Recent content by Jag1978

oh right I see what you mean.. Something else to think about.. I'll be a boarding expert by the time this I'm through with this.. Thanks for you input Jag

yeah true I can see what your saying.. just drill through the battens to stop them from splitting and not worry about pilot holes for the beams.. I guess that would make more sense.. Jag

Cool.. I'll find a drill bit that is long enough to pilot drill the holes.. 4x130mm should do the job Jag

Thanks for the tip guys.. Think the drill bit in question is too thick at 5mm for pilot holes as the screws are 6mm Putting the screws in at an angle could work though so will consider that.. I'm getting 6x130mm screws so I can technically screw the battens down from the top as the batten...

Hi All - I'm raising the height of the floor in my loft to secure down some loft boards.. I'm going down the cross battening route. My existing joists are 65mm high and I'm using 45x95mm battens.. I'm getting 6x130mm wood screws to fix the new battens to the joists. Should I be drilling pilot...

definitely will have to get an electrician in.. it was strange that the electrics stay on for 2 minutes or so after being resetting the RCD then trip again.. but it's so inconsistent makes it even more difficult to diagnose as we can't always replicate the issue Jag

Aragorn84 - Process of elimination every other circuit MCB works fine it seems to only trip the RCD when the kitchen ring main is on, even if the kitchen MCB is the only one... This is why I was saying could it possibly be a faulty MCB as the individual MCB for the kitchen isn't tripping...

Thank you kindly for all your help I'll look further into it Jag

Might be a silly question but are you saying that the outside socket is piggy backed off one of the internal sockets thus finding the socket nearest to the outside one.. I guess just unscrewing the face of it will tell me if it is piggy backed Thanks Jag

Yeah my thoughts exactly.. I'm thinking will have to now get an electrician in and investigate... Just hoping that he can see the fault even if everything is working fine.. Jag

The outside socket is in the middle of the garden... and my garden is quite long so there isn't anything very close to it... Jag

Thanks for your prompt reply.. Yes I disconnected all plugs and removed fuses from all the spurs. With reference to the outside connection unfortunately it was put in by the previous owner. I myself only moved into the property 4 months ago.. Looking at the fitting Its a double socket...

Hi PrenticeBoyofDerry This is how they are labelled up: 1. Ring Main Sockets Up 2. Ring Main Sockets Down 3. Ring Main Sockets Kitchen 4. Ring Main Boiler & Attic Number 3 is the problem one and I believe the outside sockets are part it. That Number 3 covers the whole kitchen...

Hi All – Just a quick question about my Fuse box / electrics.. I believe it’s a Wylex NHRS6604. My Kitchen and my garage extension both run a separate ring and the electrics keep tripping in the whole house not the Lights just the electrical points. The main RCD switch in the middle of the...

No the two that come out of the bottom of the boiler both much bigger pipes maybe an inch or so... then there is a 15mm pipe on each main pipe which flows off them, these are servicing the radiators