting a used air framing nailer for a large summer house build / studwork etc I do want something of reasonable quality without spending a fortune I have been looking at some on eBay but after googling the makes available I'm getting more confused so can anyone...

I wasn't looking forward to installing under floor heating and after the comments on hear and some reading online I think I will forget it and just get a good towell rad So I'm just now looking at installing the spar bath from a plumbing centre And I'm hopping to use the existing curcuit from...

Yes the taps are for low pressure it takes about 20 mins to run a bath not to much of a problem but still longer than before. I will try to remove the flexible connector and see if it helps The cw tank is on the floor of the loft I can maybe raise it by about 4ft I know this can improve a...

Hi yes the CU is a new duel RCD type and the cable is 6mm on a 32a mcb I haven't looked into the loadings yet but the bath will just be a pump so shouldn't be to high and I have seen some underfloor heating mats on a 13a flu so looking at the size I would need hopefully 13a would be ok but I...

Hi Yes the sink tap ok after a got the air out the system grrrrr So flexible connectors on gravety systems is a no no The problem was without re doing all the existing pipe runs the 22mm pipe feeding the bath had no space to cut back enough to get fittings on to step them over to match the...

I'm looking to install underfloor heating in my bathroom ( approx 7x8 ) I will be replacing my bath at the same time and fitting a spar bath There is an existing point that was for a old electric shower mounted in a airing cupboard as this is an existing curcuit could this be split up to run...

I have just installed a new bath and a leaver mixer tap and as the existing pipe work didn't match the position of the new taps I cut the pipe and fitted flexible tap connectors the problem I have now is the hot water is running much slower than before ? It's a gravity system with the hot water...

I did try to get a couple of pics today but they have come out a bit dark but I have managed to have a better look and it is YY flex that was used. So how exactly is this different from normal 3core flex ? And how many sockets are permitted on a single cable run as I did notice 4 doubles on...

Yes I may be wrong calling it flex it may well be some kind of fire rated wiring I will have to try and find out exactly what it is. Yes it is at a tesco store but the earth wire is not bare and it has no special glands etc . I'm back at work tomorrow so I will have a better look and maybe try...

I would just like to satisfy my own curiosity after seeing sockets wired in 2.5mm flex rather than cable. I work in a major retail store and we are undergoing some big alterations I watched with interest that the sparks are installing all the new power using 2.5 3 core flex, I have never seen...

Thanks for your reply It is an old cottage and the toilet is on the ground floor I don't really want to get into digging the floor up as I'm only going around a corner I can get a fall on the pipe work but it would need the connection where it goes in the floor to be as low as possible I was...

I'm in the process of refurbishing my bathroom and I wish to turn my toilet onto the other wall (at a right angle) It's on the ground floor so at the moment the soil pipe comes up out of the floor via a pan connector so I'm intending to run this on the surface and box the pipe work in, If...

Thanks for your response The room is about 8ft x 9ft x 8ft high I don't intend to re-tile the walls except for around the bath, I have one window that is always open a little but the bathroom is on a corner of the building ( ground floor ) and the window opens onto a little recessed area of...