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Good morning all. I'm installing the pipework to a mira 10.8kw electric shower. will a bent tap connector work ok with the inlet to the shower, or is a compressed olive connection better? (seems to me that the tap connector will be easier to couple up once the shower is in situ, after...

Its a 10mm cable, very short run of approx 4m.

Hob is 6600 max and oven is 3300.

Many thanks for prompt reply. Can this be ran from the same circuit feeding the hob, in a radial fashion?

Hi All, Can you advise please. A built in oven of 3300watt. Would this require an independent circuit? or can it plug into a ring main. I believe that 3kw is the max into a 13amp socket, is this correct. There is a separate circuit going in anyway for the electric hob in 10mm...

Thanks my man, Just been on plumbworld, and they have a model projecting 600mm. Looks just the bog for the job! Cheers.

Hi All, Looking for a toilet with a small o/a footprint for a small en-suite type enclosure. I'm a bit pushed for space. Any suggestions please of stockists/web suppliers? Many thanks,

Thanks Richad C. I have done some digging on this site since I did the post, and have found some really useful advice on permitted safe areas to drill joists etc. I reckon I can follow this to keep within regs. I have completed a ground floor bathroom recently, and followed all the regs...

Thanks Mattylad, I had thought that may be the response. A joiner friend of mine looked at it and reckoned I wouldnt need to strengthen, its not his house though!! He advised that as the waste would be 32mm then I wouldn't need to. I think I may need 40mm for a shower tray though, so yes...

Hi, I have just started work on a small en-suite type shower room, and have to take the waste through the joists. I have no other option unfortunately (conservatory is sited beyond the other wall) with the way the waste pipe has to run, and will therfore either have to holesaw, or notch...

Many thanks for the detailed reply Richard. I have decided to use battens now on one wall to accommodate services, so I can fix the water resistant type board to these. Thanks again.

Hi, I have just ripped out an old en-suite, and I'm planning a complete refurb. There was two sets of tiles to remove, and this caused the majority of the plaster to fall from the wall. I removed the rest, and Im now back to brick on two walls. The other two are stud...

Many thanks Thermo, oil it is. Cheers.

Hello all, Can anyone advise what is the best thing to stain decking with. We were intially advised not to stain/paint for a few months after install. Given all the rain recently will this be a problem. Will oil be best or stain. Its a fair size area, in the region of 35m2. So...

thanks again, bluff yorkshire folk, I like it, 'say what i like, and like what i say'!!!

Hi Shytalkz, Yes I am looking at this from the point of view of a saving, as with not having a company car means I don't have this going in against my salary as a benefit in kind. So I think I'm correct in saying its a saving?? Think you're correct when you say creative accounting, they...

Thanks again shytalkz for the comprehensive reply. The company accountant has also factored in the Personal BIK advantage when doing the maths, i.e based on the bmw520 at say approx list/co2 £27,000 x 18% = £4860 x 40% = £1944/£162 pm, also factored in, is the free fuel BIK, £16,900 x 18% =...

Thank for the in depth reply shytalkz. That seems a logical way of doing it. Have you any thought yourself on a what is a fair allowance from the company in lieu of the car??

Thanks for that. This is something I'm going to do anyway, as I'm now wrongly being whacked for that in tax. I read yesterday that you would have to do at least 12000 private miles to be even on the fuel part. I will therefore start logging the small amount of private I do and pay...

Good Morning Diyisfun, I have considered and researched this thoroughly. In terms of the fuel, the company are allowing the full 0.40p per mile on the first 10k, and then 0.25p thereafter (business miles) The car I have decided on after (lots of sad research) in terms of both opting...