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Hi all, I have a LED strip to install in one of my kitchen cabinets. I have the 12v LED driver which is powered by an adapter which I need to plug in somewhere close by. I have the supply side of things sorted- it is just where to mount the socket. I am guessing a surface mounted box somewhere...

Hi all, I have a Blanco kitchen sink that I need to install, and it came with a waste kit. I have noticed however that the outer diameter of the waste pipe is a few mm narrower than the standard "40mm" solvent weld pipe I have used for my waste run behind the cabinet. Photo attached (bottom...

Hi all, I'm refitting my kitchen at the moment and soon arriving at the point where I am installing our new hob/oven configuration. I am using the same dedicated 32amp circuit which supplied the old oven as previously recommended on here. This now will supply an induction hob on a kitchen...

Hi all, I'd welcome some pointers/advice. I need to fit some plywood kitchen base cabinets, and secure to a solid wall. The cabinets themselves are flat backed and it has been designed that there is a 67mm void behind to accommodate services etc. I've attached a photo if that helps showing the...

Hi all, I'll be redoing the flooring in my kitchen soon and I have some gaps in the existing floorboards where they have been cut/removed to allow for access to services presumably around the perimeter of the room. The previous kitchen installers just nailed 6mm ply over them, which I've...

Hi all, I'm fitting a standard convector K3 radiator in my kitchen and Im going to replumb it so the pipes are chased into the wall rather than through the floorboards. Thus, I was looking for some equally bog standard corner lockshield valves to go with it (don't want TRV one side as will...

Hi all, Just checking- is this sort of 15mm pipe good for CH pipework in wall chases to prevent the copper coming into contact with the plaster...

Hi all, We have a sealed CH system with unvented cylinder (which is quite new, 3 or 4 years old). I've been monitoring the pressure gauge for a few weeks which I try and keep at 1.3 bar. It has needed topping up every now and again, and will lose around 0.1 bar every few days.Interestingly we...

Hi all, I'm reboarding my kitchen ceiling at the moment and just wanted to check on the below before proceeding further. Firstly, the existing ceiling was double plasterboarded. The reasons for taking it down was due to part of it sagging as a result of a previous leak (self inflicted-...

Hi all, I'm currently renovating our kitchen, with an adjustment in layout and as such changing a freestanding cooker (induction hob and oven rated at 10kW) to having a separate hob on an island, with two built in ovens on another cabinet run. I have the dedicated 32A breaker and associated...

Hi all, I’m redoing our kitchen at the moment, and I need to relocate a radiator to accommodate the design. The main flow and return pipework goes around the perimeter right under both where current radiator is, and where I planned to install the new one. Therefore what I had planned to do was...

Hi all, We have an extractor fan in our kitchen that I am going to remove (we will sort an alternate extraction solution). I can see the ring circuit cables coming down into the isolator switch (top right-ish of photo). Thought I'd better check- is it just a case of connecting the wires and...

Morning all, We have an ASHP (with HW cylinder) and over the last day or so the hot water hasn't been working properly, hence this being slightly urgent. On our control display the temp reading was all over the place so I immediately suspected a wiring issue with the temp sensor that runs from...

Hi all, I have a soil pipe in our kitchen that has a connection for an old water softener that we have disposed of and I need to repair/reseal the hole. As per the photo, the pipe that was inserted and solvent welded into the boss (which itself is also solvent welded) broke off- with minimal...

Hi all, I'm stripping out/refurbing my kitchen at the moment, and above the ceiling I have the eaves (chalet bungalow style property). The existing insulation was the old dense loft roll that I needed to take out, or at least some of it, as there was so much builders rubble/rubbish in it. Top...

Hi all, I need to replace a door which is external grade albeit it is all internal- it separates the kitchen from an unheated utility area. I was going to replace it with something a bit nicer looking, wooden etc. I've removed some of the upvc trim pieces to help measure up, and accepting I...

Hi all, We have a Vaillant unistor unvented 200l HW cylinder with a temperature sensor installed as per photos. This in turn is wired to our ASHP and via the controls we can obviously see what temperature the cylinder is currently at on the display. This has been working perfectly since...

Hi all, In the final stages of my shower room project and now need to sort the pan connections for the toilet. We have a 110mm pipe exiting from the wall as per photo (the black is just tape and bag to cover it whilst renovating). There will be a slight fall taking into account the height of...

Hi all, We've got a new freestanding electric oven with induction hob- I need to replace an existing integrated gas hob and oven. Quite happy with the worktop cabinet alterations....the kitchen is being redone soon anyway. I'm also getting the gas meter removed in a couple of weeks so...

We currently have heating engineers in for quite a large job. Prior to this we've had a few other reasonably major jobs done including removal of an old vented copper cylinder to unvented (different company). On both occasions some old parts which I would not consider waste, have been removed...