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Hi I will be fitting a laminate floor (Floormaster Tile-Loc) in our kitchen and I was wondering about sealing the joints and edges to avoid water ingress (from spills etc possibly seeping through joints/under the skirting hiding the expansion gap etc). Do I need to do this and if so what...

Thanks for the replies. JohnD is correct in that it was the fused plug for the washing machine I was referring to as being the downstream protection. I will replace the FCU and see how it goes from there... Thanks again for the help.

We have recently had a new split load consumer unit fitted, with a 30mA RCD. The kitchen sockets are on the RCD protected side of the board and we've been experiencing intermittant trips (maybe 2 - 3 times a week) when switching a fused switched spur (which feeds a socket under the worktop for...

We currently have an old electric shower fitted in our house, for which the wiring is sub-standard. Rather than have to rewire, and have all the mess that involves, I was hoping to fit a bath shower mixer tap. The boiler is a protherm 80e Combi, with a specified flow rate of 11.2l/min @ 30°C...

I have screeded our Kitchen floor which was rather uneven after removing the old Ceramic tiles. It's the first time I've tried this, it all seemed to go well and the majority of the floor is fine... However I can see a trowel sweep mark (about 10" long, raised by less than 1mm) in one are...