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I need to try and match the mortar colour in the attached image. I appreciate it might involve a bit of trial and error, but would anyone be able to suggest a good starting point?P1030162 by tom91 posted 8 Aug 2016 at 11:28 PM

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_AD_P_2013_DRAFT.pdf Apologies if this has already been posted and discussed - haven't seen anything though.

We currently have a ~20 year old Rayburn gas fired cooker (Royal GDO). It's cooking only (no CH or DWH) and the only control currently is the thermostat wheel. We'd like to have an electronic timer for it such that it can be programmed to heat up every day for dinner etc, as it takes about 30...

Just been on the phone. It turns out the shower circuit has probably switched off when he was drilling, which I suppose means that if the break is 'clean' (i.e. not shorting to earth etc) it wouldn't have operated the MCB or RCD. He's going to have a look behind the FCU tomorrow (it's a...

Forgot to mention that I don't trust my dad to do a live voltage test!

I've been lurking here for a year or so, but now it's time for a question! :D We've been having some difficulties with a Saniflo unit in my parents bathroom. To cut a long and rather messy story short, it's fixed but we had to drill a new hole for the flex through the partition wall to the...

My saniflo (specifically a Sanibest) had a faulty microswitch (constantly shorted) which I have replaced. However, I am having difficulty sealing the pressure switch unit. Basically I left it filled with water overnight and it tripped the RCD. Opened up the sealed swicth unit and it was full of...

You can buy singles by the metre from a website called Trading Depot (http://www.tradingdepot.co.uk/DEF/catalogue/A004014/Electrical/Cable/Conduit%20Wire%20Cable) I've used them and didn't have any problems.

I'm about to have my TT installation upgraded to PME. At present we have a 10mm gas bond, 6mm water bond and 6mm from CU to earth rod. From what I've read here, I'll fit a new MET on the meter board, run 16mm G&Y to the CU and install a new 10mm water bond. It seems that some DNOs require...

Thanks for the replies. We also recently had a letter saying we needed to have our meter changed. Is it possible they would change the earth when they came to do the meter, possibly avoiding the charge? The spark did issue a certificate. Under the 'Comments on existing installation'...

I recently had a new CU installed (but pre 17th Ed). It is split load, with all circuits RCD protected except the two lighting rings and a 16A radial that supplies a few sockets and 2 security lights through FCUs. Our supply used to be overhead, but it was changed to underground a few years...

I'm looking in to taking electricity into my new shed. From what I've read in various books and online, this is my plan (not in order): 1) Fit a new 30A MCB in the main consumer unit, RCD protected. 2) Run ordinary 2.5mm^2 3 core cable from the new MCB to a second consumer unit in the shed...

I'm laying a concrete pad for a garden shed. Some of the sides of the pad are going to but up to existing brick/stone walls. I gather I cannot simply use the walls as formers and pour concrete straight up to them. I guess I need to attach wooden boards to the walls, and pour the concrete up to...