Home DIY

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Guy fitting the floor put a screw through a pipe. Only noticed the leak this morning as theres a stain on the ceiling. I'm hoping it's fixed but wondering what to do about the stain? @Airhead I guess let everything dry out and then...

ok .. me again .. page 8 of this document says following.

I am confuse ..

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I also uncovered a bunch of wires going into maybe half a junction box but could also be a ceiling rose - Is this something I could attempt or best to get a bloke in?

Just don't worry about it.

I dont, but the lad I've got in says he cant do it as it says outboard in building regs!

Ask him where it says that (and what the reason is). You can download everything as a pdf for free if he can be specific.
It's definitely entrance floor only in a house.

Let it dry then paint it with Zinnser CoverSeal, I use the brush on variety as the overspray from the aerosol goes everywhere and sticks to everything. The aerosol is great for getting a flat finish though.

It's oil based and a pain to wash out of brushes, you need white spirit to clean them up.

With your junction box there are maintenance free junction boxes that satisfy current regs. Wago make them and the connectors suit. You might be able to buy the Wago connectors individually from the more posh electrical wholesalers. As long as you remake all the connections the same way and disconnect the power to the whole installation you are allowed to do it without falling foul of any regulation.

This kind of thing drives me nuts. Are you having to have building control inspect your works? If not then it shouldn't be an issue for your builder. Most doors open away from the hallway to stop you opening the door into someone on the hallway as has been previously mentioned.

Are you having to have building control inspect your works? If not then it shouldn't be an issue for your builder.

Nope. I have no idea why is he fixated on it maybe he had to bare cost of re-doing the doors in some job or something. He is a great guy and does a really good job so dont want to piss him off .. so my approach was find it in writing where it says its ok to have it inwards and show it to him.

ok crisis averted .. inside door it is! Thanks guise xxx

sorry for being late to the party and may have missed this, but is it a new toilet/bathroom or a refurb? if it's a refurb of an existing bathroom then I think there are grandfather rights meaning that these kind of new regs don't apply. ignore me if this has already been covered.

refurb .. the current/old door opens outside but thats because of the lack of space inside .. we are making it bigger

Reg regs... I had a gas guy tell me he couldn't refit my hobs as it had no fdu... I looked up the regs and he was wrong and got in contact with the board to confirm I was correct. Once I showed him all that he was happy to do it. I am aware that makes me sound very annoying.

How much should I pay to replace the main electricity control unit? Supplied, fitted and certification after test?

How many circuits?

I've been quoted £350 for this.

Had a secondary issue though in that I didn't have mains bonding with the gas and water pipes at the boiler (where they come into the flat). Seems this is a reasonably common issue with old installations as it didn't used to be a requirement but is now.

EDIT: The £350 wasn't taking into account the extra work to do the earthing (which is an arse as there is no easy route for the cable).

No idea .. the bathroom guy said when he went to turn off main supply he saw a crack in CU and it looks really old. He doesent do it so need to get quotes. Its a mid terrace 1940s 2 bed house.

If you post a picture or count the number of breakers it would give a better idea of what you're dealing with. £350 plus unavoidable extras like bonding sounds ballpark.

£350 is very, very cheap. A fuseboard replacement requires a full test of the house wiring however so you'll be expecting a lot of faults that need rectifying if its old wiring.

Just reread your post.

A 'crack' in the CU doesn't mean you need a new one. Pictures pleze...

My flooring fitter finally resurfaced. His decorator had gone quiet and rather than tell me he just went quiet too. Anyway, back on course.

Decorator reckons the paint on the stairs will take a long while to strip and has plumped for nitromors. @Airhead Is this the sort of thing an infra red heat gun would make short work of...?
Plan is to strip and repaint the stairs, then have runner down the middle.

@Airhead are you a builder/trader/oracle? Which areas do you operate in if so?

Haha, I was only specifically asking @Airhead as he'd mentioned the heat gun a day or two ago as being a revelation

That looks like my stairs - we chipped off the thicker paint with a scraper, pulled out/pushed in any nails and staples, sanded the steps to smooth them out then just painted over what was left. It looks ok from a distance but the wood wasn't great to begin with.
Sanding took ages.