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Thoughts ? I've posted this on another forum but although this is a DIY some of you guys are pretty knowledgeable. Got to Test this next week. The board looks to have a modified incomer, what concerns me the most (not for testing) is should any kind of fault occur to this board and the RCCB...

Have gutted and removed all the tiles I installed nearly 20 years ago in my bathroom, I'm thinking of using a Shower Panel on the walls as it's easier to clean and has no grout to worry about going off colour or moldy overtime. Looking at various websites some recommend a sure seal strip at the...

Hi, had a friend ask me for advice regarding a Two Bed House he’s buying and doing up. Took some shots of the Incoming Power. It used to be a Bakery as a building but since been converted into three dwellings. TT with an old shared service head. It’s split at various places. He wants the meter...

I'm renewing my kitchen at present. Last week I removed our Electric cooker (which I installed over ten years ago) and also my Gas hob which was fed from a cooker outlet valve via a rubber hose. I don't intend to do DIY gas (yeah that Old Chestnut in your mind) the Hob was fitted by a plumber...

Has anyone on here fitted one of these units into their own car? http://hydroxsystems.co.uk/hho-hydrogen-brown-gas-car-fuel-saver-economy-emissions-efficiency-kit-gas-mpg-kit-water-dry-fuel-cell-generator-cars-vans-hydrox-systems.html regards Chivers

Anyone got any experience of these? We have a client who doesn't want an "ugly" IP rated switch fitted in a changing room for a swimming pool so i've looked for something more aesthetically pleasing. See link below...

So i went to my mothers yesterday three hour drive from Surrey to Shropshire and had as look at the leaking Lead box Gully on her disastrous extension, I've previously posted on here about it but hard to get involved when we have three kids and my wife and I work full-time etc.... I've attached...

About time I updated our Potterton Boiler. We currently have a gravity fed cyclinder system. We have three bedroms and one bathroom and i'm in the process of building/finishing an en-suite to main bedroom. Have three children all girls who all like showers! If you were installing from fresh...

Anyone know a good supplier of cavity floor boxes ? I've looked on TLC but was wondering if anyone knew of a better site. i've been asked to do a small job in a Travel agents that currently have four double sockets literally screwed to the floor under each desk - looks very DIY! I mainly...

Just a little history first - Ok i've been re-training for quite sometime now and have Regs plus 2391 and come from a Telecoms background. I know about Part P and have decided for the time being to notify the Local borough council as up to now i've done non notifyable work and like for like...

Ok i'm in the process of going alone having got qualifications and completed a certain amount of non-notifiable work. I've also complete "notifiable" work before it was a requirement Obvoiusly word of mouth is the best /cheapest form of advertising but i was wondering what the self employed...

How would you do it personally? Run external lighting with PIR fitted I ask as i now know how they've been run at the school I work in (not by me) they have RCD protection as it's a new build & Dis board.

Hi, I normally go on the Electrics section on this forum but have a flooring query I wondered if any of you chaps might be able to help with supplying details of any company out there that can sell me some rubber step nosing. It's actually for a Nursery entrance with concrete slabbed...

What sort of work do you think someone that's qualified with 17th Edition should be able to carry out who isn't reqistered in a Part P scheme in school premises (not caretakers home)?

I read a post a while back regarding ceiling pull cord switches a while back and someone mentioned that Crabtree switches were easier to wire up as the cover comes off and your able to wire it up without resorting to "cramming" in 10 or 16mm2 cable. I can't remember who it was may have been...

Hi, I've had my extension being built for a while now and rather than run a waste pipe down the side of my house, and dig up the path of solid concrete is it permissable to run a waste pipe in the floor over a four meter(ish) span? The joists in my house luckily run in the direction the...