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Thanks, There’s a gate valve from the header tank. Can I simply close this, leave a few inches of pipe and fit a John Guest end cap? What would be the ‘proper’ way to do it?

Hi, I'm ripping out the shower cubicle in my en-suite before the bathroom fitter comes next week. I know that the cold water feed comes directly from the header tank in the loft (shown as the black line) and the hot water comes from the bathroom adjacent. I'm going to be putting up some stud...

Previous occupants had double glazing fitted and cavity wall insulation pumped in. There’s a lintel above the inner block work but the outer brick course stops at the height of the new windows as the roof slopes past. I was thinking of framing out the window area with battens and fixing...

Hi, Ive had to remove my old plaster on a first floor wall so that I can Aquaboard it ready for the bathroom fitter in a couple of weeks. Having removed the plasterboard around the window it seems that when the new UPVC windows were added a bridging lintel was not, therefore I have a gap between...

Great, thanks

Hi, I’m redoing the tiles in my kitchen. After taking them off from the kitchen window it’s apparent that they were simply stuck to some plasterboard which was resting on the window surround. I need to build it up about an inch before I lay the new tiles. What is the proper way to do this? Thanks

Thanks for the info. I've started re-tiling the splash-back in the kitchen below the bathroom. When I've taken off the old tiles I can see the power cable to the kitchen extractor that comes from a fused spur. Can I use a WagoBox to run a 2.5mm wire from this cable, to a fused spur above the...

Hi, I'm in the process of redesigning my bathrooms upstairs and would like a few luxuries that would have to be powered from the lighting circuit. At the moment everything has been transferred over to LED so I've only got around 100W of bulbs on the upstairs lighting circuit (6A breaker)...

I've removed my old extractor fan and fitted an in-line one instead. I'm now left with a large hole which I've covered with some MDF to keep the spiders out. Before my plasterer comes I was wondering if I could just cut out some plasterboard to fit the hole and then he can skim over this. Does...

I'm starting a renovation of my bathroom and could do with some recommendations for extractor fans. It has to be ceiling mounted as the ducting exits through an airbrick and everything is all nice and neat on the outside wall. Would you recommend an in-line fan or would a simple extractor have...

I'm trying to install an led striplight behind a mirror in my downstairs toilet (it will be supplied from a transformer connected to one of the downlights). In the ceiling void a joist is in the way but I could poke the cable through a hole that is already there through which the downstairs ring...

I've managed to isolate the garden lights and the fuse seems to be holding. Before I start opening a ton of junction boxes along the fence and digging up armoured cable would water ingress cause a fuse to blow or just a breaker to trip?

All LED's. Less than 50W!

The 5A cartridge fuse in this side keeps blowing. The other circuit (which does the garage door fridge etc, is ok). Fuse blows without tripping switches. The outdoor lights are on a timer and it doesn’t blow as soon as they go on, approximately half an hour after.

Hi, I've got a separate MCB in the garage that has been working flawlessly for a couple of years. Recently the lighting circuit on it keeps blowing the 5A cartridge fuse (not just tripping it). This circuit supplies the inside light and a number of external downlights. Any thoughts on the fault...

Very good point, I don't want it to look like this house on Rightmove :D

Cheers for the info. I can see the benefit of having the isolating switch, especially as it's going to be an in-frame cabinet that the washing machine is being built into. The feed seems to drop from the ceiling and is on a separate fuse on the consumer unit. I think I'll get another socket...

Hi all, I'm prepping my utility room for when the kitchen fitter arrives. I currently have two separate fused connections on the rear wall, one for each socket under the worktop. Before I get a sparky round I'd like to know whether it would be possible to add a single socket next to this by...

As it states really. Can I use the existing pebbles on my patio (Approx 20mm diameter) to backfill the area after I’ve excavated the soil? I’ll be addding some MOT on top and compacting as well.