Recent content by carlbold

not sure it's an expansion problem though, it's noisy with cold AND hot water

Hello everybody I moved to a new Barratt house in August and since then I have been hearing an annoying tapping noise coming from the main drain pipe. It is obviously hitting a joist somewhere...Barratt came 4 times, they opened small holes trying to locate and stop the noise, mostly shimming...

that sounds like the best option, either that or the live wire from the bathroom fan...

quick question is 1mm ok for this bathroom fan http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=41379 cheers

glad I'm not the only one... all my ceiling roses look like this (with no earth cable) http://www.diyfixit.co.uk/nflash/Electrics/Rose/ClgRoseJunctTypeCopy.JPG I guess each switch is fed by a live wire

Well....all the ceiling roses don't have a live wire and there are no junction boxes in the loft. I just want to avoid the hassle of trying to route a cable down to a light switch

I have a BT socket in the dining room at the back of the house and one upstairs. I would like to have a socket in the living room at the front of the house. Can I use the grey (slide cover type) junction box by my front door and route a cable to the living room from outside after drilling the wall?

I'm replacing a bathroom fan with an in-line fan in the loft, therefore I'm changing the position of the fan on the ceiling. What's the best way to cover the hole left after I remove the old fan (about 100 mm diam)? Thanks Carl

ok, will remove some more insulation and have a proper look. Thanks

thanks for your answer. Yes I'm sure the socket I'm spurring from is part of a main ring. cheers

forgot to say the socket is in a storage room next to the kitchen, so I understand there's no need to notify - can anybody confirm? I understand it has to be at least 450 mm from the floor but I fitted it quite low (right above skirting boards) does this matter?

luckily the isolator switch is close to the loft door....thing is, I'm running out of option here....

Maybe a trivial question but I'm a total beginner...getting a spur from an existing double socket in the kitchen (not normally used). I'm using 2.5 mm cable, and a 13 amp socket (the ones you screw on the walls). Is this OK?

OK, so I cannot use the smoke detector to get the live for my light bulb in the loft. ..Took that on board, but how about using the bathroom fan? It's got a timer so must have a permanent live. Is that ok? There are 3 wires there, black brown and grey. Which is the switched live, the live and...

Thanks for your input guys. I checked and the smoke alarms have a dedicated circuit so I'll leave it alone. On the other hand, how about using the live wire of the bathroom fan?