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Hi all I am fitting a dimmer to the main lighting in our bathroom but off this also runs the extractor fan. I have looked at the wiring as it stands at the moment and if I fitted a dimmer it would also have the dimming effect on the speed of the fan!! Can you save me some time and give me...

Is that so!!! We moved into our current new house 3 years ago and found out the hard way that this rule is not always followed... The CU is in the kitchen about 1ft from the ceiling and you would expect the wires to go straight up into the ceiling? They in fact criss-cross the wall in...

Hi Sounds ok but you will need more than 2 slots.. Idid a similar thing in our house but I was hiding cables (network, audio, video etc etc). I used a petrol cutter hired from the local hire shop as my 8" angle grinder struggled... I think you will find you will need to cut lots of slots...

I am at the lighting stage in our bathroom/wetroom refit. I want to go for the downlighters but do youhave to use special ones for shower rooms if thet are 12v? I have seen loads on the market and most say ok for bathrooms but I just want to check. Do they eed to be a closed face for...

With regards to regs, an I right in that from next year this sort of work should really be inspected by a qualified electrician? Read somewhere that all electrical work will need to be passed from 2005 onwards? :cry: Dux

Ian When I say sat on the bath I may have been a bit vague. Our screen is a single piece of glass with a rubber seal that fits along the bottom which rests on the top of the bath side. What I have done is fitted the screen so that the seal is a nice tight fit on the bath so in effect the...

We have a combi boiler and you are fine using the HEP pipe but you have to switch to copper for the last 1m before connecting to the boiler. Don't know about the speedfit stuff as never used it, I swear by HEP. Dux

had the same issue the other year in our bathroom. I used the butterfly fasteners designed for hallow walls. The ones that have a long bolt into a sprung butterfly. Worked a treat. One other thing I did ensure is that the glass screen actually sat on the bath so the weight of the screen is...

Thanks for the info, a great help. :lol: My setup does not need anything across the door as the shower is at the far end of a 2.5m room so no chance of water backing up that far. For the area around the shower I was going for a 1" drop across 3ft which sounds similar to yours. The rest...

Hi I am also fitting a wetroom and am currently looking for advice on the recommended slope for the floor? Can I ask what you have used for a fall? Cheers

You are correct, luckily the bathroom is the last in the chain of the upstairs lighting circuit so i am adding it to the end. The LED lights I have found to be the best for this type of installation are the outdoor deck lights. They fully sealed and have a stainless steel case. I have...

cheers, sorry i meant just regs in general. double switch outside on the wall it is then

Hi I am redoing our ensuite bathroom and will be fitting LED lights in the floor to create a flood of light up the walls. The lights will work off 2 lighting circuits one for the main lights in the roof the other for the background lighting provided by the LEDs. Wiring is not a problem...

I have been reading the information on this site and wondered if anyone can give a reason for the following when plumbing in a shower? 'If the hot supply is to be taken from the cylinder distribution pipe the connection point should ideally be made above the height of the cylinder top. '...

What did they fit? I am currently installing a power shower pump so will know what todo if the same happens!! Cheers Duxster

Hi, We have a newish house with fitted with a consumer unit. One side is protected by a 64Amp RCD and this has 3 x 16amp fuses feeding downstairs sockets, upstairs sockets and garage. The problem is that if we plug anything in to any socket and switch it on the RCD trips. The individual...