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About 20 joins look like this. They are almost OK, but don't look great to me.

This occurs in the hallway on the right of the picture. Tiliing was started in the old living room and came around to the hallway.

View from extension to front door through hallway on right, old living room on the left.

Our installers are about half the way through laying 45cm Expona vinyl tiles and there are locations where the corners seem to be 1mm and 2mm out, and one spot where there is a 3 to 4mm mismatch. (I just counted 26 corners out by at least 1mm, though I counted quickly and may have missed...

Some of these lights are re-programmed by toggling power on then off quickly, and that puts the light into a different mode. Dave

But I'm not worried about dead insects, and I intend to fit LEDs into the fittings. And so many advertisers don't even tell you the tilt angle their product offers. So many electricians misunderstand this topic and seemingly through misselling these are being pushed on me. If there was a...

I was planning on fitting GU5.3 or GU10 downlighters with a view to fitting LEDs later into those fitting. Obviously with that arrangement anyone could switch back to halogen afterwards. Having read some of the negative opinions on downlighters as being fire traps, I'm wondering if...

Sorry, I was under the misconception that fire-rated downlights do not need clearance in the insulation material, though having looked at some manufacturer instructions I can see that was incorrect.

In that case there is nothing which requires fire-rated downlights in our installation except in the new single storey extension where our downlights are likely to be in contact with insulation due to part L. However I don't see where that quote makes clear that we are talking about...

Fair point. I obviously want to avoid disagreement and will need to give way to the electrician ultimately, just that I see a better selection of tilt downlights (my preference) which are not fire-rated, and I don't tend to see any point in buying something unless required to do so. The...

Thanks for the quick response and the quote. So if I were to select a downlight such as http://www.astrolighting.co.uk/Taro_5604 which has instructions at http://www.astrolighting.co.uk/files/5574,5575,5576,5577,5602,5603,5604,5605%20Taro%20Class%201%20Instructions%20Iss.5.pdf...

I know this topic comes up repeatedly but I am surprised that the two electricians working on our house seem convinced that we need fire-rated downlights. A single-storey extension has been built to the rear of our semi-detached house and attached to our living room and kitchen. We want...

Unfortunately I'm at working whilst the fitting is going on. They came back the other day and moved things about a bit. We had some admittedly lighter rain and nothing has come in so far. I will ask what changes they made but I doubt very much that they removed everything to fit the...

We've had three velux roof windows installed a couple of days ago into a 16 degree roof on our new extension. Tiles are Marley Mendip which are good to 15 degrees if installed correctly. Flashing is EDW. All three windows are leaking. Photos of the installation can be seen at...

After demanding a detailed breakdown of the costs for the foundations showing original items vs extra, instead he produced a very broad breakdown of costs across the project, so that I could not see how the figure of £2875 was arrived at. As I said to him that I thought I was misled to...

The builder has been back and doesn't even think that the holes need patching up. I think I'm going to have to patch up the holes myself with gaffer tape. Still, I'm wondering if there is a self-healing membrane on the market, as a leaky "insurance" is unimpressive. Dave PS We've had...