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Dear All, Just went into kicthen and could smell a sort of burning / bleach / ozone smell, hard to describe. Traced to undertsairs cupboard where consumer unit is located. When i put my hand on top of the cover it was very warm on the rhs so i carefully removed the cover. Two cables have...

I am going to swap a standard loo seat for one of these family seats that has a 2nd smaller seat built in for toddlers to use. Seen plenty online but its hard to check the quality. Anybody got any first hand recommendations?

I have just had a very large Magnolia tree removed from in front of my house. It was a real shame as was a beautiful specimen but just far too large, twenty odd feet tall and 8 feet from house, blocked light badly. So, whilst enjoying the new found light in my front room i would like to...

Afternoon All, At the back of my garden is a playhouse on stilts, its set on bare earth with a geo fabric and then 5" of bark for safety. In front of it is a slab before you get to the lawn, which is the problem. I would like to cover the slab in either rubber tiles or mats like you get in...

A few months ago i posted a thread asking what you would include in a rewire given a blank canvas. I got lots of helpfull replies that i passed on to my sister, she has just had a first quote for the work, and i am none too impressed with the level of detail, spec or price. Could you guys cast...

Dear All, My sister has just purchased a new house in need of renovation including a full rewire, she has taken the very sensible decision to get this done before moving in. What i would like to know is, what would you pros do with a house if you were buying it now and doing a complete...

Right, this may be in the wrong place so shout if you can think of a better forum. I have a range cooker thats boxed in between two work surfaces, the boxing extends to ceiling height and contains an extractor and downlights, say about 80cms above the cooker. I would like to have a...

From the picture above would this CU take an RCBO? The reason i ask is that my lighting circuits are not on the RCD side of my box and the switches are not earthed (just single black and red). Would having these circuits on an RCBO be safer than current setup?

This is the RCD in my CU. I had underfloor heating installed in my bathroom and the sparks connected into my upstairs ring (its just a 2m2 mat). Reading on here the RCD should be a lower rating for this application?

Right, i will try and explain this as clearly as i can, i can upload photos if someone would be kind enough to explain how. In my downstairs hallway and upstaies landing i have two lights, one on each level. Downstairs i have a two gang two way switch. The right hand switch turns the...

I am renovating my back bedroom and removed an original wall socket to find the previous owner has extended the wires on one side of the ring main to the faceplate by using small chock blocks and lengths of 2.5mm cable. The blocks do not look up to the job IMHO. Whats the best way forward to...