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Hi everyone I'm just about to strip all the tiles in my bathroom so while I'm at it I need some advice on my extractor fan. At the moment I have a small 4" one from a DIY shed but I still have a room full of steam after a shower and it's causing damp on the ceiling and the grouting is going...

Has anyone got any information on commercial busbar systems I have one bank of lights out in a warehouse. all the lighting is connected to a busbar with tap off points feeding the lighting via plug in celing roses Only one bank of lights are out so the busbar is live All the faulty ones are...

Hi everyone I'm looking for some ideas for locks to put on kitchen type doors I have made some cabinets from 18mm mdf the doors are the same style as kitchen cupboard doors (15mm overlap on frame) so the door is hung in front of the cabinet frame making a total thickness of 36mm if that makes...

Just another point guys This happends over night when the heating / hot water has been off for a few hours. When I get it running its fine all day but now and then needs resetting in the morning.

Hopefully someone can help me out with my boiler problem I have a glow worm flexiecom 24 cx. A few days ago first thing in the morning the boiler was locked out flashing the F9 code, after some Internet searching I believe this to be a preasure problem ? I then opened the filling loop and...

My old router has started making some funny noises and I'm just about to start cutting loads of shapes from mdf So time for a new one. I want to spend around £100 ish and was looking at this... http://www.wickes.co.uk/1500w-router-kit/invt/186884/?source=123_74 I have a 1/4 inch now and a...

Hi A mate of mine has had a Mira thermostatic shower fitted over his bath and he only gets hot water from it. He lives in a rented place and when the bathroom was replaced recently he got the shower himself and asked the plumber to fit it for him so he has no way of calling him back. He was...

The job has now chainged I am now not extending the old cooker cable And I also now have the loading of the oven/hob Do I need a sparks to connect the hob into the existing switch ?

Oven 2.2kw hob 5.8kw Existing point. 6mm t+e clipped directly to wall/beams. so I can connect the hob to the existing cooker switch ? Can I also connect to this with 2.5t+e to a socket for the oven Or chainge the switch for one with a socket as well Or Run a new socket from a different...

Thanks for all your comments The reson I was thinking about moving the location of the unit is that the new one will be longer and will have to be fitted lower than the old one meaning that all the existing cables will be to short so do I extend all the existing cables or move the unit and have...

Thank you for all your comments The reason for fitting a stove in the 1st place is because it's a big inglenook with an open fire and consequently quite drafty without the fire lit. The chimney is quite a size I can almost reach the inside of the stack standing on a ladder inside ? For this...

The fitting of a flexible liner can be a DIY job but it will come under building controll and they will be informed when I intend to start the job. as I said I have done my research i was just trying to clarify the fitting of the register plate as I have seen a couple of different types.

I have a cutout that states it is 100 A It's in a cottage with a overhead supply and to be honest the cables at the post just outside my cottage look quite thin ? I would guess about 16mm Surly they wouldn't put a 100a cutout on the end of a cable that will not handle the load ???? (would...

I am looking to have a consumer unit moved when it is replaced shortly It's in a small alcove and I want it across the opposite side . So the meter will be on the left hand side and the tails would need to run across an exposed beam to the right hand side to the the new consumer unit so they...

Im looking to fit a log burning stove into a existing chimney (big inglenook) I have found most of the information I need but I have a question about fitting the register plate some plates advertised are fixed into the chimney with the flue liner fixed to the back of the plate and the solid...

The rcd outside the bathroom door is 30ma and incorporates a 13a fuse The flex comming from the fan heater only has brown/blue wires no earth as does the new one. The connection point is fed from 2.5 t+e via a 16a mcb in a rcd protected unit Would it be advisable to replace the rcd at the...

I have a small fan heater over the bathroom door the flex from this goes trough a hole in the wall into a fused rcd on the opposite side the cable from this goes directly to the consumer unit also rcd protected. Is this all correct to current regs ? The heater has no earth wire as its all...

I have just installed a new hot water cylinder along with a new immersion heater I filled the system and all looked ok ? Well untill I noticed a small drop of water around the immersion I have re-tightend as much as I dare how much preasure should I use to tighten this ? I installed it using...

Thanks for all the tips I have now ordered some sharp sand and some soft fo laying the tiles I intend to mix sharp and soft together as most sharp sand has alot grit in it and I thought this would make it a bit better to work. ? I'm still a bit concerned about the grouting is this normally...

The tiles I'm using are from homebase 20cm x 20cm quarry Is states on there website that I need floor tile adhesive but I did think that sand and cement was used for laying so that's my reason for asking ? is soft sand unsuitable ? Still wondering about poring mix over old tile etc...? How...