Recent content by tracy3108

Thanks all, that's great, i'll give it a try.

Hi all, I have a concrete sectional garage, rendered on the outside with mortar fillets on the outside where the panels meet the floor. The garage has gutters leading to a drain. The concrete floor is the same height as the outer concrete floor but the outer slopes away from the inner...

Hi All, My oven went bang yesterday. I have a new one which is 3.5KW which is obviously now needing a connection to the CU, the old one was 13a plug. I have a shower on a 32A MCB currently and a 45A shower switch. As I do not use the shower, is the MCB and 45A switch compatible if I...

Hi all, this is my 1st time on the plumbing forum. I have a glowworm swift combi boiler and the last few months we just turn on boiler for hot water, since this the hot water sort of trikkles out with no pressure, Also the boiler looses 1/2 to 1 bar of pressure every 3-4 days suggesting a...

Thanks all, more than helpfull, can I reduce wire size any waay to 2.5mm much easier to work with?

Hi, i've just been on the phone to my mom, her son in law has removed her electric oven and the cooker switch. He has then extended the 6mm cable under the worktop and got two double sockets taped together with brown tape using no back boxes, a council electrition refused to touch it but did...

ps fuse for shower has been removed and was replaced before I moved in with a plug in MCB/RCD, which sits inside where the fuse was.

Thankyou all for your help, I will write to my landlord straight away and get this sorted, I have re-wired in the past a few times and the landlord who is a women and hasn't even given us a garage key quite often just gets me to sort out and she pays. Thanks Again Phil

Can I rewire myself and get the council to inspect it and give me a certificate? Thanks for the quick replys Phil

Do they need to have this done? they have got a gas certificate, didn't think it was law yet?

Hi All, I'm new to the forum so please be nice I am currently renting a house, it has an old style consumer unit with 4 fuses of a plastic cartridge type with replaceable wire. They house is not earth bonded to radiators e.t.c. or not what I can see. The first is a 32a replacment mcb...

I did this in an old property, worked a treat and i'm still alive wahey!!!