Recent content by Ken P

I’m really sorry but I don’t know what that means exactly, but I think you mean the rating of the switch on the circuit, which is 16 amps. Sorry if I’ve misunderstood

The report says satisfactory, which is confusing seeing as he told me I was at risk of having a fire, and needed £500 work doing immediately.

I had some concerns about the installation at my house so I paid for an EICR. When the electrician was down he told me that some of my cables were really problematic and that the garage was at immediate risk of fire and needed disconnecting. He said I’d need a partial rewire costing £500, which...

Thank you. I’ve bricked the outside up now and even pointed the back of the course up so it’s extra neat and watertight. Here’s a photo just before it went dark. I’ll get the rest of the wall cleaned up and treated and hopefully it’ll dry out soon :)

it’s a tiny cavity of about 20mm, but it’s full of crap and roots. The bricks are tied with bricks rather than ties.

Thanks, I got in touch with gas safe yesterday, it’s not registered with building control and the work is so shoddy I can’t imagine it was done by a pro. there’s a photo…

Do I need to do anything more radical like opening bits up and cleaning the cavity or would you just use weedkiller in the stuff you can see

Thanks For all the advice. I remove some of the internal parts and then used a crowbar and it came out quite easily. There is a very large hole in the brickwork however with what looks like a lot of plant roots on it. The house was built pre-1900 and seems to have a very slim cavity that is...

Thanks all, it is this boiler here, it is fitted as per the photograph I’ve just uploaded, does anyone have any idea how to remove it.

Hi all, I was wondering if anybody could help me to work out the model of this old boiler, it has had all the electrics gas and water disconnected and there is a brand-new Combi next to it. I just want to remove the boiler and make good the wall on the outside and inside of the house. I recently...