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by snowie
Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:21 am
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Fitting an outside tap
Replies: 0
Views: 2363

Fitting an outside tap

I am about to fit an outside garden tap, which will obviously involve drilling through the wall. The house is a fairly new timber frame type, which will have a 'membrane' between the outside stonework and the inside plaster board. Is there any problem breaking through this membrane, or is there some...
by snowie
Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:20 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Bathroom heated towel rail.
Replies: 1
Views: 3040

Bathroom heated towel rail.

Looking to fit an electric heated towel rail in the bathroom. The element wiring will go through the plasterboard wall, to connect to a fused socket in the hallway. Do you just push the wire through a hole in the plasterboard, or is there something a bit 'neater'? Something which looks a bit like a ...
by snowie
Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:42 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Cable Gromit?
Replies: 1
Views: 2602

Cable Gromit?

I'm looking for a 'gromit' type of thing, (similar to the gromit on a metal socket back plate, where the cable runs through preventing it being chaffed), except the gromit I'm looking for is to take the cable directly through plaster board, making a tidier hole in the plaster board. Does such a thin...
by snowie
Sat May 16, 2009 6:43 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: outside garden tap
Replies: 4
Views: 4306

Thanks for that htg. Some good tips which I will use when I fit this.
However, what is worrying me most, is putting a hole through the wall, the internal wood frame, and more importantly the waterproof membrane.
If I do this, will dampness get through the hole in the membrane?
Cheers
by snowie
Fri May 15, 2009 3:59 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: outside garden tap
Replies: 4
Views: 4306

outside garden tap

I want to fit an outside garden tap as shown here m However, the house is 4 years old, wood framed, and I believe will have a 'waterproof lining' between the outside brickwork and the inner wooden walls. If I drill through this waterproof lining, will damp get through the wall? If so, are there any ...
by snowie
Mon May 04, 2009 1:34 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Dripping kitchen mixer tap
Replies: 6
Views: 12876

Thanks Rosebury....it is a constant drip, and the handles did come off. Decided I would have to use 'brute force', (of which plenty was required), but they did eventually come off, by pulling them straight up. I took the cartridge out, cleaned it and put it back in. It still drips. There was no iden...
by snowie
Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:37 pm
Forum: Plumbing Forum
Topic: Dripping kitchen mixer tap
Replies: 6
Views: 12876

Dripping kitchen mixer tap

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