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Hi, I've seen images online of fairly farmhouse-style old fashioned tables e.g. the free-standing kitchen unit type, which have a thin sheet of zinc coated onto the table top, bend over the sides, and nailed at the sides...

Hi, after getting some confused responses regarding airtight electrical boxes //www.diynot.com/forums/electrics/airtight-electrical-back-boxes.393070/page-2 I was wondering if anyone knows what the situation is in the UK with regards to achieving Part L maximum air leakage of 10...

Hi, I'm not sure if anyone will have an answer, but I'm doing some research into airtight construction using timber frame (e.g. on the interior of the timber studs, there is an airtight plastic membrane, taped at all corners, with fresh air brought into the structure using a mechanical heat...

Hi, I'm making some modifications to my central heating and hot water system in a cupboard. The old 'wiring centre' was a single gang plastic pattress box, which was pretty scary and literally crammed full with wires. Conventional wiring centres don't have enough space, so I've put in two...

Hi, A few years ago, some building work was done, and the plumber ran all new drains to the kitchen and bathroom, including a soil stack. However, I've realized that he didn't put a vent on the soil pipe (not even an AAV). The stack is last on the line of the drains. Obviously, there's...

Hi, I have a room where there is a hairline crack which runs around the entire ceiling about a foot from the wall. This corresponds with joins in the sheet rock. It is 50's construction, it has been plaster skimmed all over but there is no hessian tape over the joins apart from wall corners...

Hi, my house was built in the 50's, I've recently been doing a lot of redecorating, plumbing e.t.c. and realized that the upstairs block walls are built straight onto the floor boards. What I'm concerned about, is, there are two walls spaced around 2ft apart which form a closet dividing two...

Hi, I have a 10a MCB in my consumer unit for all the upstairs lights. The total load of all the lights commonly used at the same time is around 8 amps. The cables are 1.5mm for the main feed to the attic, and 1mm from light switches to individual sets of lights, clipped direct (attic). I'd like...

I'm just wondering why I have seen new homes built with fiberglass between the joists on the inside (e.g. upper floor or ground floor with insulated basement below) or in internal stud walls. Is this purely to reduce sound transmission? Reason being, I'm installing wood flooring upstairs in my...

Hi, I'm just planning ahead whilst I'm redecorating and installing hardwood floors e.t.c. and want to run a cable 10 metres from my existing house's meter and CU between the upstairs floor joists to the other side of the house (where there is currently a garage which I'm planning on turning into...

I'm just wondering what people think, when I wire sockets, accessories e.t.c. I always twist conductors together with a pair of pliers before screwing into terminals, because I've seen many times cables that have come loose or aren't screwed in properly (especially when two conductors go into...