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I am throwing myself at your mercy and great wisdom, as if I'm unable to fix this problem, we are going to have to move house. We live in a ex-authority ground floor maisonette (i.e., we occupy the ground and first floor, with an identical maisonette above us on the 2nd and 3rd floors). The...

I'm about to embark on a flooring project, fitting engineered wood boards in my hallway and kitchen. The floor is nice and even, and I've filled any "dips", however, there is a "slope" up towards the left-hand side of my front door. This can be seen here: This is slightly better...

I should start by saying that I *will not* personally be doing the jobs I describe. Even without the legislation requiring competent/qualified people, the very idea of working with gas frightens me! A friend is coming to visit who has kindly offered to do these little jobs, if I'm able to get...

I'm about to install a new electric oven (AEG B2100-4). The rating on the oven itself is 3.0kw, which by my calculations would draw about 13A. The manual specifies connection via: "Cooker Control Circuit, 2.5mm2 PVC T&E, fuse - min:15A max:20A". It also says "It is necessary that you install...

Hi there, Don't know if anyone has any opinions/experiences that could help me in my decision-making process... About to buy an integrated dishwasher, and had planned to go for a Bosch, as 'received wisdom' seems to be that these are among the best-built in the mid price-range. Planning on...

I have a redundant 2'' steel gas pipe sticking up about 1' out of the ground in my kitchen. It's totally in the way of our new kitchen cabinets and I want to cut it off nearer the ground and pour some concrete down it to seal it off. Any problems with this? Some more information: we're in a...

I am fitting some (Ikea) fluorescent under-shelf lighting. It's a 'modular' design, allowing several strips to be linked together, then plugged into the ring main (3amp fuse in the plug). However, I want to wire the strips into the lighting circuit, so is ok to simply remove the plug and wire...

Having read all the various posts about whistling pipes, I'm no closer to diagnosing my whistling problem; any suggestions appreciated: I recently replumbed the house (in copper), and this included having a combi boiler installed (Ravenheat CSI 85A) and a new bathroom, including a...

This is plumbing related, but perhaps more of a legal type question. I'm not sure if there's anywhere on this forum where it would be better placed, or if anyone knows of a different forum that would be appropriate? While I'm here though, there is a safety/access angle to this question...

I know this is a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question, but I wonder if anyone could give an opinion on whether my kitchen floor is even enough to lay engineered wood boards onto, without my having to use a levelling compound. As explained in a previous post (thanks to WoodYouLike...

Reading the different posts about extending a ring main, it seems this can be done either by creating a localised 'loop' to and from a single point, or by taking out a link between two existing points and replacing this with a new cable that runs through new points. I would like to add at...

I know there are already oodles of threads about floor levelling and engineered wood flooring. However, I'm not sure if my specific questions have been answered. Apologies if they have... I have just taken up ceramic tiles from the (1970s concrete, with black - bitumen? coating) kitchen...

Apologies for the fact that I've posted something similar elsewhere on the forum, but it was in a thread that had gone cold. I wonder if anyone could comment on this arrangement: In other words, I'm including spurs for the extractor hood (although there is no spur cable as such...

I have been reading with interest the many postings about cooker circuits, and whether or not these should be used for anything else. If I understand what I've read, I would summarise as: 1) cooker circuits are best used only for cookers, however, 2) there is a provision in the relevant...

Apologies if this would make more sense in the electrics sections but here goes... I am about to gut and refit my kitchen, and as a fairly novice plumbing DIY-er it would make it a lot easier if I can use plastic pipe. The water main enters the house in the kitchen via copper pipe, and I plan to...

The current oven setup in my kitchen has a thick (6mm2?) cable terminating in a cooker switch (with socket) above the oven. The extractor is simply plugged into the socket. The thick cable continues on to a junction box behind the oven. This circuit is rated 30amp in the consumer unit. I am...

Please excuse newbie ignorance as far as terminology, etc goes... Currently my washing machine discharges into a stand waste which exits the external wall separately to the kitchen sink waste. I am about to add a dishwasher, and replace sink and will be re-plumbing all the wastes. I would like...