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Hi, If anyone can help me I will really appreciate it. Last year I had scaffolding erected and removed from my house and during the removing stage the scaffolder was dropping the polls, and letting them slide down on their own. He was on his own when removing them and by sliding them down he...

Hi, I had a terrible experience from a really bad plasterer/decorator. He did a horrific job then did a runner after I paid him (yes i know i shouldn't have paid) anyway i have spent months now trying to fix the bad work and in that time became super aware of bad plastering and bumps and...

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone could advise me, I am doing up a house i just bought and in my last house hearing family on toilet was annoying. I am hoping to be able to insulate all the stud walls for sound and also to keep warmth inside the room, just wondered if there is any...

Hello, As per the advice of a very helpful forum member I have bought Grohe Rapid Cistern and frame however now I am trying to buy the pans i am really worried they wont fit. Eg the pan below...

Hello, I am refurbishing my house and will need 5 of these toilets, any money saved is best but obviously don't want a false economy. Is there any real difference between grohe branded...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help, I have recently bought a new house that needed tons of work done and its really important for me to have bathtubs but the only place I can comfortable fit a bathtub is in the loft space and about 30cm of the bath will be inside the roof void which I am...

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ahh I see ! :) Thank you so much I thought something fell from under the floorboards upstairs haha :oops:

I have uploaded pictures on my albums, I am totally baffled by it. Any advice would be appreciated http://www.diynot.com/network/rosieshillam1/albums/16521

Thanks for advice :) No he didn't know I just provided the backboxes that were sold to me with the sockets but he didn't see the sockets until he came to fit them, my fault I appreciate but surely he could have just looked at it and known it wasn't going to fit without opening and trying all...

Hello, Thank you so much everyone for all your replies, All the backbones were 25mm metal ones and have taken photos: http://i48.tinypic.com/2a0dc80.jpg http://i47.tinypic.com/j5z0w3.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/1eqtt.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/2uic9ds.jpg...

Hello, I bought dimmable LED's to use with the dimmable switches and non dimmable LED's to use with normal switches These are the types: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310397791463?var=610060625681&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 with these switches...

No I asked how far away from the wall to fit the head? many people have said centre but is that really the case with quadrant enclosures?

Hi this is the range that I bought http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Wiring_Accessories_Menu_Index/VL_Brushed_Steel/index.html We used standard back boxes that I bought with the sockets and switches and this is a picture of one of the fittings, the reason its a standard white...

Hello, My electrician (who has not entirely done everything else perfectly either) is blaming the sockets and switches we bought from TLC to be the reason that there is a bow in almost every socket and with the exception of one light switch (exact same type as the rest) all light switches...

Hello, I am having a new quadrant shower enclosure fitted in my bathroom and really need to know how far a shower head like below should be from the wall? http://reviews.diy.com/2191-en_gb/10026477/reviews.htm And also if anyone can let me know how high it should be screwed up from the...

Hi ALEC1, I really don't understand how cutting down on radiators will mean having to increase the boiler temperature?

Hello, But won't the heat from the flat downstairs rise up my stairs too? I am fitting new radiators all over but the width of the one in the hallway at the top of the stairs is 100cm. Thank you

Hi D_Hailsham There isn't any door at the top of the stairs its a really tiny hallway with a radiator outside in-between the bedroom doors (as pictured). Is that enough to heat the area (its such a tiny area) ? Having no radiator down stairs means I can fit this at the entrance: :D...

Hi ALEC1, So do you think its ok for me to take it out? The space is tiny and there is a radiator right up the stairs if you look at my pic Thanks