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Most houses are wired in what's commonly known as a 3 plate system. Atthe ceiling rose, you'll have 4 connections. Loop, Switched live, Neutral and Earth. The switched live tends to be a black wire that has a red sleeve or tape over it to signify that its a live wire. This wire connects to...

Well one option is to build the patio 6" - 9" away from the house and fill the void with pea shingle to preserve any possible later issues with damp. I'm more interested in looking for ideas for gardens with a contemporary feel to them and had hoped that some of you might have such gardens?

It's facing brickwork all the way round but yes it does have a mortar plinth on it too and in this mortat plinth, there are a series of air vents around the property

I have 1ft there so I can easily raise it 6" without having to worry about the DPC

The house was built circa 1935.

You could supply the 10mm SWA via an RCBO

You may be able to repair the existing box by tapping a hole in the base of the box 3.5mm and then screwing in an extension lug and then screwing the socket outlet onto this. I'd glue the lug in place to prevent it unscrewing again too.

The ground level is definitely 6" below where a DPC would be but I can't actually see any evidence of any being present, so i'm assuming it doesn't have any?

The pipes you refer to are called conduit. I suspectthat you may well have two earth cables that are twisted together and inside a single earth sleeve as this is commonly done. To change the single backboxto a double should be relatively easy to do but it really does depend on how the...

Gripfill will almost certainly do it.

Try some of the DIVX software, this is free and easily downloadable off the web.

I'm living in an old bungalow and we have a problem with damp on the inner walls. I suspect its due to a faulty or non existent DPC. Is this something that I can easily put right and tackle myself? Outer ground levels are blow where the DPC would be and the house doesn't have concrete...

It looks to me like you're going to be supplying two switches off of an outside socket outlet? If this is correct, you'll need to fuse it down. You should wire 2.5mm squared cable to the socket outlet and from the socket outlet to a suitably rated fuse. On the outgoing side of the fuse, you...

Fill / repair the walls and then render them. Paint the render in a nice colour. Fill the floor area with pea shingle allowing the drainage still and access to the manhole cover and have a few plants in pots or heather that can survive in dry conditions.

You mean it sees dead people? :lol: Try this: F/06 Drive Motor Tachometer Error The control is unable to properly detect motor speed and the machine will shut down. If a failure occurs during high-speed spin, the door will be unlocked after 3 minutes. Check wire harness connections...