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Lo I have a wall mounted gas glow worm condensing boiler professionally installed and on the wall at right angles have a gas hob - the gas hob is not directly under the boiler (but its not far away) there is 250mm to the wall and the boiler overhangs that space no real choice over location...

Does it matter whether the water (mains) goes to the taps first or to the washer /dishwasher first ? I want to have the taps to the left of the waste pipe and have the outdoor tap supply pipe to the right and supply the washer at the end. I am going to get a plumber in but just checking...

paid a tradesman to do the plastering but then decided to lay a slate floor tile but having to level floor as we go done about half but one big tile is not flush at the edge and one corner (re bare foot test) - can do anything about this after the event with grout as it will be hell to unstick...

I have a relatively small kitchen (11 ft x 11 ft) ish - the floor is uneven (there are trees next door!) and covered with ashphalt which has been poured on but does not always reach the edges - underneath I think it is concrete. I had thought of using self levelling flooring compound though...

Please could someone clarify the rules for me. I would like to move a wall socket in my kitchen (downstairs sockets ring) - the cables were installed professionally (well you could call it that!) but were dangled behind some wall cladding I have now removed. Before I plasterboard the ceiling...

I have removed a gainsborough sovereign - possibly 8kw but no sticker - got that from shower doc website - the cable is possibly 6amp ? black and red but goes into a 32 amp fuse on a seperate circuit on the rcd box - can i replace with a 9.5 kw ? or will the lights go out ?

I want to lay a bamboo click floating floor in a bedroom but need to have access to pipework and electrics for kitchen below - could I lay partial wood and have a strip of carpet but how would I edge the wooden floor to stop them moving or is it only best to do the whole floor with wooden strips...

I worked out that to do my ceiling I would need a certain no of 1200 x 900 and 1800 x 900 12.5 mm boards however my Wickes only has 1800 x 900. So am starting again and will have to cut somewhere. The room is 383 cm x 307 cm but there is an alcove of 47cm x 155 cm to fit round. The joists...

OK silly question now, when plastering kitchen do you have to turn off the electric ? I have a wylex fuse box and the cooker and down lights have own switch - but would all the downstairs sockets have to be off for the plasterers to do the job - half plastering and ceiling boards ?

As we were desperate for hot water - had a new wall mounted boiler fitted in the kicthen last oct. Regret had to fit onto the breeze block/brick and now want to plaster the rest around it. What's the best solution and should you = box in a boiler (the vent goes straight outside thro wall)...

What happens if you use floor levelling compound when there is a hump (hollow sounding) in the middle of the floor (ok so am close to some trees) ? I have not measured but maybe more than 5 mm Also can you poor levelling compound ontop of vinyl glue (glued onto bitumen) which looks like it was...

Why is it that doors are all 76.2 and mine is 75.7 cm ? Do i really have to cut these mm off and how ? Ordinary mortal :shock:

I have a cast iron soil stack - it runs internally (boxed in) and I would like to replace it with an external one - 2 probs 1) When it disappears into the ground inside the house - I have no idea where it goes - should not there be an inspection chamber outside ? I'm in a block of three and...

Could I have your recommendations please ? My kitchen was once two rooms, half plastered (1960's) - half not. The previous owner overcame this by lining the entire room with hardboard panelling and banging up some plasterboard on ceiling and coveing whole with polystyrene tiles - I am now...

Is the requirement for a FCU for a cooker hood extractor a legal requirement ? I removed the last built in hood and have a single socket where it used to be (presume on downstairs power circuit) - do I now have to replace with a fused unit ?

I have got a 18 month old double oven grill (new world) to be installed and wonder if anyone could advise me - 1) Is it now illegal to alter electrics yourself as I have heard that new regulations are coming in ? 2) If I do not have a cooker fuse (in the wylex fuse box) and I have to have to...

any views on neken tiling panels ?

I have a neff circotherm fan oven w gas hob. I think it keeps blowing the downstairs sockets - but cannot find out how or where it is wired into the electric circuit - will this be behind the oven and require removal ? thanks :oops: