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Hi. Thanks for the tip - I'll be on the lookout for that. I've never understood why certain trades (or professions as some like to be known) don't like it if someone tries to do their job. I'm always flattered when someone tries to do what I've been doing for 30 years and will happily help if...

Yeah, I'm an entitled barsteward who expected everyone to drop what they are doing and give me their plans...... For goodness sake, I just asked if anyone knew of a site or way to obtain some. Doesn't mean I _expect_ anything. I know the site is getting slow these days but no need to attack me...

So its not possible it seems ?

Hello All Just on the off chance anyone knows how to get hold of a (preferably few dozen) building control plans. Obviously residential and preferably for single storey extensions. Planning permission plans are dead easy via any council website but BC plans seem very hard to get. I'm ok...

For a very long time, the DIYer has had a reputation for bodging, scraping and doing a terrible job. The word "DIY" itself is often used as a benchmark of (poor) quality. Tools labelled as "DIY" or for the DIY market are likely to be crap. Jobs completed to a "DIY standard" also poor. Nowadays...

So my setup is nearly complete. I avoided the widow maker issue by making up an HO7 flex with 13a plug at one end to go into the generator and a commando _female socket_ at the other. That plugs into a male socket on the outside of the house which in turn goes to the changeover switch. My plan...

Yes, but if it's a 3kW generator, there is no way it is going to supply enough sustained current to blow a 13A fuse. Thanks John for your advice and especially the line above which I hadn't thought properly about. Seems like I was overly worried about that. However, regarding new sockets, it...

I appreciate your time to reply. However as I understand it a switch is a manual device that an operator can turn on or off. An FCU will automatically cut the circuit when the load flowing through it reaches a threshold somewhat higher than its rating. A miniture circuit breaker (mcb) sits...

It would protect the generator. The problem with that is that would require re-jigging of the circuits which isn't financially feasible. Take an example. One ring main powers a bunch of sockets only one of which I would need in a power cut (the fridge). There is another freezer which I also...

So my Gen arrived today - its 3KW/. I've been thinking how to protect it and the cabling. The "normal" way would be putting in a 13a FCU so that if the spare consumer unit tried to suck more than that, the fuse would blow. The problem with that is it might happen rather often and I don't want...

Firstly, yes I know this post was created before Johnson's wife was born but its still valid technically I think. The question I have is why use only 16A to feed the new CU? Why not use say 40A ? That way, you can run more stuff through your emergency CU which means when the time comes to...

I just want to say that even though knows-all posted this 3 years ago it has just got me out of a tricky situation. I tried Meths first and it didn't work much so didn't think to try white spirits until I read this. And boy does white spirit help !! Just wiped off my (admitedly non-pourous...

Well appreciate that Nigel and Woody understood the question but you've both given different answers so not sure what to do really.

Hello All I have what might be a boring technical question to some or a daft question to others but to me I just can't understand what to do. 1/ Where to tie the string line on the bracket? At the bottom where it cradles the gutter itself? 2/ Once the line is in place how to fix new brackets...

Is it just when you apply the seal or should you ideally leave it a few hours or overnight?

With the questions - not the kitchen and thanks so much for previous v helpful replies..... I've now got another problem. The wall cabinets are lined up so that the middle cabinet hosts the extractor above the hob - I can't move all that. But the planners (me - whoops!) have left a slither of a...

Hello All Just wondering how I'm going to fix this as I won't be able to get a drill above the wall cabinets to screw down. Then I thought about just sticking it on as its out of reach and is supported underneath anyway. Maybe even using silicone so it can be removed easily. Would that be a...

Hello All Does anyone know (or think it likely/unlikely) that these legs come with everything required to fix to any carcass or do you think they only attach to Wickes base units? Says fixings included but could still be only to a wickes carcass...

given my scribing skills aren't fantastic. I have a tracksaw maybe I should try it. I'm a bit nervous though. Under the highest part of the floor there is around a 1-2mm gap just enough to get the plinth under. That then runs down to about 12-13mm under the lowest part of the floor. Question...

This thread is as relevant now as it was then. ALso looking at a hood with 120mm outlet port. TLC seem to be the only place to sell 120mm pipe but they also call it "5 inch" which is more like 125mm and wouldn't fit. A lot of hoods have 120mm ports. What do you do ?