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Hi Has anyone installed a grade d fire alarm with a remote hush/test/silence button? Looks like most mains/9v battery interconnect optical smoke detectors can't have this option. Any ideas on how to acheive this with 3 core+e cabling. Thanks in advance Tilla Tech

Hi, NIC DI assesements coming up soon: Will I be ok if the smoke alarms are on the lighting ircuit rather than a dedicated one. Will the inspector want to see paperwork of mains supply being isolated by DNO for the CU change. Two metered installations are running off one single phase...

Hi Can the LABC insist that a PIR should be for a whole house, when the reason it is needed is so a building notice completion cert can be issued for an extension. The electrics on the extension were completed, no EIC by an electrician but he absconded when he had fall out with the...

To all those who suffered from Warmfront ideal boilers. Below is extract from parliamentary questions about Warmfornt. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm091016/text/91016w0012.htm Warm Front Scheme Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and...

Hi My parents Ideal Isar combi, started playing up earlier this yesterday. It was making a rumbling noise so my mum turned the boiler off then called me. I took along a newly qualified Corgi/Gas Safe friend. Whenever we reset or switched on power, after 3 attempts to ignite, the boiler...

Hi Had a look thru previous threads but couldnt find anything. I have noticed that plumbers/heating eng cross bond all the metal pipes on a combi boiler except the copper overflow pipe which runs to an outside gully. From what I understand I would have thought that this over flow pipe would...

Can a LA insist that reports such as 'Landlords Cert' and PIRs be only be done a a NICEIC or ECA member. A friend of mine has been asked to do some council mandated work on a three storey multiple occupancy house he lets out, so it complies with the neccessary legal/council requirements. see...

Hi, What code should that come up as, if it is missing? Thanks

Hi, Can the building inspector insist that the old wiring of a house needs to be rewired because the Installation Cert. states 'needs upgrading' on the comments section. The Inst. Cert. was given after an additional CU and circuits were installed for extension work done on the house. Thanks

Hi, Does a replacement of a CU on an existing installation have to be done according to 17th edition. ie. all almost all circuits have to be RCD protected? Many Thanks

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to have a pebble mosaic flooring using your own pebbles and then setting them in the adhesive. I know that you can get pebble mosaic tiles but i want my own design and save some money. Many Thanks

Hi, Does NIC forbid the use of two CU's in one 5 bed house, the second CU is for extra loft converted bedrooms, and a ground floor kitchen extension. Many Thanks

Hi Can anyone tell me if I can get hold of some 10mm tail extenders ( the type that come already screwed into tall monobloc basintaps.) A new monobloc tap needs to go in but the old flexitail connectors cant be removed coz the compression connectors are hidden behind some tiling...

If a new soil pipe branches into a cement/clay soil pipe, does a manhole or inspection pit have to be made above the branch? Thanks Tilla Tech

The mains from the outside stop tap looks like 1/2" steel which enters the property then it is a 15mm copper to the kitchen. I'm not sure if the steel pipe is 1/2" or 3/4" as I cannot see it clearly. Any ideas on how to get good pressure? Tilla Tech

Hi, Is it allowed to have a metal cased fluorescent light with out connecting the earth connection on the connecting block, the lighting circuit has no Earth wire. The council came to inspect it (PART P) and passed it. Is it allowed under any circumstances. Thanks

Why should we use 10mm T&E for shower cable when the wire going from the terminal block to the heating coil in the shower otself is only around 5mm conductor?

What can I use to repair the leak without replacing the coupling? The soil stack is an internal one and the coupling is just under the floor board.

Need to shorten a cold water pipe that has a 1/2"-15mm coupler. The pipe is the old (non copper) metal pipe. Whats the best way do do it. Thanks

Why is it unsafe to drain out a hot water cyl by running a downstairs hot water tap. And what is the corret way to drain it if one wants to work on hot water pipe. Thanks