Recent content by elsmandino

Found it! What is odd is that the third bedroom, with its own circuit, was wired into the new consumer unit but has been rendered as "unknown" and a blue piece of tape has been used on the consumer unit, to show this. No idea why this happened, so I still need to check the type of circuit that...

I cannot believe I have been so stupid - the electrician actually e-mailed me a fully report, shortly after the new consumer unit was installed!!! I shall see if I can hunt it down.

I did have an old fuse box but decided to have an electrician put in a modern consumer unit, plus an external earth that he plunged into the ground, just outside my property. He did have a proper nose around the place and did not warn me of anything untoward (other than the lack of CPC on one...

Just uploading a pic of my consumer unit as suggested. Interestingly, all three circuits are protected by 32A breakers.

Thanks so much for the responses, everybody - annoyingly, I didn't have time to have a look at this, last night, but shall have a look at the weekend. As suggested, my first port of call is to take the front off the consumer unit and see how many sets of wires there are for each of the three...

Hi there - sorry, I know that this issue has probably been discussed to death but my research has left me with conflicting answers and I would be really grateful for some clear advice on here. My house is pretty old (1930s bungalow) and it is a bit of mishmash - there are two circuits for the...

Firstly - apologies if this is not the best forum for this (could not decide whether it was a car, electrical, PC of AV issue - feel free to move, if recommended). I am looking to try and upgrade the standard sound system in my Volvo V50 and would be really grateful for some advice. The...

Personally, no - however, my wife absolutely has to have one.

Hi there. I have a bit of an old house and the tap end is hard up against the bathroom wall. This has left about 8 inches of gap between the other end of the bath and the other wall and that wall has (annoyingly) an electric shower on it. Over the years, various shelves to try and cover up...

Thanks for the advice, guys. Much appreciated. Unfortunately, the current bathroom has become so dilapidated (is at least 45 years old) that the sink has a very slight leak and we are worried that the toilet is on its way out as well - really should have not let it get to the point that it...

Hi there. We are looking into moving, in the next 18 months or so, and our bathroom is extremely tatty and needs replacing (i.e. cracked sink, enamel coming off bath etc.). We do not want to spend a fortune, so just need a very basic new bathroom put in so it looks clean. When we bought our...

Now you mention it, it does look a bit funny - I shall definitely check that out (I have bits of insulation everywhere, so I would not be surprised if some had got into the tank). Thanks ever so much for the advice on cleaning out the sediment with a hose - definitely going to try that this...

Thanks so much, guys - I popped the little cap off and it was indeed a small metal mesh. Cannot believe I didn't know that that was there. I had never heard of By-Law kits, before. Now I have looked them up - all seems to make sense, now. I have one of those houses where everything seems...

Thanks guys - a couple of extra photos attached. I am slightly confused - in the bottom photo, the overflow tube opening is below the water line. This is unlike any other water tank photo have seen on the net. Would this not cause a syphon effect and start sucking water out of the tank? I...

Hi there. Does anyone recognise this pipe fitting (the bit joining the two pipes)? It is from a loft water tank overflow pipe. Has a round turnable disc on it but I cannot see that it does anything.