Recent content by mikefear

The very similar one I have came with a plug this too was very handy for isolating it when removed from the socket! :D

couldn't you just nip to the handyman and buy a stud dectector that detects voltage? probably not a proffessional thing to do like, but would do the job you ask. (the spirit of diynot)

I take it nobody uses the chasing chisels then? It's surely no messier than chiselling by hand just saves on the arm ache.

I'm by no means an expert, but from a laymans point of view, I did a fair bit of cable chasing last month using an sds plus chasing chisel, and it wasn't all that messy at all because it comes out in clumps rather than dust. Only about 20 quid too so did the job nicely.

Thanks for the replies. I’ve disconnected the spur for the saniflow since it’s not worked for about 6 months (although, now I realize it’s on a fused spur I’m thinking it might just be the fuse that’s gone so I might just reconnect it albeit boxed up just to see if that’s the case)...

Yes I didn't mean for the sparky to be hanging the wallpaper or anything, just some of the rooms are plastered and painted so I didn't know if for instance this would be left within a couple of mm and then have to go to the further expense of a plasterer for a good finish. (I'm the worlds worst...

I live in a 1930's typical west yorkshire 3 bed semi. I was told when I bought the house 5 years ago that the electrics had been completely rewired in the mid 80's when an extension was added (without any planning permission I might add but that's another story). Anyway... The first sign I...

How long before your kids discover the delights of an extension lead?

I have a suspended floor, and no air bricks at the rear of the house. About 15 years ago an extension was added and I can only presume they chose to pave the rear garden at floor level for some strange reason, leaving the air bricks presumable 6-12" below ground level. The joist are...

I don't want to be argumentative but... That's a little naive. I do not think it is possible to slander an entirely profession by saying you worry that something might happen either. Besides which I do have evidence of this. During a recent kitchen refurb I was told the supplementary...

I have no expertise in electrical matters, but the rules seem completely toothless. What is the point in having laws which you can not possible enforce. How would they know whether any work I've undertaken (or anyone else for that matter) came in before or after it became illegal to perform...

I know that's the ideal method but it means I have a good few days of cable channelling, and making good after, ahead of me. The good news being I just did a dry run (probably frowned upon again) with the above setup and everything worked perfectly. Now that I'm all clued up and tooled up, all...

I might be completely wrong here, but from the wiring diagram on the thermostat the boiler terminals are "volt free switching", when the boiler is isolated it will not matter that the thermostat is still live as the supply i'm talking about here here is purely to power the thermostat. The...

Thanks for your reply breezer, the boiler is already on what appears to be a spur from a spur which from reading around here seems is already not acceptable, so I would be hesitant to another spur from this socket. It will have been done like this because there's no access under the tiled floor...

I recently had an old boiler replaced with a new combi and moved to a new room in the house during a kitchen refit. It was a last minute decision to move the boiler, while the kitchen work was already underway so the kitchen company used their own guy to do the work (and changed a premium rate...