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Well that's a relief! I almost wondered if someone should have taken a file to the lower edge to expose bare metal, but glad I didn't try that now. On fitting the new trap, seemingly identical to the old one, I noticed that the hole in the floor hadn't been cut quite right, forcing the rising...

Just to answer my own question, as I had to get on with job today, and was surprised to find the underside of the bath completely fibreglassed. I'm more used to sinks (bare steel else enamel) and have seen pics online of fibreglass coated baths but always with an exposed metal area to mate the...

Just one question before I get round to changing the waste & trap. There's a worrying variety of opinions about fitting the waste and the sealants you may or may not use. Many plumbers etc seem to put silicone or Fernox on every surface of waste, gasket, even discarding the foam washer under...

Yes I noticed the black corner, though it didn't seem to be the cause of this leak. I will silicone that wall behind the taps and then replace the whole trap unit, I have one I think I got a few of years back but never used. I have a spare bath waste too. It seems a cheap plastic thing, much...

OK, back as promised. I finally got the panel off, it wasn't even attached in anyway I could see, it must just have been far too tight and rammed in yonks ago. Screwing some self-tapping screws along the lower area, and gripping them with pliers, allowed me to repeatedly yank the panel lower...

Am still trying, have to stop now and carry on tomorrow. The leak isn't huge, could be just silicone sealant failing around bath edge even leading to drips when showering, but need to expose what's below the bath to know. A magnet couldn't find any screws. I wonder if it was a too tight fit...

Don't know if this is the best place to post. Need to remove the bath side panel to investigate what looks like a slow leak from the bath, at the taps end. Just spent an age, trying to remove the side panel. Obstructing cabinet unit removed (fixings visible). Upper right shows some swelling...

Thanks Rodders53, that looks just the ticket!

I need to join a cut coaxial TV aerial cable, but outdoors. Indoors I'd be perfectly familiar with what to do, but outdoors it will need to be waterproof of course. It's at a property likely to be sold in the coming months, so I'm not looking to spend a fortune. What would people recommend?

@23vc - Yes should have thought of that! Cheers!

Good, as I thought, and I'm assuming the brown section (top left) is the wooden joist running off horizontally to the left. How close to the outer breezeblock wall would you expect the first joist to be hung, i.e. what gap might there be for routing a low voltage wire?

I'm looking at using a hole drilled by a previous owner but which he never used. He was running a flex outside for a PIR light, but he drilled two holes before the third one he actually used for the flex. My purpose might be to run a low voltage power wire to an outside camera. I poked a...

So not a bodge. And I guess removing the barge boards from the gable ends might disturb the end tiles. How would you feel if the contractor did all this on a ladder? It's a normal two story house with the gable ends quite a pronounced peak above the upper floor, such that you can stand up in...

Thanks. Obviously I'd be in their hands re them owning up if there was rot up there and not just ploughing on, I suppose. Why would new builds not start out with uPVC, let me guess, cheapest way of doing it?

I'm considering having my old wooden soffits & facias (and attached guttering) replaced by a firm that has done a nice looking work on a nearby house. Online reviews of the company look very good. The neighbour said that they fixed the uPVC over the old wood, saying that the wood wasn't too...

It's a probably 1995 fitted Memera 2000 with 2 empty fuse slots. One RCD protects three areas with the lights & immersion heater excluded from that. Is that too old?

I think I'm inclined to agree with what you and others are saying. In trying to keep the cost down, by keeping away from the older Consumer Unit, he's crossed into some questionable territory, using the Meter Box to house a consumer unit as you say and then the external armoured cable run. I...

What's the general feeling about the splitter unit he wants to put in meter box? Partly he was keeping away from an old Consumer Unit, and the outside run avoids floorboards etc. Is this an OK thing or a bit of a bodge?

Regarding an Electric Car charging point, I did casually raise this, not because I plan to get one (currently managing without any car) but as a future benefit whilst he was running a proper supply to the garage. His reply was to the effect that he didn't want to get involved in that, basically...

Yes! Henley block was what he said.