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hello, I'm replacing a ceiling rose in my bathroom with three downlights and also a mirror light. Do I just replace the rose with a junction box, keeping the wiring as it is and use the cable that used to be the flex to the pendant to connect to the first downlight, then from there to the...

I've removed a light fitting from the ceiling in my living room and the connection seems a bit weird. it has 2 x 1.5mm cables going to it. one of them is the switch and the other one must be the power (can't trace that one back) but shouldn't it have 3 going to it? also, when I removed the...

what kind of cable is it between the consumer unit and the electric meter?

I'm putting in cable for a kitchen extractor while my cieling is being replaced. I'm not getting the extractor yet just putting in cable ready. There seem to be two ways to wire in the extractor. an extractor on a spur with a pull switch. or one with a seperate on off switch - similar to...

I've made a school boy mistake and cut a cable too short when wiring up a socket in a backbox. the cables part of a new ring main and its already been platered into the wall. this is what i'm thinking of doing instead of having to put a whole new cable in: add a connector to the cable to...

im installing new plumbing pipes for a boiler in my house and i would like to know where i should install a service point where I can drain and flush the system. also how do you add inhibator to the syetm? I'm using old radiators and some old pipes so I'd like to give them a good flush before...

im moving my consumer unit, are there any regulations or safety reasons to stop me plastering the cable between the two into my wall where there will also be a ring main cable in the same chase? someone (not a qualified electrician just a diy er) told me he thinks the cable is meant to be...

im putting a new cable in for my shower. the old one was run through the wall cavity into the loft but i'm thinking of running the new one under the floor boards because its a much easier and shorter run. is there any reason I cant do this? is it against regulations or anything? it will be...

i'm thinking of buying a baxi duo tec 33: http://www.discountedheating.co.uk/shop/acatalog/Baxi_Duo-tec_33_HE_Condensing_Combi_Boiler.html and i'm installing the pipes myself. I have 2 routes to run my pipes, one thats roughly 15m to my furthest away tap, and one thats roughly 10m. the 15m...

I currently have no ceilings in the majority of my house so i'm taking the opurtunity to install alarm cables while its easy. i'm not fitting an alarm yet just putting the cables in. I've got 6 core cable and i'm going to run a single cable from where the control panel will be to each point -...

hi, my fuse box is in a really inconvienient place and I'm thinking of having it moved. Is there a limit to how far away from the meter the fuse box can be and what kind of cable connects the fuse box to the meter?

I'm replacing a Back-boiler system with a combi system. How do I drain the back boiler so I can remove the radiators and old pipes without worrying about any leaks (some of the rad valves are damaged so I can't turn them off). On a combi I think you have a drainage pipe but where should that be...

I've just bought a new house. The electrics were rewired around 25 years and all seem fine except the shower is on the same ring as the upstairs sockets. It appears to be on the thicker cable than the sockets. Is this safe? I thought the shower and cooker should always be on their own ring?

I'm installing pipework in my home for a combi boiler. I had a plumber out who's willing to let me do the pipe work and then he will inspect it and connect the boiler but he says theres a problem with the layout of my pipes. Basically, I'm trying to avoid cutting into my concrete floors...