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Damn i just cut 7 socket double holes and conduit chases out with a angle grinder and dust sheets. Wish i new about that tool before

New found respect for you plasterers Got to grips with plastering walls and actually really enjoy it. Something good about seeing the results Found it so easy in fact ive been wondering what all the fuss is about as it seemed to be something that anyone could do. As i was getting on so...

I need to put a new surface on part of a wall that is full of scrathes etc and a few small bits of artex but do not want to use bonding as it will bring it out to far with multifinish ontop and will then have issues with the staight edge of a kitchen work surface unless i do the whole wall...

Its only a small house and he is only adding 3 double sockets and two switched spurs which are being placed between two already present double sockets. I assumed in the beginning that would have only required the ring main to be severed and extending with the new sockets etc put in between...

Thats an idea. Another question The electrician said that under the regs he has no choice but to run a new ring just for kitchen and couldnt just extend the old ring.. Is a new ring required

Just wondering as its easier to cut out the socket holes now rather than wait for him to come in the new year, that way i get the dusty jobs over and done with. And in the words of the wife please no more dust. :)

I came up with a solution to the problem ,it was either the electrics or the window and the electrics won so i got rid of the window :) It was 12'' wide and 30 inches high ,it wasn't double glazed,was rusty and looked horrid so i bricked it up and now have everything running in safe zones...

Thank you both I knew the control unit had a battery but was worried as the receiver is mains powered and have heard that people have had trouble pairing them up AND MERRY CHRISTMAS

Quick question please if i may. If i turn of the hose power for an hr or 2 will i need to pair up the british gas RC1 and reciever again or does the reciever have a short term internal battery or something to cover short term power cuts etc

Thank you all. I will try to post a picture or diagram. The electrician told me what to do but i had plaster board stacked up in front of the small window so he didnt realise the problem. The steel conduit is an idea though as i do have some that came out of the wall we knocked down or...

Chasing out for the electrics in my kitchen above the work surfaces to keep costs down before electrician comes in January to put in new ring and have hit a problem in the shape of a small window. To keep the runs in the safe zones im cutting the chase so the cable will run straight out of...

Hi I have a very neat hole cut into my concrete kitchen floor containing 4 copper central heating pipes. I was going to cover them using foam pipe insulation, a few inches sand and then pour concrete over the top but am unsure if thats the way to go. It would be preferable if i could...

What the best and quickest way to seal walls covered in chalky paint so they can be papered. Every room in the house is afflicted so i need a quick , cheap and painless solution. Can i simply brush PVA on it Thank you

Lift the floor boards and see what under there. Most likely reinforcing bars

Just had a look an the electricity company have put a 100 A basic manual isolation switch between meter and fuse box that looks like it works on both live and neutral. The boiler electrician has then between the isolation switch and fuse box placed a 80 A RCD that has the test button...

No old fuse box ,new CSU will soon be fitted. Isolation switch had to be fitted by by electricity company so he could turn off supply before fuse box and install the earth bonding( i think he called it)

Bought a new house and had New boiler installed and electrics performed by part p electrician. During the installation he noticed the house wasn't earthed to outside world and wouldn't wire up the boiler without it so i had to pay to have an isolation switch added by fuse box and some earth...

Hmmm ,hired a secret nailer from HSS What rubbish it turned out to be. It was 50 mm and not one of the nail went all the way no matter how hard i hit it and they all had to be finished off by hand. May just try electric nail gun on the other floors.

Thanks What is the thinnest a plank should be up against a wall. I'm laying parallel through one doorway and I was thinking of placing the first two boards in the doorway ,so i would start to lay in the doorway so i can ensure a decent width of board either side of the wall . Any...

Hi I'm laying oak flooring 130mm throughout the entire ground floor of my house. As it will need to go through door openings one into the hall from living room and then from hall into dinning room i am worried that at some stage i will get to a wall and the gap left will require a plank...