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Hi all Location: Combined kitchen/living room (ground floor) Sub-floor: Concrete Area: 6.80m x 3.2m I'm thinking of removing the tiles in a combined kitchen living room and then putting down more concrete (to bring the level back up) and finishing it as smooth as reasonably possible to begin...

I have a Philips Essential HF-E 418 TL-D 4 x 18W electronic ballast which I want to wire to 3 18w tubes and I'm using T8 Push on fixing lampholders like below. I have tried wiring up the ballest with one tube so far and it hasn't worked so I want to make sure I'm doing it right to...

Hello I've been renovating my bathroom, I've bought a mono mixer tap; the cold water is on mains pressure and the warm is gravity feed so I've bought a pressure equalising valve. Should I also be fitting a check valve? ...Thanks...

Hi Is there a door stoping mechanism that does not involve rubber door stops on the floor or wall? This would be for an internal door.

I will fit the wall hung toilet pan soon and my question is: as the pan spigot is unglazed and rough on the outside and the straight pan connector fits over this, do I need to add anything else to make a water tight seal?

Hello I'm ready to fit the wall hung toilet pan, I asume I need a peice of rubber that goes between the pan and the tiles, where can I get one from? ...Thanks...

Hello I'm redoing my bathroom which has on asbestos cement soil pipe coming in through the wall. I cut (spraying with water) a lot of the pipe back, now I need to figure out how to connect new plastic fitting(s) to it, so I appreciate some advice. The inner diameter is about 4 inches, see the...

I'm redoing the bathroom upstairs and am thinking of having a mixer shower instead of an electric shower but the (Wikes RWB2E.cw) heating controller to turn the hot water on is downstairs in a cupboard. Can I get a Heating Controller that also has second wireless (or wired) controller that...

I'm in the process of redoing my bathroom and I would like a wall hung toilet. What I haven't been sure of is how one is able to get to the cistern when it needs servicing in the future. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Hi all, I got the window off of ebay, unused. Should I take the black tape off of the edges of the glazed units? I assume the tape is only there to aid handling and forms no sealing? How should I position the sliding black packer things in the frame? The two sashes that open each...

I'm interested in buying this PIR 180° Dual Level Standalone PIR and in the instructions the wiring diagram (page 5) shows Security load (max 1000W) on L1 and Courtesy load (max 120w) on L2. I do want to connect two lights to the PIR, both would be under 120w, so do the live of both lights...

I'm currently building a shed/workshop out of 4x2. I plan on using 50mm kingspan type stuff in the ceiling. In the photo below you can see the gaps just below the roof/above the wall, should I cover those thin rectangular gaps completely with wood or use something that will allow some air...

I'm currently building a posh shed and the pitched roof is only 5°. Roof area is about 26.6² Today I found a post on another forum where sombody said using an ice and watershield underneath would make it feasable to use shingles on a shallow pitch. I've been looking onto ways to cover...

What kind of gap if any, do I need around the frames when installing a upvc window & French door into timber shed frame (4 x 2's)? I already have the second hand window and door, and I'm currently finishing the timber frame.

Hi all I've almost finished the 4x2 framework of the shed/workshop I'm building in the garden. What meterial should I cover the outside with before I put the featheredge/shiplap on? Felt? A DPM?[/url]

Hello I am going to build a workshop / gym in the garden. The concrete base will be 4 x 5 meters. I have many of these blocks (pictured below) left over from the base of the old shed. My question is can I just lay these down intact to form the sub-base hardcore type layer, or should I...

Hello, a friends sister has asked me if I am able to do some decorating of her house I have visited her before with her sister and know her small children, this is being done on a friendly basis. I am not a painting & Decorator by profession but I have converted my parents loft etc. She has...

I added a 20a mcb to a 2 way consumer unit (other mcb is shower) for a new radial mains circuit to go up to the loft. Can I run a fused spur off of the new radial circuit in the loft for six downlighters? ...Thanks...