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    Loose Window Handles

    Excellent - you are right! The back plate does come off to reveal 4 screws. All handles are secure now. Cheers
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    Loose Window Handles

    Hi experts, Several of the handles on my double glazed PVC windows have become loose. At least two of the handles have become so loose they feel as though they may come right off. For the life of me I can find no handle screws to tighten, and there are no cover plates that I can see. I...
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    Cause of electric shower failure

    Thanks for all of your replies - very helpful. Yes, the shower is fed by a Wylex 50A MCB, which didn't trip.
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    Cause of electric shower failure

    Hi Experts, My Mira sport max 10.8kw shower gave up the ghost last week. When I turned it on for the last time there was a loud ‘pop’ or ‘bang’ then shower went dead (panel lights went off). What worries me is that the RCD that supplies the shower (Wylex, 80A, 30mA) didn’t trip. I have since...
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    When to replace / repair ridge tiles?

    Hi - I need a bit of advice from the experts please. I'm having a few roof tiles replaced on my 1959 house as some are broken and 1 or 2 are missing. I'm not able to assess the condition of the ridge tiles as I can't get close enough to see if the mortar between the tiles is failing. Are...
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    Where to insert RCD protection on circuit?

    Hi - The circuit supplying my water heater also supplies two indoor sockets. The circuit, illustrated below, is on the non-RCD side of my split-load CU, and is protected by a 16A MCB. CU-----Water Heater-----SKT-----SKT The current set-up isn't ideal, and I want to provide RCD protection...
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    Lighting cable size

    I had always thought it was best to be safe and install 1.5 mm2. But as we will all be using CFL bulbs in a few years, placing a load of no more than a few hundred watts per lighting circuit, surely 1.5 mm2 is overkill?
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    Soil Stack Removal

    Hi - I want to remove a redundant, cast iron soil stack that is on an interior wall (it wasn't removed when the extension was built). As far as I understand I have 2 options to cut it into manageable sections: [1] use an angle grinder (fast but messy) or [2] use a hacksaw (slow but tidier)...
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    TN-S or TN-C-S ? (with photo)

    Thanks for the replies. Yes, the service head is new. It was replaced about a year ago when I asked to DNO to upgrade the service fuse to 100A. As soon as the engineers saw the previous arrangement they said 'Oh .... you have no earth!!' Thankfully they sorted the earthing out, but I forgot...
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    TN-S or TN-C-S ? (with photo)

    Hi - can one of the experts please confirm whether my earthing system is TN-S or TN-C-S? From what I've been reading in the Wiki, these two arrangements may look the same from the outside of the cutout, as it's not possible to know where the earthing cable is clamped to the incoming supply...
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