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Thanks for your ideas, I had a look the other night and though I would look at the stud wall from above. Went in the loft and hay presto the stud wall is open at the top. The TV bracket has a small base to fix to the wall (approx 100mm sq) so I am thinking of doing the following. I am...

yes there are, they are about 18" apart.

Hi all I want to mount a 26" LCD TV on a wall in the bedroom but the wall in only a plasterboard covered stud wall. I have checked for studs and sods law there are none where the bracket will fit. The TV weighs approx 18KG what are your views on the best way to mount it and it not end up...

Tried it, great if I wanted loads of links with security cameras and high energy power units!!! :lol: Will keep searching...

This is a problem I have. Both my neighbours have had companies in to do their decking and they have simply fitted it up to the house at DPC level. The deck sits at the same level as the floor in the house which is really nice as it feels like an extension of the house when you walk about of...

hi Thanks for the info. do you know any suppliers of them on the net? Robert

Hi all Was woken in the night by a neigbour advising that we had all been visited by the local toe rag!! Not much taken this time luckily but decided to increase the number of security lights around the house. Wiring them up is fine but wondered whether there was an easy way of using...

Not too sure whether you can use them but ifyou can;t I've fitted one of these to our bathroom. Dead easy to wire up and it works a treat. The added benefit to our setup is the fan does not have a timer so I can set this to swtich off after 1min of you leaving the room so in effect like...

Hi We lost some ridge tiles in the winds last week and have been ringing around to get quotes. All quoting around the same price but one was different to the others. He offered up a quote for replacing the ones lost or he could take them all off and replace them with what he called a ewn...

good point about the interior/exterior doors. Thing is with the conservatory we have had fitted the locks are 100% safer than any lock fitted to the house, and it's only 4 years old!! If we do have doors fitted then we wil want 4 doors that fold right back tot he walls at each side so it...

Hi all 12 months ago we have a conservatory built and planned to have new french doors fitted to the back of the property that lead into it. Well the doors were removed as the conservatory was built so that all the plaster work etc could be completed as we had not found the doors we liked...

Jenki I have heard of these insurance policies and to me they make a joke out of Building Regs. (not that I'm complaining) So you can build something not get regs and then sell your house, take out a £50 insurance and hey presto you are home and dry. :lol: Dux

i am in the final stage of fitting a wet room and used the aquatec wet room kit and it works a treat. This is the second wet room I have completed and in the first one I used the BAY kit which has been fine but not a touch on the Aquatec kit. My shower base is in effect 3 layers of 18mm...

Dingbat Good point, no one would be able to sell their house if that was the case. Dux

dingbat I agree completly about dangrous work.. But not only DIYers do bad work, some so called tradesmen are far from quality!! I myself work for a FE College that has a construction division so I get all the courses I need for free. :lol: Just read on another thread that all...

Looks like it may be worth stocking up on some rolls of old colour cables then!!! :wink: Dux

Hi all I have been looking at the Part P requirements. I have done several jobs on our current home and if I have got it correct in theory any work I do after 1st Jan 2005 needs to be inspected and certificated by an elecrician approved by one of the listed bodies. I have read that for...

consider it left!!! Cheers

Cheers everyone, I never realised that a dimmer switch and fan combo would cause such a heated discussion!!! :-) In answer to some of the questions; - The dimmer will be on the wall outside the bathroom - I personally hate cord pulls so this is why I want to get rid - I want to be...

Hi all I am aware that your should earth all metal pipe work feeding sinks, Wc's etc but if you have used plastic pipe (HEP) for all but the last say 6" before it connects to the actual tap do you still need to do this? I am presuming not but your advice is appreciated. Cheers Robert