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I have recently refurbished my house. I have run Cat 5 cable to all the locations at the joist ends of the house where I wish to fit cameras. All the cat 5 cables run to a one point under my staircase where there is a power source and internet connection. I have the capacity to fit 8 x cameras...

The missus has been saving for years for the cooker she wants. I have an existing 6mm cable feeding the oven for this cooker (32A). This cooker also has a 2 ring induction hob and the instructions state it for the insuction hob it needs 'a separate single phase power supply - 13a fused three...

Advice appreciated as always. I am installing a wetroom. The area in the shower area is 90cm x 1m. Two walls are stud, one wall is bare block work which runs the length of the shower room. I was planning to use cement boards on the stud walls and then tank the shower area when all fitted. What...

i am currently fitting Wet UFH on the ground floor of my house ( being refurbished) new concreted floor laid, 120mm celotex been laid on top and then ready for screed - approx 7cm. I would like to fit a Wetroom in a downstairs toilet area approx 2m x 1.2m and plan to fit a preformed tray but...

i would like to tidy up the clutter of cables on a small kitchen worktop. Am I able to have the sockets for the kettle and toaster under the worktop and the cables drilled through the worktop and then plugged into the sockets under the worktop? Thanks in advance

Hi, it is an old combi boiler, Sse changed the heat exchanger approx a year ago. Now there is only a trickle coming out of the all the hot water taps, heating all ok. Any advice appreciated . Thanks

hi, I have a BPT c200 handset coming off an entry system in a flat with 4 x terminals numbered 1-4. I have purchased a commax ss phone to replace it with 6 x terminals. Can anyone please confirm which wires go from the old BPT to the new Commax please? Thanks

i would appreciate a Bit of advice please as there is conflicting views on the site. I have laid 18mm wbp ply on a bathroom floor after ripping up the old chipboard floor. - should I use 6mm hardie boards on the floor and are they stuck to the ply floor with tile adhesive and screwed? Also do...

Hi, I am extending my bathroom to fit a 800 mm shower tray (taking some space from landing). I was planning to build a frame to surround the tray with 4 x 2 and then use 12mm hardie backer to line the walls of the shower area. The tray is a resin tray which I plan to sit on the floor. Would...

Hi, I am fitting a bathroom and the soil pipe that the toilet goes into continues up the wall into the loft and through the roof to vent. I would like to re configure the bathroom and it would be helpful if I could remove the 4 inch pipe going up the wall to free up space Could I replace with...

Hi, I have looked through other threads, but looking for a bit of advice please if I post. I am fitting a new bathroom, two of the walls have plaster board with a cardboard sandwich in between, where there are bedrooms on the other side of each of these walls. Another wall (brick) has...

Hi, I have just bought a flat with an electric oven under a worktop and an electric 4 plate hob sitting into the worktop. I want to replace the hob. I have taken the oven out and it appears the oven (electric) and the hob have both been wired into the outlet plate on the wall (turned on...

Hi, I have just laid a base of type 1 mot, in preparation for a gravel driveway, 55 tons at 6 inch depth. I have a number of area where there are just the stones from the mix and no grit to bind them. Can anyone suggest please what I can use to bind the stones and then re-wacker plate them...

Hi, I hope you can help please with some advice. I rent out a 3 bedroom house out with a Ravenheat combi boiler (approx 10 years old). The heat exchanger has clogged up for a second time in 2 years and water fluctuated between hot and cold water. It has a fernox magnet filter and an in line...

Hi, I live in an end terraced house, next door the neighbour who is at the end of another terrace has applied for permitted development to extend his house. 6 years ago he extended his house on the ground floor approx 4m and now wants to extend a further 2m. This will result in the extension...

Hi, I has this cylinder fitted a year ago in a flat with economy 7 heating on the tank. The tenant phoned me up today and it appears water has been coming out of the pressure relief valve, and as a result where it drains into 1 1.5 waste pipe, this has warped due to the heat of the discharge...

Hi, I have had the fire places on the ground and first floor of my house removed. Due to the neighbour on the other side having their's removed and using gallow brackets, in conjunction with building control a steel on my side was fitted to support the stack above the first floor. I now need to...

Hi, not sure if this is the right section. I am in the process of buying a house, which is an old farm cottage. There are 6 cottages, around the back it looks like there is some kind of sewage plant. There are two circular green plastic tops on the ground, a vent sticking up from the ground and...

Hi, is bonding between hot and cold water pipes eg under a kitchen sink required if a 17th edition fuse box is fitted? Thanks[/i]

Hi, I rent out a house. The dishwasher needs replacing. It is has a fused switch above the worktop and the cable from the dishwasher through a plate behind the dishwasher on the wall Can I legally wire up the new dishwasher, i.e cut the plug off and wire up into the plate? or do I have...