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OK. My house is lit by just over 200 watts of light, including the outside light. Living room: 15 watt PENDANT with nice shade. Two 7 watt plaster uplighters. Switched seperately. Enought light to read by etc. Also have a 15 watt standing lamp for when i need a bit more light. Kitchen...

Hi I'm removing a wardrobe built over the stair bulkhead in our box bedroom. I've always avoided doing anything with electrics. But this seems such a straightforward job I was going to do it myself There is a double socket on the stud partition wardrobe wall that I'm removing. This needs to be...

Hello, Previous owners of our house have put up a cabin bed and desk above the stair bulkhead in our smallest bedroom. I have put up some shelving above these two and a sort of bookend on the desk. We don't use the bed or desk for their intended purpose and I wondered if there was a way to...

I made use of the space above our stairs bulkhead, so I could keep files etc in my office. I built some shelves using a crap jigsaw and a few bits of wood... 1591437766995281194694 by noseall posted 6 Jun 2020 at 11:03 AM I could do much better now but its 'utilitarian'.:mrgreen: However...

This was posted recently. Coincidentally I had been planning something along the same lines, but simpler, to store a vacuum cleaner and tools at the foot of my staircase. There's a lot of potential space under a staircase; the trick is to make it accessible. In my last house I made three...

I'd be surprised if it's loadbearing. Joists usually span front to back in houses of that style. It's possible the ceiling joists span locally onto that wall, but even if they do it would be a simple job for a builder to do. If it is carrying joists it would just be a case of sticking in a...

Ahh I get it now, the white things that look like stair treads are actually not proper steps. So you can remove the weird boxing bit at the top: This assumes the radiator is not being relocated? If it is you can remove part of the partition it's fixed to and that gives you a few more options...

The stairs at the bottom of my garden are really dark. So my plan is to run SWA from my house to the bottom to light up the area. However, i have a few questions: 1. Should it be 3 core or 2 core? I assume 2 core as the outer shielding will be connected to earth at both sides? 2. For the...

I don't have any image editing on my phone so can't draw straight lines Admittedly it isn't the best drawing/design. And I'm rubbish at explaining what I'm visualising. I do plan on doing a stud wall to separate the landing and bedroom exactly as you indicated (great sectioning BTW!) And then...

If you're removing any structural timbers from under the stairs, it's important to put something back in their place; a plywood bulkhead is a good way to do this. However, it doesn't look as if that applies in your case. I would plan to divide the doors you're using to close off the cupboard...

If you are able to do some wiring yourself.... I have very occasionally fitted emergency lights like these as ceiling lights. When off The green LED makes enough 'glow' to light the hallway and stairs at night. The are operated using the normal light switch. And additionally they come on for...

Tony Thanks for the reply, really useful. Yes what you say makes sense. However I can't cut the bulkhead back here without effectively losing a bedroom because there's already a narrow point where I'm knocking the box room through. If I'm reading your post correctly, the main problem with...

hallway stripping commenced today. i knocked down wall no1. This was a cupboard formed by a thermalite block wall and a double door. It is above the bulkhead aboe the stairs, but we decided to open this up to make the box room feel bigger. Not that its a small room for a box room, but the...

I have 2x flats with self contained non maintained Emergency Bulkheads. My electrician has provided Emergency Lighting Completion Certificates for both flats ('For Small New Installations'). The GF flat has 2 lights in the one corridor, which opens into a small lobby, then onto the street, the...

Hi, I'm considering skimming over my artex ceiling and I'm familiar with most of the potential issues in doing so, but as I am not a plasterer I wanted to check something specific.... I know that some people say pva then skim, and some say thistle bond-it then skim but would there be any issue...

Hi There, I'm a complete newbie here (just joined today) and as I'm not a native speaker of English (and erm... I don't know if it matters but also a female) I have no idea of the terminology I need to use in order to find the answer to my question. To be honest I don't even know how to form...

I shan't post a pic of mine as its just a pink plastic box with some wood wedged in to separate the colors lol. A friend of mine has 4 lengths of down pipe attached to his back doors, 1 for clear, 1 for white, 1 for caulk and 1 is mixed colors. Its very smart but I often fill the van right to...

I went to view a repo house earlier today. It is a 1900's end of terrace. It is an "L"-shape house - the type with the kitchen and upstairs bathroom in a small "extended but original" part out back. On entering the house, you walk straight into the living room, which has had the chimney...

Wow, you are very observant!! 1) Stairwell bulkhead in the pic? It is this section here: So the toilet and start of the bath are directly above the bottom of the stairs. 2) OK, The short subfloor boards did have a bit of wood behind them (useless) but there is a solid steel weight bearing...

Following on from my borrowed neutral thread, I really liked the idea of installing an emergency above my C/U to provide illumination in the event of a fault. A couple of points to clear up though: - I was planning on putting it on it's own 6a MCB, however I've been thinking, if it's the...