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I need to leave a t+e cable in the ceiling void for a few days - no longer. In the past I'd strip the cables, then terminate with wago and wagobox. I'm wondering if I could just tape the end of the cable. Presumably I'd need to at least make sure the live conductor is poking out beyond the...

When in single pole mode? It has a plastic case so surely there is no way for a circuit to complete as a screwdriver tester would when you touch the metal cap. I should add I'm extremely pleased with it and should have got one years ago instead relying on multimeters or worse those dodgy...

Happy Christmas all. Does anyone have any experience of this or other Adey competitors? Given the 28mm Adey one is over £200 this seems like a bargain but is it any good? Oh and a bonus question is can it be fitted to a horizantal section of pipework ...

Its always cold in winter and hot in summer. Apart from knocking it all down and starting again are there any quickish wins to be had here? I used my infrared thermometer and all it really told me was that the top of the room is warmer than the bottom..... The rest of the house doesn't have...

Hello All So I'm planning my shed at the moment which will be a lean to off the house wall. Its 2.8M along the wall then a long 4.8M projection. So the rafters will likely be at least 5M. Like everyone, I want to keep the costs down. A purlin or purlins might be the answer? Would that be a...

If I order a load of 6x2s that are 4.8M in length are any of them likely to be short ? By short I'd say more than 10mm short - i.e. 4790mm or less ? Now I know TP isn't everyone's favourite merchant but they are the only yard close to me so makes economic sense. And I know this post gives...

Hello All Bit confused. I'm resigned to draining down again as what I've done must be wrong. :( So fitted this (link below) and one of the Q&A was "Can this be fitted on flow or return?". Answer from manufacturer was "No, its directional so must be fitted on the flow". Well luckily mine is...

Hello All Is this allowed?

Hello all Planning to extend kitchen at the back so that existing sink will be in the middle of the new kitchen on an "island". The existing sink drains outside into a gulley - that will be under the floor after the extension. There is a small 4 inch sewer running outside the proposed...

Hello All Just on the off chance anyone knows how to get hold of a (preferably few dozen) building control plans. Obviously residential and preferably for single storey extensions. Planning permission plans are dead easy via any council website but BC plans seem very hard to get. I'm ok...

Hello All I have what might be a boring technical question to some or a daft question to others but to me I just can't understand what to do. 1/ Where to tie the string line on the bracket? At the bottom where it cradles the gutter itself? 2/ Once the line is in place how to fix new brackets...

Is it just when you apply the seal or should you ideally leave it a few hours or overnight?

With the questions - not the kitchen and thanks so much for previous v helpful replies..... I've now got another problem. The wall cabinets are lined up so that the middle cabinet hosts the extractor above the hob - I can't move all that. But the planners (me - whoops!) have left a slither of a...

Hello All Just wondering how I'm going to fix this as I won't be able to get a drill above the wall cabinets to screw down. Then I thought about just sticking it on as its out of reach and is supported underneath anyway. Maybe even using silicone so it can be removed easily. Would that be a...

Hello All Does anyone know (or think it likely/unlikely) that these legs come with everything required to fix to any carcass or do you think they only attach to Wickes base units? Says fixings included but could still be only to a wickes carcass...

given my scribing skills aren't fantastic. I have a tracksaw maybe I should try it. I'm a bit nervous though. Under the highest part of the floor there is around a 1-2mm gap just enough to get the plinth under. That then runs down to about 12-13mm under the lowest part of the floor. Question...

Hello All Kitchen floor files firmly stuck to concrete floor. Planning to remove with my sds drill and a fair bit of sweat and tears. Question is once they've gone I'm thinking I'd be left with a fairly rough surface and old tile adhesive residue. Can I lay my new tiles straight on to that...

Honeywell Galaxy G2 of some kind. So with the kind help of a well known member of this forum, I have managed to reset my engineer code so in theory can manage the system myself without paying ADT £60 per month. I will lose the police response and I'm aware of that. Anyway, what now. I have two...

Hello All Maybe this is a stupid question - hopefully I'll find out ! So have an integrated DIN15R11 and I just powered it on without water or drainage connected. I just wanted to see if it would basically start and maybe complain about no water to give me confidence there is no issue before...

Hello All My kitchen run has a dishwasher next to an under-worktop oven. Inbetween I'd planned to put an end panel to support the worktop. I'd read on here (e.g. the below thread) that this end panel should be be brought out flush with the cabinet doors. Makes sense I think. But how to get the...