Search results

Hi! I saw a couple of comments about this before elsewhere on forum, but still wanted to ask: I have a few outer corners in a tiled bathroom where the tiles overlap, without a corner trim (my wife wanted them 90degrees...). Now we have white porcelain (carrara marble looking) tiles where the...

Hi guys, A builder is making a shower enclosure in my bathroom (fixing the whole bathroom really), and I am a little worried as regards the water/vapor proofing of the shower room. There will be a lot of steam there. Currently there is a stud wall with plywood (!) on top to ensure stability...

Hi guys, A builder is making a shower enclosure in my bathroom (fixing the whole bathroom really), and I am a little worried as regards the water/vapor proofing of the shower room. There will be a lot of steam there. Currently there is a stud wall with plywood (!) on top to ensure stability...

Hi guys, I have a 20 years old fireplace that has a torn thermocouple cable, and I noticed immediately when fixing it that the head is sitting outside of the firetray/coal bed in the back. The gas comes through a whole in the middle of the firetray, through rockwool etc. Is this normal for...

Hi there, Sry I had to go for dinner yesterday so had to give up without a light..I took 3 pictures of the fuseboard now and uploaded since I don't really know what amp they are at fuseboard..can you see from there? (it says C6, 30mA etc for "Lights 2nd Floor" which is the circuit I want to put...

Hi, thanks, yes I turned off the power and connected a spare lamp. Not very lucky I guess since the cable with live, neutral & earth is on a separate circuit (at switchboard) from the 2-way,2-gang circuit..any chance then or all hope lost?

Also, sorry for not correctly uploading photos..tried to "show my images", but clearly incorrect.. My slow answering here is just since I am switching on and off power when digging around the cables..

Thanks for comments. No, I can not access (nor see) the junction box. Yes, I have found another wire incoming with live, neutral and earth (i know this time!). This one actually used to power another wall light and is terminated in a junction box currently. Could I connect the neutral from my...

Hi, thanks for that, but the problem is that the junction box is between the switch and the lamp in the roof already inside wall/ceiling. Therefore I can not access the wires after the junction-box, only before the junction box next to the light switch itself. Therefore, is there any way to add...

Hi guys, oooops, I thought there was live, neutral etc there, but lo and behold..once the front of the box was opened I noticed there are only 2 cables (relevant for this light) with only live/switched live taped wires going between switches and to the junction box. My set-up is exactely the...

Hi, thanks, yes, I have a live, neutral and earth in the nearby switch to the existing lamp (incoming from hidden junction box), but how I could use this on the same circuit is somewhat beyond me I am afraid?!

[/url] Thanks for this. Yes, I could take the terminal point in the ceiling lamp, but if I attach a new cable there I would have to destroy the ceiling/wall when laying the cable to get power to the wall light..I'd rather not do this unless absolutely necessary. again thanks for looking at...

Hi there, I am doing some diy in our house and would very much like to add a hallway light to an existing ceiling lamp circuit. The existing ceiling lamp is on a 2-way switch system, by the way of using a junction box for incoming power. I believe I could just connect the hallway light next...

Hi there, I wanted to ask if it is possible (and ok practice) to use the electricity power from a standard socket through a 2-gang switch (live connected) and to 2 wires with wall lamps (2) and spotlights (4)? I presume lights and sockets should be on different circuits, but wanted to ask your...

Hah..being a farmer boy from Norway I thought I could diy a little and surely fix a little roof, but from your answers I can see there can be quite a little more to beams and joists! To answer the question of what style the missus prefers..well, she basically sees a few pictures of nice open...

Hey guys, no fighting, you are all great that take time to look at this! Really appreciated for this one / I think I was close to having a little disaster here.. I called over a struct.engineer that said an steel beam is definitely needed if I want to remove that wall under my little wood...

Hey, thanks again for this. Really appreciate it!

Hi, thanks a lot for proper answer! Yes, understood for nails vs scews *just difficult to get a hammer in there.. Yes, understood for the length of 6meters, exactely correct that the length span would be that length, and yes it would be pretty extremely bad if it falls down of course.. The...

Hi there, i am in the process of removing 2 small walls from the corner of my little living room and i wanted to make sure that the roof and floor above does not collapse.. We have a standard edwardian house in london where a loft extension has been done above the living room, and new floor...