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    Getting electrical work approved

    Hi all, Does any body have any experience about getting notifiable wiring work approved by a Building Control Dept? Apologies in advance for length of post! About 3 years ago I started to build a fair sized (7x10m) extension including shower room and kitchen. Initially I intended to get...
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    Cooker switch OK to locate under worktop?

    Hi all - I have had electricians in to do most of the electrical work in an extension but as I am struggling with budgets I am doing the wiring for cooker and hood. I will get a qualified electrician to do final connections. I feel confident about most of my routing but am worried about...
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    HELP! why won't a 'P' trap and sink waste fit together?

    Hi - help needed!!! Just bought parts to fit sink and wastes and hit sort of silliness only a green DIYer would hit !!! Bought this sink waste from screwfix code 57005 Bought this P trap from screwfix code 12794 Sink waste didn't come with any washers (as shown on screwfix website) or...
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    Ouch! Plasson push fit with missing pipe insert

    Hi All, I just pushed a 20mm water pipe into a Plasson Plass One copper pipe adapter (20mm / 15mm). Half a second later I realised I'd forgot to insert the pipe liner. The pipe won't come out because the oh so clever designers have made it "tamper proof" to defend it against all the evil...
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    how to finish row of slates on hipped roof

    Hi all, Hope someone can advise on how to finish hipped roof ridge slates! At the end of each row of slates I need to cut triangular pieces to finish against the hip rafter. Trouble is there is no batten left to nail these pieces to! On two previous faces of the roof (there are 8...
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    vapour barrier necessary Timber Framed extension?

    Hi All, Please can someone can give me some reassurance about vapour barriers? I have built timber framed extension. Wall build up is :- Timber cladding on Battens Breather membrane Fermacell 12.5 building board 160mm frame with 150mm celotex in studwork Internal wall surface -...
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    Brown sheathing for "live" wire. How do i get it?

    Hi All, I feel a bit foolish asking for help on this but hey.... I'm adding 2-way switches to my new kitchen. The diagram is straightforward and the 3-cores and earth are coloured brown, black, grey and green. I'm supposed to mark the L1/2 terminals (grey/black) with brown sheathing to...
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    Radiator sizing after 6" celotex insulation

    Hi All, Hope someone can reassure me with radiator sizing! Sorry for the amount of detail but I dont know how else to present the problem... As a retirement project I have built an extension part of which is a kitchen 6x6x2.4m. Construction is timber frame with fermacell "plasterboards"...
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    how to get a slope on a box gutter

    Hi all, Can anybody please help me with a box gutter construction problem? I have two roofs making a horizontal valley into which I am making a box gutter. The gutter is formed on an oak beam 5.2m long and the beam is "flat" (its actually 20mm higher at one end ie 1:255). I am trying to...
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    How to do 5m "horizontal" valley

    Hi all – Please can someone help with the detail of a “horizontal” roof valley? I am building a single storey extension made up of 2 pitched roofs. The valley in between is 5m long and horizontal (but can be made to have a slope of say 30-40mm in 5000. The base of the valley is a 5m 250mm...
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    Headlap working with reclaimed slates

    Hi all - please can anyone help me with slating low pitch roof with reclaimed slates? I want to slate a 21 degree roof with a 450x225 (18"x9") slate. I've increased the headlap to 125mm (5") from about 80mm - but I'm sort of worried that this may not be enough. I'm reholing the slates...
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    Can a boxed sash window have weights on one side?

    Hi All, Can someone advise me on box sash window manufacture? I need to get some windows made :( The window opening is approx 1.8m x 1.1m and the planning permission is for two sash windows side by side. My problem is that if I get four normal windows made the boxes will be either...
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    What base for tiled hearth over suspended floor?

    Hi all - please can anybody give advice on what is normally used as a base when creating a quarry tile hearth for a woodburner? Plywood, floorboards, steel plate? I'm ok with laying the tiles - its just the type of base. The joists span 2 metres and are 9". The quarry tiles are 6"x6"...
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    getting started with hearth on suspended floor

    Hi all - please can anybody give advice on what is normally used as a base when creating a quarry tile hearth for a woodburner? Plywood, floorboards, steel plate? I'm ok with laying the tiles - its just the type of base. The joists span 2 metres and are 9". The quarry tiles are 6"x6"...
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    Victorian door bevelled/square edge panels - which way hang?

    Can anybody please help me with problem hanging period door? The door is victorian/georgian. It has square edge panels on one side and chamfered panels on the other. The door opens from a kitchen into a utility room. Do the chamfered panels show on the kitchen side? Or is there no "correct"...
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    wiring colours in new extension

    Hi all, Please can someone with wiring experience offer advice about colour regulations? I am building an extension and intend to do the wiring layout (will be checked by electrician). The house is listed and was rewired about 40yrs ago in red/black wiring. I have unused 100m reels of...
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