kitchen

Hi, I would like to give thanks to every member of this forum, I have been watching and read upon many posts for the past few years and have learned a lot. I apologize in advance but I would very much like some advice on electrical work which has been completely messed up by a cowboy kitchen...

Hi, I own a 3 storey end of terrace. It is a small footprint of a house. It is a downstairs with a kitchen a Sitting room (both equal sized) with hall running down the side of sitting room to the stairs. My plan was to knock out the wall between the kitchen and sitting room but also the hall...

As you can see from the diagram there is a foul drain running underneath a side extension to our home. The man hole on the left is in the garage, the one on the right is outside the back of the house. The challenge is: How do we connect the drains for the dishwasher and sink on the new island...

I have a simple question, to which I have been getting conflicting answers: Can I cut a section out of a flat roof joist to run through some ducting? Happy for it to be flat channel. The rafters are 170mm. I've seen some info but think it's about floor boards: I have seen enforcement...

Our Victorian property has a flat roof side extension for the kitchen. The kitchen ceiling is in part under the original property and in part under the flat roof. A long RSJ props up the original wall of the house. We are going to fit a ceiling extractor above a new kitchen island. The...

Hi, I have recently moved into a new flat and would like to change the kitchen tap but have never seen before a mounting bracket as the one in the attached photo. Anyone could advise me on how to uninstall it? Also, the hex screw to remove the lever has been completely rounded so any ideas on...

In the process of renovating our kitchen and after removing the faceplate of 1 double socket with the intention of replacing the faceplate and adding a spur I've found there's 4 cables feeding it. 4 live, 4 neutral, 4 earths. All 2.5mm t+e. Now there's two feeding it from above, both I assume...

We're in the process of renovating our kitchen. We've removed the existing tiles, and in the splashback area above the hob we found a small mdf patch hiding a junction box. I'll let the pictures do the talking but wanted advice on whats best to do. It doesn't power the hob, oven or extractor...

My kitchen tap is leaking on both the cold and hot taps but more so on the hot and I’ve fallen at the first hurdle. I can’t figure out how to take it apart to see if it’s the washers. No branding other than the kitchen was bought from howdens. Can anyone advise? Pictures below. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, Apologies if this is in the wrong section, is there any way to repair the laminate on this damaged wooden kitchen top? It looks like the laminate has been melted off from the hob exposing the wood underneath. Damaged kitchen top by Kyle Mann posted 24 Nov 2020 at 11:23 PM Any advice...

Hi All, I’m currently having a new kitchen installed and noticed quite a few chips in the worktop and in the bottom of the kitchen cabinets. I flagged this up to the builder who tells me he’ll fix it but he has just painted over the chips. Am I being too pedantic in asking for these to be...

I've bought a stainless steel splash back to fix behind my gas hob instead of tiles. I bought Grip Tite to fix it but on reading the tube it says it's highly flammable. Have I got the wrong product and, if so, what should I have bought to fix it that's non flammable? I'd rather be safe than...

Hi My kitchen has 12 downlights, with a triple switch at the entrance, which turns different sections of the room, one of them only turns on and off two of the downlights which seems silly. There is also another switch by the garden door which turns on and off 5 downlights, the same as one of...

What do the most recent regs say about washing machines in bathrooms? My (2.5m x 2.1m) ground floor bathroom and 1st floor kitchen need rearranging: obviously, the washing machine really needs to be in the bathroom (below the kitchen). The 2 main trips on the CU are RCD protected. Thank you...

Hi all, I would like to get some advice please on the following circuit for our new kitchen. The proposed layout has a 3.2kw electric oven and a 7.4kw induction hob. These would connect via 45A isolation switches to a 6mm2 radial circuit. I am running the cables myself and would like to know...

Hi all, Just started fitting our new units from DIY Kitchens. There's a pillar that comes out of the wall by 11cm and is 66cm wide. I'll have to cut out the back of 3 units to accommodate the pillar. Not too worried about the tall unit and base unit, but not sure how to deal with the wall unit...

I had Vinyl flooring fitted in my kitchen in 2015. A few days ago I cooked myself a baked potato in the microwave (as I have done many times before!). However, after ten minutes (2 x 5 minutes) + 2 minutes cooling; the potato was black! Therefore I put the potato in the bin and microwaved...

Hi, I have an old wickes circular saw and the blade has seen better days. I need to cut some laminate kitchen worktop, will I get better results with a 40 tooth blade, rather than 24 ? I think I can get the 40 tooth blade for £17 inc collet size adapter. I notice lidl have a new saw and 40...

Hi, The plumbing in my kitchen is a mess ! Can anyone please tell me the best way of connecting the outside tap pipe in an inaccessible area ( the cut one to left of pic as it needs to be nearer the wall so its in the service area of the cupboard ) Ideally Id like to avoid joints at all there...

Hi All, Just over a year ago I had a leaky rising main stop cock under the sink. This caused some water damage to the laminate floorboards. The separation and bubbling continued to get worse however, so I decided to pull the worst damaged board up to see if there was any other water, but...