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The question: Is there a legal/Building reg requirement to fit a Double Check Valve on the mains supply feeding the kitchen and Bathroom? I am in the process to fitting a new bathroom, and ended up ripping out the pipe work in the kitchen as well. All cold taps are now fed from the cold...

I think I'll have to work around the stupid shaver socket in the short term. Leave it as is. I'm going to have to get a sparky in to do the other notifiable work anyway, and they can do all the silly little jobs at the same time. Thanks for all your advice and definitive answers. Jason

The shaver box is on the lighting circuit. If it connects in the ceiling rose, could I disconnect it there and remove the box entirely. Sounds like the existing cable would not be fit for purpose for mirror lighting.

Thanks. Reading part P - I could not see specifically the see the case of removal. I will remove it then - fit a waterproof junction box / termination out the way. My fear was that a sparky would see it, and refuse to touch it since the work was not carried out by-the-book. Yes...

Hi, I'm in the process of replacing my bathroom suite. Currently the only thing in the room as it stands in the toilet pan. So does this classify a bathroom? The reason for asking is that I need to remove the shaver socket. A question that has been asked before, and I know this is...

Point taken on the ready mix. that was probably why I talked myself out of the dunlop. I took the unibond ready mix back for refund weeks ago. (and the general view was it was un fit for porpous ) What BAL product would you recommend assuming I used WP1 for tanking?

I agree about using the same company for Tanking and Adhesive ( That was my plan at one point ). I was going to go with the dunlop Adhesive too, but talked myself out of that. BAL does seem to be the most popular - But so many variants to choose from blue/green/white star/Single Part...

The emulsion paint seems powdery, It didn't pull of flakes of paint or anything like that. So Assuming I tile on the surface I have. The Dunlop kit contains a primer, ( not sure if this is acrylic ) so slap this on as per instructions. Then the water proof coating. Then using...

Thanks Richard, Tanking has always been the plan, A Dunlop tanking kit is sitting in by screwfix basket. Ripping the lot down then stud walling etc is a lot of work ( for me ). And will double the depth of the wall. I guess that moved into the relms of structual work which will require...

I recently had some asbestos panels removed from my house. The guy that did this also pointed out that Artex contained Asbestos, and may require special removal. ( full quarantine if they are cleaning an artex ceiling brought down by water damage ) May have just been a horror story, but you...

I have stripped the old tiles off around my bath ( only 3 tiles high ), which has pulled off the plaster skim and some of the paper from the board beneath. however not down to the plaster filling. The wall above the tiles was painted, emulsion over various layers of other paint. - I'm...