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I have looked at relocating switches to other side side of wall but it would be a massive upheaval. Back to plan A but with all your suggestions (much appreciated). My only worry now is closeness of cooker switch/socket to hob. I have read that 300mm is the minimum allowed. Does anybody feel...

Thanks spark123 and eveares - got the idea. The wall is actually an open old stud frame. I can get around the back and move the under worktop bits to there. Electrician away on hols spending my money! Many thanks for advice.

Hi all - I have had electricians in to do most of the electrical work in an extension but as I am struggling with budgets I am doing the wiring for cooker and hood. I will get a qualified electrician to do final connections. I feel confident about most of my routing but am worried about...

I just did a google on "40mm sink waste" without much joy. But "1.5" sink waste" gives what I'm after. Good old imperial not quite dead... Thanks for replies.

Yep - the penny dropped big time before I could announce my revelation! :oops: That is one sink solved - however, my wife also wants a BIG butler sink fitting and for that I guess I'll need 40mm P trap. Any suggestions where I get sink wastes for 40mm trap? The ones on screwfix don't state...

Hi - help needed!!! Just bought parts to fit sink and wastes and hit sort of silliness only a green DIYer would hit !!! Bought this sink waste from screwfix code 57005 Bought this P trap from screwfix code 12794 Sink waste didn't come with any washers (as shown on screwfix website) or...

Problem solved... Cut pipe flush with connector Place end of connector on piece of wood. Select two opposite connector nut indents and mark positions on wood Drive two nails in the marks until heads about 5mm from surface Position connector nut over these nail heads and twist. Comes off...

Arrh! Thanks for your enlightening reply. I admit to being a doughnut but it still doesn't excuse a stupid tamper proof nut design! (there is a £20 quid tool to unscrew this nut so the connector can be be reused).

Hi All, I just pushed a 20mm water pipe into a Plasson Plass One copper pipe adapter (20mm / 15mm). Half a second later I realised I'd forgot to insert the pipe liner. The pipe won't come out because the oh so clever designers have made it "tamper proof" to defend it against all the evil...

yeah - the one in the photo looks bad but there is only about 5 in 2500. At the end of the job I was searching my pile for a good slate. The whole job was set back by receiving a couple of pallets of ropey slates. The accessible ones were ok but later on they turned bad - cracked, frost damage...

Thanks Palaceray and Colin. Too late to add batten bits now and don't fancy stripping the end slate of each row (thats 150 slates!) to make room on the end of each batten - so looks like I will have to hole the slates to get a fixing. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Colin, ouch! - I knew I had missed a trick. Is it normal then to just nail the triangular bits on with a single nail on the end of the batten? Or is it one nail in batten and then another in spike job? I like the sound of "Mark an x on the front trace to the back of slate" but...

Hi all, Hope someone can advise on how to finish hipped roof ridge slates! At the end of each row of slates I need to cut triangular pieces to finish against the hip rafter. Trouble is there is no batten left to nail these pieces to! On two previous faces of the roof (there are 8...

Hi Jeds The roof is pitched with insulation in between rafters as per Celotex website. They say VPC should be put under rafters. Theres 50mm void above insulation. So far I believe this is a warm roof. However I dont want a vaulted ceiling and have added ceiling joists which i Intend to...

hi wrightwoodwork, Thanks for tip - I will try celotex site. hi jeds The panelling behind the radiators is tongue and groove so I can't just put vcl over it. The rest of the walls are just showing timber studwork with celotex infill so can do that. Interesting note about venting...