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Hi, Can anyone advise me as to whether or not it is allowed to mount a gas central heating boiler, and the pipework for radiators and water tanks, on a party wall, as in a terraced house? We live in a terrace house and the (thick) brick wall that we share with our neighbour has their gas...

Hi I have two 25mm^2 meter tails (plus the 16mm^2 earth cable) coming through an internal brick wall into our sitting room at skirting board height. They then go down under the floorboards. I need to provide some metal/mechanical protection over them but 1.5inch capping...

Hi My gas meter is on the ground outside, outside the bathroom wall. A copper pipe from it enters the house thru this wall, but the pipe is now underground, since the height of the screed floor goes above the pipe. So, can I avoid digging a hole here to bond the gas pipe? (this is the...

Hi Sorry for yet another question on bonding, but I have read and read thru the forums here and still cannot find the answer I need. I have a new steel kitchen sink and it says on it, "This sink must have a positive earth connection" So, do I bond this sink to the copper...

Hi I have a ring main dedicate to my kitchen and protected my a 32A RCBO at the consumer unit. At an indoor socket on the inside of the outside kitchen wall, I have run a 40cm spur through the wall to an outdoor socket. The outdoor socket does not have a switch on it nor does it...

Hi I have an icon30 fan by AirFlow in my bathroom and it has live, permanent live and neutral connections. It has a built-in (non-latching) pull cord too, but I want to remove this. The fan has a humidistat and [10 minute] timer on it too. Anyway, I have the *switched live*...

Hi I started rewiring the whole of my 3-bed house in Oct 2003 and have now nearly finished. I have half a ring main to finish of and the sockets to put on (plus a couple of extractor fans to wire up (wires are in place, fans almost in place)) Anyway, you get the idea. I want to get...

Hi We have had all new pipework put in our house, plumbed in and working for the first time this month. This included a new water mains connection for our house (about 3 bar pressure) including a water meter in the street, a new blue service pipe to the house and all water and CH pipes...

Hi I want to put our combi-boiler up high on the wall in our bathroom. The nearest wet object is the wash basin, about 1m away from where I want to put the electrical connection point. I want to use a switched FCU, but as these aren't allowed in the bathroom I will put the FCU...

Hi I have recently installed and wired up my 12-way split-load Volex Consumer Unit in, my house, inserting 5 RCBOs and 5 MCBs (plus a door-bell transformer (2 slots.)) It all works fine but boy did it take ages to get the wiring tidy enough so that I could fit in those damn tall...

Hi I have rewired my whole house (lights and power) and it all seems to works fine and has been for a few months now. I would say I was competant at this job but I am not an electrician. Last night I noticed that my Philips energy saving light bulb on the stairwell light ( on the...