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Hey I am about to render an old earth retaining wall in my garden and have the following questions: 1) The wall does not have a PVC sheet behind it to protect moisture from penetrating the wall and its not practical to put one behind it, should I treat the wall with some sort or...

I want to wire up a 2G switchs (2 switches on the same face plate ie 2G switch) as follows: Switch 1: this will control one light. Switch 2: this will be the intermediate switch for a 3 way switching set up. My question is do I buy a 2G intermediate switch and the wire one side up as...

I Have a Glow worm 30CXI combi boiler fitted in my loft space. All the radiators heat up ok apart from the last 2 on the run and they very bottom of the house one in the cellar and one on ground floor. I can get them to heat up ok if I turn 2 other rads off on the ground floor, I have balanced...

I want to build a curved wall for a planter in the garden it will be made from blue engineering bricks, what is the maxmium mortar gap I can have on the curved section?

Can anyone help with the above, i want to be able to switch a lamp in the living on and off by a switch on the wall. per a electrics book i have it says that i can do this with a 2 amp lighting circuit with 2A round-pin unswitched sockets. please can you confirm that my understanding as...

I have a philips 28" widescreen TV 4 1/2 years old. While you are watching it sometimes it switches itslef off (onto stand by) If I try to switch it back on it goes back to stand by, it can take up to 40 times of keep switching it on for it to come back on. What is wrong with it? Can I...

I want to earth some new radiators, what size conduit wire do I need to use?

Hi Boiler: glow worm 30cxi combi condensing. Rads: 7 Pipe: 60 meters The boiler is located in the loft, drops to the first floor to feed 3 rads, all fine, drops to the grond floor 3 rads 2 heat up fine the other heats up but takes alot longer, drops to cellar 1 rad takes about 1 1/2 hrs...

Hi I have just fitted 7 new rads & all the pipe work. The system is a combi bolier with a 2 pipe sealed central heating system. All the upsatairs radiators heat up fine and 2 of the downstairs also do. I have problems with 3 of the rads. The problem seems to be where I have a tee...