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I'm buying some materials for an electrician and on his list is 100meters of 25mm 6181y blue/grey and 100meters of 25mm 6181y brown/grey The price of both reels is about 360 each!!!!. What the hell is this even for? I can account for the 1mm2 and 2.5mm for ring circuits and lighting but not...

I'm sizing 7 radiators over two floors but not sure whether online BTU calculators are reliable ? Some of these calculators require so much more information than others to provide an output calculation which is making me worry? Also, are there any particular radiators that I should look...

Question is when running plastic pipes parallel with joists how often are struts required to stop the pipe from sagging? This is a victorian house so there are no noggins between joists just clear runs from one side of the house to the other. Many thanks

Hi, I'm going to run some pipes in a suspended timber floor (depth of joists approx 200mm+). I've read in my plumbing book that the notches should be made no closer to the joist supports than 0.07 times the span on the joists. or further than a quarter of the length of the joist away...

I am creating a bathroom in my house and one wall is solid stone, with lime render. I am going to fit moisture resistant board to this wall, and a friend has told me that the wall should be plastered before it is tiled (ceramic tiles). My question is, does the wall need to be plastered or can...

This ****ed up majorly. I spent yesterday boarding the chimney and alcove and this morning came to find all the foam behind had pushed the board from the wall. First time this has happened to me as relying on the strength of the foam alone to fill a 30mm void behind, and it's totally...

Tightened it as far as it will go. Something's not right chaps

I laid the bathroom floor with 600x400 ceramic 8mm thick tiles a few days ago, just got around to cleaning up the tiles ready for grouting and noticed some tiles were lifting slightly, at closer inspection they are completely loose !!!!!! I used this adhesive...

I want some opinions on whether or not to have gas or electric heating for a 2 floor maisonette. There is no gas supply in the property, and I already paid to have the gas mains and meter put in outside, but now I'm considering having the meter removed and having electric underfloor heating...

Hi everyone, I spent today doing a bit of budgeting and think what I've been quoted for a full re-wire could perhaps be a little excessive. Here is the quotation for a 2 bedroom maisonette: Kitchen & Lounge 9 double sockets boiler spur cooker supply (6mm for hob) spur and extractor...

The manhole cover is pretty central to the room. I've considered doing it this way: 1) Making most economical cuts to tile manhole and fit, this will also give me my base level for the rest of the room. 2) Cut tiles to rest of room without attempting to line up grout lines with the tiles...

So I've got to the point now where I've got the floor to tile, and then a small section underneath the batten runs on the wall. Just had a friend in who's a builder and he's told me to finish the floor (e.g. tile) and then put my sink and toilet down afterwards. I said to him I've read if...

How do you make sure that a stud wall you build out from an existing wall is perfectly perpendicular to it ? I use a laser level which gives me perfect plumb lines but what it can't tell me is if the line itself is 90 degrees to the wall? So I can build a stud but always at a slightly angle...

This is a problem as the wall plugs 10x50s are for solid wall construction and I can't find anything this size for cavity walls It's to late to fit supporting stud work behind as it has already been tiled Any suggestions ?

Simple question for anyone that knows, how do you scribe and cut the last ceiling tile that butts the ceiling ?

I spent the entire day fitting one onto 22mm ply sitting on timber joists sitting on concrete. I just can't figure out how I could have done this any better.. Here's what I did : 1) Once the ply was screwed, I placed the tray onto some cement which I screedy roughly onto the ply and...

Basically it was my 2nd time using self levelling compound and the floor came out 90% flat, however there is a high spot in one area (almost a ridge) and a low section in another. Luckily they are near the threshold areas, so I'm going to peel back and address the issue rather than leave the...

Hi, I bought one of these http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/201521 and my floor is 8mm laminate timber sitting on 5mm underlay sitting on a concrete floor. My question is how do I fit this? It has a peel off sticker at the back but if I stick this to the underlay it will get hairy and I doubt it...

Hi guys, I've got a cheap router I've used a few times and I'm intending to make a step out of 22mm ply and want to run a bullnose down it. What router piece do I buy as want to make sure I buy the right one?

I'm having to drill through stud as alternative is drilling twice as much through concrete which I don't want to do. I have a holesaw kit but the depth of the cut only goes as deep as the depth of the cup and I need to drill 4-5 times the depth. One option is to drill, notch out a bit of...