Recent content by ukthesis

I didn't say there was no capping. What is capping, and how do I spot it? Roy C has the right idea. Pay for a plasterer and no hassles ! In other words, back to square one.

Again apologies for appearing dense. But I am going off what happened recently when I had some rewiring done in the house. Some of the skirting board was destroyed when they had to drill holes to put the wiring in. Can you please tell me what you mean by "The wires should be covered by...

Thank you. I am completely new to this, so need a guiding hand and you'll have to be patient with me. Basically there are 2 walls involved, in which there are long, slim cavities into which the wiring has gone. These cavities need covering up. There are also holes in the skirting board...

Some interior electric wiring has been done in my house. This involved gouging out channels in walls, for the wires to go into, and the knocking out of holes in walls for sockets to go into. Now, I was advised that I need to RENDER the holes. This involves putting in the holes a mixture of...

Sorry to appear dense but this is new to me. I read your first post as saying that whether I have an E7 meter fitted or not, I get cheap tariff electricity at night. So why bother fitting an E7 meter in the first place? In your second post, however, you seem to say that the wall heater...

So there is a meter box that shows how much electricity I'm using. Then there would normally be a second box next to it, for the Economy 7 function. Not being an electrician, or having central heating before, I find much of these "technicalities" baffling. But are you saying that I can...

The electrician was very clear that I couldn't use the wall heaters I am planning with Economy 7, so this is strange advice. He said something about it being a different system. I am with NPower - perhaps each energy company has its own policy?? I am using gas heating for the fire in the...

I am arranging for the installation of central heating for the first time. Queries. I have chosen panel heaters for some of the rooms. This, I believe, only works off standard tariff electricity. Is this right? If so, I was also told that I can't use Economy 7 to heat the water up in the...