Recent content by brianivor

In reply to John particularly, further careful examination of the consumer unit (with great difficulty owing to its location), has shown that the cable(s) entering the back of the 30 Amp socket are charred. I guess this will be a job for a professional, but since the consumer unit (Mem wired)...

O P here! Curiouser and curiouser... As stated previously, I dismantled the 30 amp wiring block being used to extend the existing cooker cable with new 30 Amp cable to the resituated ccu. On remaking the connections in the block, 240 volts resumed, the cooker circuit became live and the...

The comments about my problem were beginning to get a bit too technical for me! Thanks to the initial help and advice I received from you good folk, I was able to resolve the problem, the first mistake was to think "It can't possibly be that!". The original 30 amp cable was extended via a...

I typed a long reply, but it seems to have gone missing (hope this one gets through) Will retype as soon as I can Thank you

Thank you for your replies. The cooker panel I believe is called a Cooker Control Unit, which feeds the cable to the cooker The standard wall box is an 80mm switch box in which is enclosed a 30 amp screw terminal joining the cable from the consumer unit to the CCU. The meter is a £15 domestic...

All outputs from my cooker panel (Cooker and 13 amp socket) are dead. The circuit is: Consumer Unit to the original Cooker Panel location in kitchen, which is now a standard wall box from which a 30amp cable has been extended to a new Cooker Panel where the cooker is now located. This has...

I don't recall "battenboard" but your description is right about blockboard. I was all set to start another shelving project and am really bothered about the seeming non-availability of this product. Still hoping someone can recommend a supplier.

Its OK, I made my kitchen worktops from it 25 years ago, but two timber merchants in my locality (Basildon) said "Whats that then? Another two didnt stock it saying that people have moved towards MDF. Well I believe its better than MDF for shelving (more rigid) and I hear of health issues...

Sorr- does the flashing only refer to LED lamps or flourescent lamps as well?

I understand now and know what to look for ((mechanical switching) Thank you for your prompt reply - just a thought, some timers also say something about 11 watts minimum, can you help with this please?

I have an external porch light with a filament bulb controlled by a mechanical timer. I want to use a low energy bulb (spiral/flourescent type) instead and upgrade the timer (possibly to electronic). I read from some timer specs that they wont switch the new type of bulbs yet they work...

Once again, thanks Woody - not much more to do on this project now!

I need to box in a PVC soil pipe in my semi integral garage to prevent fire ingress into the bathroom room above, as I can't fit an intumescent collar due to space restrictions. The maximum constructed panel size would be 80 inches by 30 inches I imagine plasterboard would meet the...

I have a open vented system with a header tank in the loft. I did think about tying up the ballcock but with the summer temperatures in my loft I could lose as much water through evaporation. The underfloor pipes would be the same age as the house, but can copper pipes corrode? I was...

I am getting dampness rising from the bottom of an interior wall of my 60 year old house which has a concrete floor. At this stage I can only guess that the problem is either: A leak in the central heating pipes which run alongside the wall just below the surface of the floor, Or...