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Hi folks, looking for some advice on my impending wetroom project. Pointed here by the tiling forum... next stop plumbing I guess! :) The room will have a level floor and a preformed marmox shower tray. My query is whether or not I should lay the Devi heating mat into this shower tray...

Hi folks, looking for some advice on my impending wetroom project. Unless any of you can see any major flaws, the floor construction is 18mm WBP glued and screwed to joists+noggins, 6mm Marmox insulation boards 'glued' with rapidset cement for the majority of the floor area and a preformed...

Hey all, I've been trying to search for the trades thoughts on the ultraheat line of radiators. The main reason being that they appear to do a number of different sized vertical rads at competitive prices. So if they don't come recommended which brand would be a good solution to replaced me...

I have just installed some fitted wardrobes and would like to have 3 or 4 down-lights recessed into the pelmet to shine downwards (and possibly in when the doors are slid open if I can get some adjustable ones). They will be inserted into a 36mm thick (sandwich of 18mm thick chipboard and...

Hi again, I've been doing some reading up thanks to these excellent forums etc and hope I've come up with a safe wiring solution for the Kitchen (first floor flat) Can I ask for suitably qualified eyes to once over the pdf wiring plan to see if there's anything wrong with it please...

Is it acceptable to place electrical backboxes into wood? I wasn't sure if this would present a fire hazard or if it meets regulations. I have 6m of windows along one side of the kitchen and the vertical timber supports are the only place I can realistically place sockets/FCUs.

I've got an unused built in extractor that was given to me gratis. However there are no instructions present in the box and at the end of the flex there is currently no plug. So I was wondering, assuming the appliance was double earthed is there any reason why I cant attach a 13A rated plug...

I'm considering my options for a new boiler for a large two bedroomed first floor Edwardian flat. Currently there are 8 Rads, 4 large single glazed (probably to be changed to dbl glazed sash windows in the main living room and bedroom) and about 6 metres of dbl glazed sash windows in the...

I will shortly be fitting out a wetroom in my ensuite. The room is small, about 2m x 2m and unfortunately has a very pronounced sloping floor. Its a first floor flat, wooden floorboards on sizable joists. I'm pondering using the existing slope as a basis for the shower drainage - the fall is...

Hi, Looking for guidance for my soil stack vent pipe. I have a first floor flat and am refitting an ensuite bathroom. On ripping out the old fittings and tiles I uncovered a soil stack vent pipe. It was boxed in, but it seems a little strange to have a vent terminating inside the house...

Hi, first post, although have used the site from time to time for good advice so go easy on me! I'm refitting a kitchen that was fitted around 10-15 yrs ago. My consumer unit is a Crabtree box (with RCD) and the cooker circuit is on a 32 Amp MCB at the unit. This then leads to a Switched...