Search results

One technique I use sometimes is to click the board into place to one side of architrave and then slowly slide it sideways under the arch, gently tapping with a hammer against a waste piece.

A truss frame type will likely have loads of diagnoals struts in the loft space. There are truss roof which are designed to take lofts, but your loft would be a proper attic room if that was the case. If you can walk around your loft without anything too much in the way (except junk! :) )...

Having a quick gander at one of the Argos cookers I see a .79kWh specification. But it's for the oven, not the hob. For example...

I wouldn't worry too much about expansion gaps in a small en-suite. Laminate flooring doesn't move that much anyway. I think a good rule of thumb is 1mm gap each side per metre.

The anchor plugs probably won't work since they need some space behind the plasterboard to open out. You can get self tapping plasterboard plugs which screw into the plasterboard into which you then place a screw. Either way you will need 2-3 screws. The screw in fixings take about 6kg in 12.5mm...

Building regs don't cover tiling. It does make the cover difficult to remove, but the electrical regs say "accessible" but that doesn't mean anything about damaging decor to gain access.

I know this is decorating and not electrical, but just pointing something out just in case. If you are replacing them with metal ones then make sure that the switches have an earth ready and waiting inside the backbox. If there is no earth, you will have to have the lighting circuit upgraded.

A party wall agreement is ususally arranged through a solicitor, though in theory you could arrange one between yourselves but not advisable. It's basicaly a document that details the procedures if something goes wrong, allows you to go on your neighbours land if necessary, and says what can be...

Probably the best route. If the plaster has blown in some places it won't be long before the rest might do. Rip it all off and put up plasterboard in it's place, fixing them to the existing studs. You could just plasterboard over the existing stuff using dot and dab, but if some of it's...

You could get a humidstat extractor fan. The fan will come one soon after starting to have a shower. The light might as well be hooked into the bathroom light switch.

Use the laminate floor itself, or to be more accurate an off cut from a board. Using an offcut you can get the offcut "clicked" into position to tap in and because its a perfect fit the T&G won't be damaged. Depending on the make you only need to give gentle to light taps to get them to click...

Ok if a plastic front cover and plastic backbox. Though the earth cable should be terminated neatly in something like a single terminal strip in case a metallic switch cover is used in the future.

Signal cable shouldn't be any closer than 50mm (or 5cm) from electrical cable, after that it doesn't matter too much unless you've got some very sensitive signals or high voltage electrical cables.

The whole point of a ring is that there is no "side", the current flows down both sides to the equipment. You can overload a ring by plugging in too much equipment but the MCBs in the CU will stop the cable overheating. If you are planning on putting large loads on a ring then the electrician...

Age of building has no bearing on the issue. I don't think there is any regulation about siting of extractor vents with respect to neighbours. Have a look at the various building regulation documents. Ventilation is...

Cover the join with a bit of architrave. Wood expands and contracts, plaster doesn't so you will always get a crack along the join. Covering with architrave hides the gap.

As far as I know it can rest on top of the DPC. Because it's exposed though you need to make sure you don't penetrate it.

Speak to your management company that looks after the block of flats. It'll be their responsibiltiy to maintain the door entry system.

Not saying he's guilty or not, I don't know as I haven't been following the case much if at all. However, just being devils advocate.... Complications - Possibly because he was high on amphetimines which has admits to taking to counter tiredness when driving long distance on his drug runs...

When using terminal strips, the connection has to be easily accessible. There are many differing viws on what easily accessible really means since it's not defined in the regs. If your cupboard can be easily removed from the wall without needing to dismantle the whole kitchen then it could be...