Recent content by DaveJ123

Ok, I hadn't thought about the fridge. Think I will ask for separate non RCD connection for that. Thanks

Alrighty...thanks!

Ok, thanks a lot dingbat. One other thing though (for anyone): This RCD worries me. I'm concerned the whole house might be cut off due to a trivial non-lethal issue somewhere. That does happen doesn't it? Where exactly does the RCD go? Is it possible to have it just protecting some circuits -...

Ok, thanks. But just to make sure there's no confusion: the 13 sockets are already there i.e. apart from the consumer unit and RCD, he's just adding 3 new ones. It does seem a lot to me as I'd have thought that installing the consumer unit is just a case of knowing (for sure!) which wire goes...

Hi all, For a new consumer unit with RCD, in a bungalow in the South East with 13 sockets - including 3 new ones (wire not chased into wall and getting there via loft)- we've been quoted £300. Is this reasonable?

We need a new socket in the kitchen for a new washer-dryer. The electrician wants to put it inside the adjacent unit. Apart from the fact of having a plug socket next to plates and dishes in the unit, that'd require making a hole in the unit big enough for the plug to pass through should it be...

:-) Indeed sir. My apologies to all...ar*ed!

A CORGI registered company sent and engineer to fix our instantaneous water heater. I couldn't check what boxes were ticked on the back of his card (as I'd gathered you're supposed to) because it was in a see-through wallet with something else behind it. I said "shouldn't it have something on...

Ok, good work men. Thanks for the suggestion Malc, but I think a yoghurt carton and a coat hanger will be too hard to resist. :-) DaveJ123

I've read on the net (so it must be true) that an easy solution to vibration in a mains pipe supplying the loft tank that occurs when water is removed, is to dangle a yoghurt carton on stainless steel or galvanized wire from the float arm. Presumably this dampens any fast oscillating movement of...

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Yep, it seems the damage was from the sink. The builder reckoned the wall was bone dry beneath the dpc, at least. Sorry about the pictures, but I still can't imagine exactly what you all expected to see. Above the plate all that was visible was the bottoms of a breeze block every couple of...

Ok, thank you gentlemen. I'll see what I can do with this thing... Dave

Ok, for those interested, the builder just pulled out the sill plate across the width of the kitchen wall in one go. It wasn't supporting anything as there was a gap under most of the masonry above it. Nothing bearing on the joists at this point either. Every foot or so was a breeze block with...

Actually, I've mis-measured, it's more like 3.75mm over 6ft. Yeah, hi Tex, in the interests of tidyness I'll explain what happened in the original thread. Cheers Dave