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Good point, well made. Thanks, will get stat installed.

Good stuff, thanks for the quick reply. Time to go lift some floorboards!

Hello We're undertaking some alterations to the layout of the ground floor and have a quick question. We're installing a plinth heater in the kitchen to recover some space, and I intend to reconfigure the flow and return pipes to better serve the livingroom and dining room and then extend on...

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Thanks. Do you mean the colour as it comes from diffferent species? Is one better suited to tasks than others? Is the price much different? Alan

All Thought I had posted this last night but doesn't seem to have gone through. I was pricing some timber at my local yard and was asked if I wanted red or white wood (T&G floorboards). Forgive my ignorance, but what's the difference? Thanks Alan.

Jon Agreed, it looks like damp in the flue although where this emanates from will be another question. I'd cap the chimney with one suitable for still having your stove in (check with the flue manufacturer). This will reduce overall moisture in the stack due to rainfall. It's also...

All I'm looking to tile my kitchen floor and raise it up slightly but I have a couple of questions. 1. The existing tiles are 100mm square quarry tiles. I would rather keep them and tile over as they are absolutely solid (although a little bit uneven). What is the best way to tile...

Pliers I still think it's dry rot, but oopen to other suggestions. As previous post, the best way of defining is based on the cracking to the timbers and it's orientation. Can you get some pictures up of this? Alan

Pliers. Loks very much like the mycelium strands of dry rot to me (it uses these to transport moisture to another part of the same body and hence why it can be such a problem - wet rot can't do this). Can you take pictures of the affected timbers? the two types of rot affect the timber in...

Thanks all, thought that would be the case but thought I'd check. The JB is fixed to a wall and not hidden under a floor etc. I'll put another JB in the ring main and spur off again. Just trying to save on a bit of work. Thanks again.

All Quick question - can a junction box on a ring main only feed one spur or can it be used to feed two spurs? Thanks Alsn

Think the Americanisms must be from too much Discovery Channel! Anyway, it's Mam where I come from! Thanks all

It'll all be solvent weld waste so no reason it should. Tempted to change out the JB for one of MK's Ip56 ones anyway. Is this worthwhile?

All Is there a restriction on how close a water pipe can run near a junction box? I need to install some waste pipe (solvent weld) but it needs to run close to an existing junction box. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the reply Bit more assistance if I may. In effect, all the pipe under the bath and to sink and toilet are copper. These are fed by a plastic cold pipe. The hot water comes from the boiler in the bathroom which has a length of copper pipe then a plastic section connecting to the...

Lectrician Thanks for the quick reply. I'll connect up the main supply pipe as it's an easy 1m away from the fuseboard. Apologies if this is a dumb question but do I need to isolate anything before connecting to the earth bar? For the bathroom, is it a case of running a cable and clamps...

Some clarification please. We recently had our water pipe replaced with a new MDPE pipe. After it enters the house there is a run of about 3m of 22mm copper which connects into a new plastic pipe. From there, there are various pipes of copper or plastic. There is no earthing on the...

Makes plenty sense! I take it that the bottom of the 'cone' is 1 1/2" then? Thanks