Recent content by wodger

Hi, I am about to wire up my new garage with plugs and lights. Half the garage is a stud & boarded workshop behind which the cables will run. The rest is just brick face. The question I have is does surface wiring in the main garage have to be in trunking? If yes is plastic ok? Also for the...

Thats a good idea. I guess the 0.25m of black pipe wont have much affect on the flow / pressure so would be an easy way to get done what I need, keep the money for other things and keep AW happy. Thanks for that. Just out of interest, do you know what the legalities are for connecting to...

Hi, Can I make the connection between a new water supply line and the water meter myself? Anglian Water want to charge me £500 for the pleasure. The meter is only about 0.25m into the pavement from the edge of my driveway so could easily be reached from the trench my builder is digging...

Thanks very much. Makes sense now. Regards Warren

Thanks for the quick reponse. Knew I could count on this forum to help me out. Out of interest what is the purpose of wire 4 (blue as you correctly pointed out) on the current stat if it is not required on the new battery powered stat?

Hi, I have purchased a new Honeywell digital room stat to replace an old Drayton one. I am not 100% sure about changing the wiring though and was hoping someone on here might be able to help? The first image is the current stat wiring diagram. I have wires connected to points 1, 2 & 4...

Hi, can you explain in laymans terms what the issue may be? Should I be concerned about anything? Not sure what you mean by lack of recorded ring continuity. Thanks Warren

Thanks everyone. All cleared up then. Will accept what the fitters have done. Still going to contact an electician to get the CU updated though. Warren

Thanks. I suspected something might be amiss given what the electical safety test reported and what the surveyor said. How would you suggest I proceed? Should I contact (and pay) a 3rd party electrician? Or should I contact the company (again)? Or perhaps contact a regulatory board of some...

Hi, Yes they are listed on that site. Premier Kitchen & Bedrooms, Peterborough. Here are the certs I got:

Sounds like you want an email server of some kind? The email server can download all your email then your Outlook Express machines can connect to your server and download their email. Something like MailEnable might be what you are after. The STD edition is free I think...

Thanks all. Yes I did get a certificate for the installation (had to ask for it mind you). The cooker wire from memory is just burried directly in the wall. The extra bit they installed was also directly in the wall with no metal casing that I could see. All the additional wiring was the...

Please dont take my words as anything but a suggestion as I am by no means qualified. I had what sounds like exactly the same problem in an en-suite toilet. A second or so after flushing there was an awful howl running through the pipework. At first it happened every now and then but...

Hi all, Recently had a new kitchen installed. During the survey the guy said they may need to upgrade my CU as it is the old style fuse wire type with no RCD protection at all. As part of the kitchen install I had one of the ring mains extended and had various sockets moved / added. They...

I find that odd as the boiler was only installed in October 1995. (I still have the install instructions too!) Last year during annual service I asked the engineer if it was worth replacing and he said it was a good boiler performing well so did not warrant spending money replacing. I think...