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Hi SFK, Thanks for your advise back in November, I've now hung joists (CLS 38x63mm) with mini hangers and fixed plaster board to give quite a good level ceiling. I just need to tape and fill the plaster board on the ceiling and paint, I don't think I'm up to skimming. The visible CLS (89x38)...

Got that bracket off the ceiling last night, came of nicely with a longer screw driver and plenty of WD40, no visible dust. Looks like someone had drilled through the ceiling panel in the past, hope they wore a face mask. I sprayed some resin based crack filler into the gap, which sealed the...

That's really great, at least I have a plan now. Thanks Very much.

That's great, thanks for your trouble so if I've got this right the main point is... The Top Plate should be fixed to one of the new ceiling joists. I could also add a timber overhang the top plate to screw the plasterboard into to stop any movement. The only other problem I may have is that...

So the Top Plate should be okay just supported on the wall using joist hangers at the top along with a few short studs linking to the smaller false ceiling joists for rigidity along it's length. Okay SFK, thanks again for all you help, it's been very useful and I'll hopefully avoid disturbing...

Thanks again, that's really useful, just one last question if I may. If I use heavier CSL for the Top Plate and use joist hangers to support it, how would you fix the two end verticals to it, will the hangers be in the way a bit, or doesn't it matter? Kind Regards Jon

Hi again, yes I think I will give it another bash with a longer screw driver, I couldn't get purchase with my existing one. the bracket is already loose at the top and can rotate slightly. (I have been careful with this as I don't want it to scrape any particles off the ceiling, and sprayed...

Thanks SFK, that's a great idea, I didn't fancy screwing anything to the ceiling. BTW I have to remove some old metal brackets from the ceiling which have been used to store wood. I feel fearful even removing them. The first one I have tried is very stiff, just an old slotted screw bit it...

Hello, I'm thinking of dividing my garage into two rooms by adding a stud wall, making one end a utility room and leaving the other end as a smaller garage. The garage is integral to the house (built around 1960) and has high ceilings. The main issue is that the ceiling has what I think are...

Thanks Adam, my place is in Southwell, half way between Nottingham and Newark.

Yes, it does feed the boiler and there's a couple of sockets on the back of it which feed a freezer too. I can't see an earth either, although I've never looked until now, that is a worry. Okay, Adam thanks for that, it is a bit of a mess, I'm not about to touch anything which I cant isolate...

So are you saying that the cable to the main board is too small? That aside I really wanted to have the two other switches removed anyway but thought I could re-use one to supply the shed, if you think that's a poor idea, what other options are there? Could I get a new fused supply put in, one...

Here are some photos of my fine example of modernity.... You can see the two independent circuits with 45A switches side by side, fed directly from newer tails provided through the Henley Block below. The other switch below is for the Boiler Circuit, that seems to be fed from some wires coming...

Thanks TTC, I'll take some pictures tonight and post them. Incidentally the garage already has a dedicated similar switched circuit to the boiler, but I was reluctant to just take a feed off that. I hoped to do most of the work myself and ask an electrician to make the final connection at the...

Okay, Taylor... You're quite right, please excuse my lack of knowledge on the terminology front and elsewhere too. I did indeed mean a small consumer unit, with 2 MCBs in it (6A and 16A), I have 3 double sockets wired in a ring not radial circuit which will be used to power a PC, a few low...

Hi, I'm installing power down to my garden shed and have done/intend the following... Installed a basic RCD with both a 6A lighting and 16A power circuit, and provided a simple ring main circuit and a couple of lights connected respectively. Layed a 2.5mm SWA cable down the garden and plan to...