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Thankyou Ban-All-Sheds NHBC guarantee..... yes ........ Does it cover gas pipework, i'e plumbing, apparently not after the initial 2 years. It is quoted as such in the booklet, I did call them to check though, along with my house insurers and also the house builder, seems no-one was...

Hi Ban-All-Sheds Thankyou for your reply. Believe me, I would be sticking to the gas hob if I had a sensible choice, but the gas pipe under the kitchen concrete floor has developed a leak and I just cannot dig the floor up, there is no easy was to re-route a new pipe externally either...

Hi all As mentioned before, I'm installing an electric ceramic hob 6.5KW to replace a gas hob. The house was built 7 years ago and I've owned it from new. To the left of the exisiting gas hob is a regular Cooker Control unit with socket and the oven is connected to this via a cooker cable...

HI all again, Interestingly, I noticed this morning that when I came downstairs to put the machine on to spin as it had been on Rinse Hold, the drum seemed to have dropped lower than I would expect and am wondering if this is a sign of the shock absorbers having become to soft to support the...

Hi all Many thanks for your replies, I have checked to see if there is any play on the drum bearings and they appear to be fine. Dad did the same on their machine and equally fine. Not even a slight grumble. So, I think I'm going to try the dampers/shock absorbers, and ideas how much they...

Hi all Both my parents and I have one of these and were purchased about 16 years ago from new. The problem is that they BOTH have started to jump quite badly when attempting to spin if the load is unbalanced and they move out of their space by about an inch or so. It is so bad that the...

Hi Thankyou for your reply, much appreciated. It is confusing when you look at local authority websites, which say you must contact them in ALL instances, but have just seen on the NICEIC website which shows a table of what is notifiable or not, and this states that you can connect a...

Hi all I know this has probably been asked many times before, but when replacing a gas hob with an electric one, and connecting this to an EXISTING cooker control unit via the cooker connection plate further down the wall, can this be done by myself, or does this fall under Part P and...

The conduit would be 1 metre max, the rest of the run unarmoured.

Hi all Well the maximum cable length would be 9m and runs between plasterboard and breezeblock up the wall in metal conduit then across ceiling between ground and 1st floor and down into consumer unit under stairs, the 9m includes the cable going up the wall from CCU and down to CU.

Hi all Well I've been to the hardware shop and they very kindly gave me samples of both 4mm and 6mm, both pieces in the new colours. Although I can't compare the overall dimensions of the outer cover, I have compared the size of earth core and conductors and it appears to be 6mm afterall...

Hi and thankyou for your reply. Well I've tried the house builders and they no longer have the records as they have changed hands over the years! There was nothing with the house when I bought it as I have checked all the paperwork. The cables are installed so precisely that there...

Hi all, I live in a newesh built small house (7 years old) and recently had a gas leak on the pipe running under the kitchen floor (concrete) to the gas hob. The easiest option was to isolate that supply and go for electric. My kitchen has a ccu with socket to the left of the hob and...