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Evening all. I’m trying to find a deep bed cementitious adhesive for dot and dabbing Marmox boards onto uneven brick walls. The maximum I can find is about 15mm bed but I’m looking at dabs of 20+mm higher up the walls. I will be mechanically fixing through the dabs. And I want to avoid battening...

Thanks Sunray, yes I think I’ll go with round conduit, two to each backbox. And having them enter via the left and right punch outs like oldbutnotdead said means I’ll have two narrow clean chases to fill instead of one wider one. I’ve also got to put a drop in the to-be bathroom for a future...

I meant the knockouts - I’ve seen examples where a single entry goes into the far left knockout on the topside rather than the centre knock out. So the backbox is to the side, like a flag on a pole. Your method makes complete sense, thank you, and also your advice re consistency and photos. Much...

Good point, oldbutnotdead - I’d trip up on a paper clip given half a chance. One final question if you don’t mind. Single vertical conduits entering top/bottom of back boxes on centre line or in line with one of the outer edges using the last punch out hole? I’ve seen both online, is it a...

Re number of sockets, oldbutnotdead, thanks for checking that - the two sockets is what’s in each room currently so only a small amount of filling in to do later. The plan is to have two double sockets on at least two walls in each room, where possible lining up with new ones on other side of...

Makes sense, oldbutnotdead, but I didn’t want to take up someone’s time doing a site visit when the rewire won’t happen for another six months probably (first baby due in Feb agghh!) and I’d be getting several quotes so no guarantee of getting the work. Now googling coax and CAT5 - beats going...

Many thanks for quick and clear answer Sparkwright! I thinking of single round conduit so there be plenty of room to pull through any variation of cable spec and I could use the cheapo chasing tool I’ve got which does a tidy job. Can I fix the round conduit with grab adhesive or does it need to...

Hi folks, I’m in the process of refurbishing upstairs - ripped down cracked lathe and plaster ceilings and reboarded. I want to rehang doors so they open into the rooms and that means moving light switches. And I want to have more wall sockets. But I can’t afford to get the rewire done at this...

Morning all, The Floplast SP140. Everyone seems to use it for dropping plastic soil pipe into old cast iron or clay. But I’m replacing underground clay with plastic and will join the cast iron stack to a plastic rest bend. Can the SP140 also be used for old cast iron into plastic or will it leak...

right, makes complete sense - and fortunately I didn't place an order for the rads yesterday so I could double triple check the calcs again today, glad I checked in here again today. Yeah me and the Boss are out at work during the week so we'd need the heat up. Just out of interest, it's...

Great advice! It's not just about "knowing stuff"- it's about conveying it to someone else in a way that can be understood - which you've done. Thanks! Funnily enough, me and Her have discussed doors open/closed etc and that's the sort of variable that I guess we'll have to live with (preferably...

Morning All, Tearing my hair out here doing rad calcs and all the online methods come up different. Surely someone's gonna get a prize for being the millionth person to ask this soon. Anyway, I've got all super nerdy and used the Kermi calculator and I've measured all the windows, correctly...