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I'm converting a 14x8 summerhouse into a garden office shortly and wanted advice on insulation and damp proofing as I've read some contradictory information. The summerhouse will have a 19mm ship lap external layer with 40mm x 70mm treated timber frame behind it. I was planning on putting 30mm...

I've had a quote from an electrician to install an electricity supply to a garden room. The current CU was installed in 2020 when another electrician did a full rewire. The first thing this electrician said when he saw the CU was, "Installed in 2020 and already outdated," and then proceeded to...

I'm looking at running a power supply to a garden office for 8 double sockets, an internal lighting circuit and an external lighting circuit. In my home consumer unit (house was fully rewired with new CU in 2020), I have a spare B40 MCB. Am I able to go from the B40 with 6mm T&E to 3 Core 6mm...

My wife snagged a cable for the alarm system under the stairs where the fuse box and meter for the electricity supply is. I sorted the cable out and as I tucked the alarm cable in at the side of the fuse box, it came away from the wall. We had a rewire early last year and the electrician...

Back in January, we had a rewire at our property. The electrician provided an electronic Domestic EIC in PDF format by email for the work. The electrician signed the certificate, and underneath "The inspection and testing reviewed by" box was signed by a QS from NAPIT that he subcontracted. The...

Hi, I'm currently having some new windows fitted by a local FENSA registered installer, the last of which should be done either today or tomorrow. Three of the windows are tilt & turn. In my parents house up to 2003 and in my old house from 2003 to 2019, all of the tilt & Turn windows worked...

I had an extractor fan installed by an electrician when he did some other work in the house. It was an Awenta brand (not my choice but was included in the price of the other work) with timer and humidistat. I never liked the Awenta fan so I decided to replace it with an Xpelair one with just a...

Hi, We've just has our recently purchased house rewired due to issues regarding previous owners' bodge work and undisclosed mice infestation. We hired a qualified electrician who was recommended by the window fitter that's going to be doing for some work for us. All of the walls are just...

Hi, The corner of my kitchen has been rounded off since I bought the house 12 years ago. I'm going to the expense of renovating downstairs. I've done the bathroom so its now onto the kitchen. I was told by someone that the rounded corner in the kitchen could be ventilation for an old stove and...

I took the old pull switch down from the bathroom as it was in a mess. I'm moving the switch to outside of the bathroom on the wall as a standard 1 gang wall switch. Inside the old pull switch was 2 red, 2 black and 2 bare (sleeved green) cables. One red (I marked it with black marker when I...

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p34397Hi, I am looking at replacing the ceiling rose in my bathroom (downstairs in the extension) with downlights. I'm installing 4 x 5w LED COB IP65 lights in there. My existing light has 3 wires going into it - red, black and green. I know these are live...

Hi, The corner of my kitchen is rounded off for some reason. I've recently had a new boiler fitted and the gas engineer seemed to think that the corner of the kitchen at one time housed a stove. The kitchen has always been built around the rounded corner but we would like to knock it through to...