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On the contrary, I'm looking at safety improvements from what I've got. At the moment, it's 50mm from the potential fire source (electric hob) - meets the rules, but not really safe. In the event of a fire, I'd avoid the switch entirely and aim for the CU to cut the power - it's readily...

I appreciate that, but my point (albeit not clearly made) was that accessible is an ambiguous term - is there a correct interpretation? For example, do I have to put it somewhere that a disabled person in a wheel chair can access it, a bit like light switches in new houses a few years back...

I knew you'd say that, but thanks anyway! I was going to run the oven/hob/hood off a dedicated cooker circuit anyway; there is an existing circuit that I could use but as I've got to run other cables to the CU anyway I'd probably fit a new one. At the moment the isolator is slap bang next to...

I'm planning a new kitchen, in which there will be separate gas hob and electric double oven. I know the rules regarding installation by competent persons, special locations etc - at this point I'm just planning layouts. I'm assuming the oven will need a dedicated circuit and an isolator...

I thought of that but my daughter's bedroom is above and anything that can isolate us from the stamping and crashing (not bad behaviour, just that she walks like an elephant!) is a bonus! To pick up on the 400 vs 450 vs 600 spacing, is 600 plus noggins acceptable if 450 without noggins is not...

When you say the chimney stack was removed, do you mean the bit that sticks out of the roof, or the whole stack? If the former, then it sounds like what we had. The chimney had been removed down to the level of the top of the walls in the loft, and the hole in the roof had been tiled over. This...

I want to put a false ceiling in the kitchen to lower the ceiling by about 6-7 inches to accomodate vents, water pipes etc. The span is 2.8m and the only weight on it will be the plasterboard, plaster and the lights. Unless advised otherwise, I propose fixing 4x2 to the walls and using joist...

Thanks for the positive view. If it fails, I will admit it and let you know! Next time, I'll leave more time for the experts to reply - this folder is a mine of useful info, and info from pro's is priceless. Cheers, Mike PS there was waterproofer in it.

No problem, it's not narky, but note that I didn't ask how to do it, but whether what I intended to do was inadvisable. From experience, good advice and replies on these folders come thick and fast especially if someone is about to do something wrong. After several days there were no replies...

I started when I got back from work tonight. I've just finished the job, cleaned my tools and come inside. I hope you're wrong! Mike

I need to render an outside wall on my extension. Most of it is already rendered, but the top 12" is new brick where I raised the eaves. The render is sound apart from a couple of small patches around a window and where there used to be a pipe through the wall. What I would like to do...

No worries, I've found them. http://www.bellabathrooms.co.uk/fast-fit-bar-shower-backplate-elbow-unions.html Thanks again. Mike

Cheers! What are they called, and what's the best (cheapest?) place to get them? Mike

I have offered to fit a shower for my sister in law. It will be a thermostatic mixer fed from the combi boiler. I intend to tee into the H&C pipes under the bath, bring them up the wall next to the bath and then across to the shower (or ideally across and down to stop drips). However, all the...

The outhouse/ extension refurb moves on slowly - next job is tiling the floor. I've lifted the old carpet tiles to reveal a nominally sound looking concrete slab, a bit of efflorescence and a smell of damp. There is no DPC and the rubber backed tiles have locked the dampness in - after a day the...

Because I'm pretty sure a 230V in line fan won't run from a 12V SELV supply! There is a fused switch in a surface mounted pattress right next to the ceiling outside the bathroom, and next to it is the SELV transformer/timer control unit box. A 2 core wire from the control unit box runs about...

Exactly the sort of thing I wanted to fit - pity it's a SELV unit as it mean the wiring will need redoing. The ducting is about 1m long from bathroom to outside vent so there are no long duct runs. As the fan would be in the loft, it is not in a special location, and it could be fed from the...

I thought you'd say that :(. Given the excessive noise, the additional cost and the additional space needed for the transformer, what are the advantages of a ceiling mounted SELV fan versus an in-line 230V one? Mike

Last year my in-laws had a new bathroom fitted, and as required by the rules, this included an extractor fan. This is a SELV fan screwed to the plasterboard ceiling and makes a noise that is slightly louder than an aircraft engine on take off. By contrast, the 230V in-line fan fan for my...

Damn, you've just reminded me what else I meant to order from Toolstation... Anyway, thanks for the help and advice. Looks like I've something to do this weekend. Mike