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Thanks for the advice, I will give it a go. Cheers Dylan

Hi All, This is my first time setting up an alarm system and I've been having a few issues along the way, most of which I have solved with perseverance and luck :-). However I'm stuck with this issue. I have the Texecom Premier Elite 24-w kit with a Premier Elite Odyssey 5-W sounder. Using...

The extractor will have a plug and socket up above a wall hanging kitchen cuboard, and the Gas hob will probably have the same inside a kitchen base cuboard. does that sound resonable? I'm just sounding you guys out at the moment I will however be following the instructions given to me by my...

You mean like this? If I do it this way then yup the sparky will do all the connecting.

Hi, Im currently getting my Kitchen knocked down and rebuilt and I'm also getting my Consumer Unit moved to a new location in my kitchen, by my local sparky. In order to save money after the CU move, I am going to chase the walls and fit the patress boxes cables etc, and when finished he...

ah ha, Thats how its done Thanks

Hi, How do you plasterboard round a girder? I've seen people hammer in pieces of wood to the side's in order to board the sides, but what about the bottom? Cheers

Excellent :D Thank you.

Hi, I've just checked the sticky for "Rules for burying cables in walls" but the link isn’t working. I'm due to start cutting up my wall to place new sockets etc soon, and would like to know the rules so to speak. Particularly should I be using some kind of metal conduit for placing...

It's costing me around £475 to get it from one side of the wall to the other. Im doing the digging myself, about a meter square. Its costing around a grand in total to get both the gas & elecy moved.

Lol :lol: yes thanks for that, you have just confirmed what I was thinking. Cheers :D

Thanks for that. Can you tell me how to remove the glazing beading, and will I be able to replace it afterwards i.e. does removing the beading make it unservicable? Is there anything else I will need to get hold of before I crack open my front door?

Has anyone ever used one of these Are they any good or just a total waste of money? Cheers

Excellent, it's always good to check

Hi, Can anyone tell me about making a connection between Copper pipe & PolyPipe, is it just the same principle as making a PolyPipe on PolyPipe connection i.e. you just push both ends into a standard straight coupler, or do you have to get a special coupler or replace any parts inside one...

Excellent Thank you very much. :lol:

Hello All I moved into a new house about 3 month ago, at the time the front door was fine, but as the weeks go by the front door is becoming a right hastle. it feels like its droping, you have to actually take the weight of it when you want to close it. Can anyone tell me how to fix...

Hello all, I'm getting my Elecky meter moved to the outside of my house on friday, just the other side of the wall from where it is now. And as you all probably know the electric company wont officially reconnect the supply, I'm supposed to get in another electrician to do it. However...

Thanks Fellas :)

Hello all, Im a home diy'er with quit a bit of experience using copper pipe for plumbing & soldering etc. I would like to start using the PolyPipe push fit stuff, Does anyone know of a good guide to using the stuff? I'm guessing its pretty easy to use, Im just not sure about all this...