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thanks for your help, i will give it a go :)

so i should be ok to screed directly ontop of the liquid dpm if i prime it first with neoprene? just 2 final questions.. is the neoprene i need the stopgap 131 and what mix would you recomend for the screed...3:1 sharp sand :cement? many thanks for your help with this, ive searched...

Hi Mac, thanks for your reply... i didnt make it clear but i didnt actually lay the self levelling compound on the tiles...where i self levelled i pulled the tiles up first. But when i pulled the tiles up they had been stuck down with a tar-like substance which was really wet underneath..its...

I have laid laminate flooring in 2 adjoining rooms but in one of the rooms its a bit spongey in a few places, nothing major but slightly annoying..im thinking of lifting up floor and trying to make more level (i haven’t put skirting on yet so not to difficult to do). Originally for the first...

Hi Taylor, ive just bought the house and the CU is quite old, rewirable fuse type consumer unit..i cant remember what there is in the way of RCD protection .. im at work at moment but i will check...i aim to get this CU changed, prob next year (will get someone qualified to do this tho :) )...

so CU>>>cooker switch>>>outlet plate>>>2x cables 1. to range and 2. to FCU>>hood sorry if im asking the same questions, just want to get it right thanks

thanks for your replies, good point, i hadnt thought about trying to squeeze the cables into the FCU terminals... Is this the dual switch ban...

I am replacing an old single cooker with a dual fuel range (gas hob/electric oven) and steel splashback and hood. The original cooker was supplied from a cooker switch on the wall which also has a plug socket in it. The drawing shows the layout, and the photo is not of my actual switch but...

Is it ok to fit FCU for a fan in airing cupboard..the cupboard is just inside the bathroom, basically taking up the left hand corner of the bathroom as you enter the room, back-to-back with the shower. _____________ airing cupboard | shower ac door |...

I guess so..:( i was planning to run existing 6-10 mm2 shower cable in loft to 5 amp fused switch in airing cupboard...there is then a flex cable from pump that connects to the switch for the fan i was planning to create a spur in the 6-10mm2 cable in the loft using a connection box to...

that sounds like a good plan :D the cable is there anyway so easier to use this ..cheers guys

hi, thanks for the reply...i can use the lights, there is a cable in the loft I can use or I can also bring a cable of the ring main..the lights would be easier though..i guess spurring of the shower cable is not allowed then?..just was trying to avoid having to cut into the lighting circuit if...

Apologies for this question ..i did find the answer previously by searching the previous posts but despite extensive searching its s*ds law I cant find it now and i want to be sure before starting the work tomorrow... We have replaced an electric shower with a shower and a pump.. Is it ok...

thanks, i will use the trunking :D

Is it ok to run a spur from a ring circuit to a new socket using plastic surface mounted trunking? If so can it be run horizontally across a wall? I want to add a double socket into a utility room by feeding a cable through the wall into the utility from an existing double socket..this...

thanks, i will have look :D

ok, how do they do that..is it a big job or is it better to just live with it,..the doors do close but i think they will rattle everytime another door is opened (we havent moved in to the house yet)..thanks for the replies

thanks for reply, sorry i should have said these are hardwood internal doors with a mortice latch..i wondered if its possible to make them close more tightly?