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Hi All Just bought a new house and I've knocked the toilet and bathroom through into one. I'm moving the toilet and I want to build a shower cubicle in the space where the toilet was. The space is 1400mm so I was going to put down a 1200mm shower tray and use the 200mm "gap" to have a concealed...

Re-read your post properly and I realised that I have tried the pen only right at the tip of the wire that goes into the chimney. When I touch the tip of the pen along the rest of the wire it flashes live immediately!! I should have checked this right from the start. This makes me thing that you...

I've swapped the fuse out as I thought it might be something as simple as that but as usual, it never is!!. Thanks very much for taking the time to answer my query - I will ask the electrician once I can book him to tell me what went wwrong - otherwise it will haunt me forever!!

I now realise I shouldn't have let him touch it and got a proper electrician but when he talked me through it, it seemed to make sense and I can't understand why it doesn't work?? While it may not meet the regulations, in theory should it have worked? I will now need to get an electrician in...

Hello I am moving some things around in my kitchen and this means that the cooker hood needs to be moved about 100mm. Unfortunately, this means the FCU for the hood is now inaccessible and the chimney part of the hood would partway cover it. The FCU switch was wired in with 2.5mm T&E on the...

Quick update - I saw this and never said thank you for your post. I took your advice and before hiring props and buying up all the stuff I would need, I thought I would break into the ceiling by the chimney and take a quick peek. Lucky I did because when I had a proper look, it turns out I...

Fantastic - many thanks for your help and the diagram is really useful. Now the theory is done, I just need to get going!! :wink:

Thanks so much for your prompt reply - this makes good sense. Can I just ask a couple more questions? -- How do I attach the trimmer joist to the existing longer joists and the end of the short joists? Can I use joist hangers or does the trimmer joist need to be nailed / screwed somehow...

Hi All Sorry if this topic has already been covered but I couldn't find the answer I was looking for on the other topics. I need to take my chimney out at ground floor level. The chimney upstairs has already been taken all the way up there is no stack so this is not an issue. Above the...