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Why? 3 RFCs - Kitchen, Downstairs and upstairs. Downstairs r2 e2e = 1330 Ohms. (1 leg of downstairs to 1 leg of kitchen = 650 Ohms And the other 480 Ohms.) Kitchen r2 e2e =0.78 Ohms Upstairs r2 e2e = 0.67 Ohms I have ideas - kitchen rewire picked up something, somewhere in the refit. Old...

I need to prevent rats getting in to my property and have been advised to concrete and wire mesh the sub floor, how should i concrete the below the floor boards? Any preparation needed, what are thoughts on DPM's Cheers

Just starting out and can't afford the £500 straight off any ideas?

Yeah well I got the multimeter out and there is no voltage so I think I must have connected to a switch cable I took a guess as to which to use and guessed wrong.

This is very frustrating - I have put a junction box on a twin and earth1.5/1.0 supply feed cable to get power into the loft for a light. I then fed that new cable to a 3 plate ceiling rose and a cable to the switch - all cables are 2+E 1.5/1.0. The pendant has a current and the switch cable...

If I am wearing rubber soled shoes rubber knee pad and rubber gloves can I touch the live to see what it feels like?

Cheers PBD super speedy reply too. No it didn't bang but the RCD did trip just wanted to get attention with the bang. So I shorted the circuit right got you,... no danger with live wires then?

Confused- I isolated the kitchen sockets by flicking the RCD trip to the kitchen sockets then went to cut the 2.5mm cable in the kitchen and the house lights lights tripped. What's going on? Do I need to turn off at main switch in order to add new cable and sockets? The house is on 4 rings...

Now that would be a miracle

The Yanks have this product that apparently can waterproof anything you would care to think of, Miracle Cover is it's name. http://www.miraclecoverinc.com/ Does anyone know if us Brits have something similar and of course better? If that is possible anymore...

why such why not cal pest control guy to get rid of them???/ Don't you think we've tried that!!!? Thanks for the company name though

Succinct and to the point cheers mate

I need to concrete the sub floor to stop rats getting in, we've tried poison, galvanised wire mesh and now the only option left is to concrete the sub floor area. The only problem is access, I don't think I can get ready mix to do the job because access is from the front of the house, via...

Flushed out 3 upstairs rads and the pipes connecting them and everything seems to be working well. :D Just became aware of a one way connector bridging the flow and return pipes below the boiler, it is 1/8th of a turn open? :? What's going on there? The return is almost as hot as the flow!

So what are my options DR?

Hi I am confused! I have a Ferroli Optimax HE Plus 31C which feeds only 4 radiators 1 downstairs and 3 upstairs. The first rad to heat up is the one downstairs at the same time the one in the bathroom heats up which is directly above the boiler in the kitchen, then very slowly by the 2nd...

I would sand and cement render w/ waterproofer and then skim the whole lot, that way you know what is there rather than leaving shoddy work by previous incompetents. That's what I did in my place and it's been a great learning curve - not as hard as everyone expects or says and you get a great...

What should I use to cover the flue once the pot is removed?

Hi there I have stripped my bathroom back to the brickwork which on three sides is non-cavity and external and was wondering how to get a smooth wall look without tiles, so would I just plasterboard and then paint with eggshell say or would I need to do more? I was going to paint the brickwork...

here they are. Yeah hard to give advice on such scant info hope these help