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Hi, Is it OK to install a fan in the ceiling (8ft) above a shower. Wiring will be through loft to switch in bedroom

Insulation Contractors won't do it as they normally use mineral wool which is nasty to install overhead and they probably assume they will be lying on their back in a small void. Suggest you try carpenter /general builder , explain depth of void and say you want sheets of pu insulation fixed on...

An alternative to inso board is to batten walls with 2*1 and infill between battens with sheets of pu foam before attaching plasterboard. More work but better insulation and easier if you are not used to dabbing plasterboard

Help Please I know I need to fit a FD 30 door between my kitchen and new integral garage but not sure whether its obligatory for door to be hinged on kitchen side and open into kitchen ?? Also do I need to rebate base of door to accept intumescant strip?? Any advice would be much...

I was planning to use a poly membrane as its recomended on the pavingexpert website

Hi, I am laying a drive which is about 5m wide and 7m long and had planned to lay in 2.4m strips across the slope. No problem with first strip as it is nearly flat (slope of 1: 100) but was surprised at how much water ran off when the surface was tamped/raked with a piece of 3*2 On next...

Gents, Thanks for the advice

Hi, My wife has decided we need lights under kitchen cabinets. Believe these could be installed on a fused spur from power circuit but is it possible to get them attached to lighting circuit?

Thanks for the advice and yes it is an automatic valve

Hi, I am fitting a bypass valve to my cental heating. Circuit diagrams suggest bypass pipe needs to be 1.5metres long Is this needed if bypass is 5 metres from boiler

Gents, Thanks for your help. Tank is 4ft long and 2ft high Why do I need 50 gallon tank?

Any advice please. I have water coming from under the tank but the tank is so large (4ft*2ft*2ft) that I cannot get beside it to work out the problem as the loft is very low and the tank is in the only high part. Am I allowed to put in a smaller tank which will allow me much easier...

Forgot to say that 1st floor is conventional layout with timber joists and insulation, pipes and screed will be between joists with 18mm plywood as the new floor on top of the joists

I am also putting in UFH downstairs but I am referring to the 1st floor bedrooms

Hi, I am installing wet underfloor heating and upstairs I have been advised to surround pipes in a 25ml bed of 8:1 sand cement dry mix screed with ply above and insulation below. Am I correct in thinking dry mix should remain as a powder or should I be adding water so it sets. If a...

Hi, I am installing wet underfloor heating and upstairs I have been advised to surround pipes in a 25ml bed of 8:1 sand cement dry mix screed with ply above and insulation below. Am I correct in thinking dry mix should remain as a powder or should I be adding water so it sets. If a...

Hi, I need to lay a screed which will be 100mm thick but in a room measuring 5 by 7 metres. Worse still this will be for under floor heating and so will be on top of foam insulation which will have pipework pinned on top of it. I assume I will get ready mix delivered and conveyed to the...

Am I correct in thinking any new sockets have to be at least 15 inches?? from the floor Seem to think I read this somewhere but cannot find it now Any advice much appreciated

Don't suppose you could be a bit more specific?

I am modifying my central heating and need to install new motorised valves. Will the choice of 2 or 3 port impact on 1 the flow rates in any way? (Don't want to go bigger than 22mm pipe) 2 Splitting CH into up and down