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fair point...but I had no reason to believe there would be a cable in the wall that needed detection - I was only stripping the wallpaper!! That said, in this house I have found cables going in all directions (including 45 degree diagonal from a mains socket) so perhaps I should have learnt...

I thought I might demonstrate to you the correct way of terminating a live electrical installation in a wall prior to wall-papering your dining room. It is of course important to ensure that you leave no indication of the live terminal for the people who buy your house from you….especially...

Thanks Agile - my plan is to fit NRVs, and probably boost the hot water pressure - otherwise it will take for ever to fill the bath anyway! It is interesting that these overflow fillers and bath wall spouts all seem to contravene the regs, however - and this never gets mentioned when you buy...

The mixer on a combined bath overflow and filler are very simple - the output from the hot tap and the output from the cold tap go into the same pipe - indeed, they go into a t-piece at the base of hte spout, so are in direct opposition. This is also true of many wall-mounted spouts. My...

In that case all those gucci overflow filler systems must be illegal - they tak direct input form wall mounted taps, which are effectviely extending hot and cold water to the filler. And of course any mixer tap does exactly the same - so how do I connect a wall spout to my hot and cold taps...

I am trying to fit a single wall mounbted spout to a bathroom. This spout has a single 3/4" inlet, designed I assume to come from a mixer tap. However, I would rather use seperate taps, which means I need to connect the outputs form hot and cold into a single pipe. If I use a standard T...

Can I assume from the lack of response that there is no problem with me using these external IP65 lights in zone 1 then?

Sorry muggles - just not what I would call stylish in a modern bathroom. Plus not entirely sold on the idea of a macerator, if I do not need one.

and in fact here it is... http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Lighting_External_Index/Aero_Light_Fittings/index.html

Thanks for the link - what amnazes me is the complete lack of variety - every single lighting site sels exactly the same lights. I was actually looking for a combined up-lighter/downlighter - Homebase used to do an excellent one, that was IP44 rated. But now they sell the same lights as...

There was nothin worng with the cruise ship - it was the idiot piloting it that was at fault. Rocks generally do not move around the sea of their own accord!

This is a fascinating topic, but it is all rendered useless when you try to put part p into action. I did all the wiring, sockets, switches, boiler controls, shower controls etc for my extension ( I am a systems engineer - but I cannot self certfiy). Building control was informed, and correct...

The bathroom is in the eaves of the building, and so the roof slopes form about 2.1 m down to .9m. The exisiting light was about 3 feet above the bath!!! I am amazed that people have lived here for 30 years and nobody has been damaged! So you are saying thatprovided I meet IP 44 or better...

I am replacing a bathroom light - it was a standard metal ceiling light fitting, in zone 1, connected using taped up chocolate block. Need we tremble. And it also acted as the junction for the entire upstairs lighting ring However, the lights I can find which are formally noted as "for...

Saniflow compact - not exactly attractive in a modern bathroom! I think I have solved the problem, as it happens - a built-in WC frame with front access panel from Thomas Dudley - which fits under the window sill by 1mm! Thanks for your advice - althou I still do not see why we cannot use...

How come the water regs permit this type of connection for "commercial premises" provided a non-return valve is included, but not for residential? This doesnt make much sense - the risk is the same, is it not? It also seems that the Australians are capable of it - are we that incompetent in...

I am very limited for space in my bathroom, and want to fit a wall-hung toilet, flushed direct from the mains. I can get a product in Australia that does this: http://mainsflush.com.au/index.php?page=commercial-toilets but I cannot find them in the UK. THe water regs say these are...

Hi all - I have a Ryobi ETS1526AL Table Saw which appears to have a hole to take a router, with 4 screw holes for fixing. However, my (very old) B&D router doesn't fit - and I cannot find out whether a ryobi router will fit or not. Anyone happen to know? I would rather not have to buy a separate...

Thanks for advice. I think I will probably have to re-run the pipes to the hot tank, so they can drop down the left hand side of the fireplace. Just makes it a slightly bigger job!

I wish to fit a rayburn into an existing fireplace. However, the existing 28mm plumbing comes into the wrong side of the fire place, and I am going to have to run the pipes behind the rayburn and into the other side. This will introduce at least 3 x 90 degree bends on each of supply and return...