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Hi, I've searched past threads and not found a similar situation so I thought I'd post this one and see what comes up. We have a double oven, which works fine when using the top oven and grill. When you turn on the bottom oven it works fine for a while but then trips the rcd after a...

I've been asked to replace a fused spur, and on inspection the double socket the fuse spur is fed from only has a single incoming cable, this socket also feeds some other retrofitted double sockets. The mcb is 32 amps and has 2 cables feeding it. I've refused to change the fused spur, because...

A friend has just bought a 3 bed semi for just under £300,000 and the surveyors report mentioned the porch roof and a few suspect tiles on the pitched roof where an old solar power system had been removed. That was all that was mentioned as needing further inspection. Once the deal had gone...

Hi I'm about to bond out a chased out wall where some 15mm copper pipes run before I tile over. Do I need to cover the pipes in the same way that I would if they were sitting in screed? Thanks, Kev

Hi my brother in law has a crabtree split load board, the installation is fairly good, all bonded correctly and the cabling is tidy. Everything in the right place and tight. The lights are on the non protected side and the sockets are on the protected side as they should be.... However...

Hi has anyone got any experience of the Kyoritsu 6010b. Its made by kewtech, who used to make the old style robin testers, It looks like a decent unit for sensible money but I'd like to know if anyone has given it a whirl! Thanks, Kev

Please can someone help me with this..... We live in a block of flats, we own our one and while looking round the place I took a look at the incoming supply where the 20 service fuses for the flats are and they are all mislabeled. some have 3 or 4 numbers on them, crossed out e.t.c. and I am...

Hi carrying on with the work I'm doing I need to tile over the bathroom floor that had lino (or something similar) floor tiles, and they have left a sticky mess on the floor. Do i need to burn this off or can I prime it with something? Either a specific product or a cement slurry painted on...

Hi, I want to do something with our bathroom ceiling, its artex'd and while retiling the room I want to do something to the ceiling. Its block and span and at the moment it looks like its been bonded then artexed. Can anyone help with the options.... As I see it, there are a few...

Hi, Got a bathroom to tile and I'm going to tile over the existing tiles. They are securely fixed to the wall. I'm planning on sugarsoaping the existing tiles and rinsing well before tiling, is this enough or should I prime them with a tile primer? Thanks, Kev

Hi, I've just refitted a jetforce 75 (had to replace the graphite bush). And on turning it on it just pulses (pump silent pump silent) but no feed is coming through. With the pump off the water flows ok (both hot and cold), on turning the pump on it just seems to make the on off sounds...

I need to sort out an external wall that suffered from a good soaking (leak from bathroom above soaked wall and ceiling). I pulled down the ceiling and broke all the render off the wall. Its not the best bit of brickwork I've ever seen and the wall is very uneven. Can anyone point me in...

Hi, Hopefully someone will be able to clear this up. Over the last year I've done a c&g 2381 (with Haden) and the niceic testing and inspection course, the tutor on the first course said that like for like replacements were notifiable but the guy from the niceic (accredited) course said...

Hi, I'm trying to set up a network so I can share files across 2 pc's. They both run xp and i ran the xp network wizard on them. One can see the other but the other one can't see or connect. I've disables firewalls and am using the administrator logon, but they can't seen to connect...

Hi, I've just fitted a new mixer tap in our kitchen which used to have good pressure to the hot supply (mains fed cold), but since fitting this tap the hot water pressure has become much less. Its plumbed in copper 155 pipe to below the sink then there is a 15mm flexi pipe which fits onto the...

Hi, just trying to work out the best way to trim back the edging strip on a melamine kitchen work surface. I've tried a few things but end up with a rough finish. Whats the best way of trimming it down, its about 5 mm deeper than the worktop and I'm going to attach it using contact...

Helping a friend sort out his bathroom woes, while trying to isolate his powershower I noticed that its run from his upstairs lighting circuit on a 5 amp breaker. The shower is powered by a 3 amp fused spur outlet (1.5 mm T & E), but obviously this means that its probably not advisable to...

Just borrowed a PAT tester from a mate and was going around the house last night checking various appliances and came up with a few questions I was hoping someone might be able to answer. Its a Clare tester - A252 Do you need to test appliances on a fused spur? I know they aren't...

Hi I'm just about to replace our oven and hob, the new hob is rated at 7kw the old one was 6kw, and the old over was 2.4 kw and the new one is 1.8kw. There is a cooker control switch on the wall and the connector box is situated behind the oven under the worktop. The radial circuit...

Hi, I hope you can help. A friend has had his lounge knocked through to the dining room, with a RSJ supporting the wall. The existing plaster is about 3/4 deep. The RSJ will need to be boxed in and angle put on the newly formed opening. I presume i cut a strip of plaster down the wall to...