Recent content by DADDYLONGLEGS

NOooooo! I guess not, will have to get some user friendly guy in and give it a good looking at. many thanks for your help on this. den

Hi Guys I am back, and pleased to report that after disconnecting two old flourescent lights the problem seems to be sorted, Lights in the garage have all been on now for a couple of hours and not tripped...

ok, will see if I can get photos, wont be for a couple of hours because got docs sppointment ok

the bulk of the electrics were installed by a neighbour a older qulified electrician (sadly now deceased) He was really confident in his work and him and his team did a fair number of big local installations that i followed out of interest. The armoured cable is steel outer and is glanded into...

ericmark, sadly alot of what you say is over my head. just to mention, the cable to the garage is heavy armoured. the mcb from house and covering garge is B32 rated, which I assume covers all power to garage. The mcb in garage covering lighting circuit is rated B6/5...(I cannot quite make the...

Hi everyone,...problem- garage lighting tripping the house main RCD switch, despite the garage has its own switch/circuit on the main house panel and also in the garage it is protected by its own smaller rcd panel. I have eliminated the garage sockets by leaving lighting rcd switch off...nothing...

thanks for that doggit, sums it up really. Yes the downcomer is straight into the butt, there is NO drain. the tub fills then simply overflows, amd with the mega rain we all have had lately it can be a lot of water. You have just given me a light bulb moment, LoL! their downpipe is next to mine...

oooh! to call in the heavies is bit harsh don't you think. I am hoping my idea of blocking the water ( which I think wont be a huge expense + a bit of graft) might be the best diplomatic way. Then if that does not do the job then the gloves will come off. lovely people and I dont want to fall...

never thought of the drilling of holes...Lol! so no water proofer eh! Ref. the fence post idea, do you think my dam made of post mix will stop the water coming through to my side, or will it be porous?

Hi everyone, newbie here. Bit of advice please. My elderly neighbour has a water tub touching our boundary fence which overflows regularly, flooding my side. I have asked her son politely many times to sort it, and have even offered to move the water tub to the other end of her garage at my own...