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Electrician has just been. All the sockets are on one RCD. Lights, immersion heater and cooker socket on fuses. He would have been happy to wire up the cooker to the fuse. But because there is a spare unused thingy on the existing RCD box he says he can add an extra RCD to the box and route...

Hi, I am thinking to change my cooker from gas to electric. The house is 45yrs old. I messaged a local electrician asking him for advice and he reckons from what I have said in my messages and the picture I sent him that I might need to do something with an RCD. As far as I know all the...

I am looking to get a new kitchen sink and taps. The mains water comes out of the floor underneath the sink and feeds the cold tap and there is also a feed to a cold water cistern in the roof. For hot water I have a non-condensing boiler and a water tank that has hot water in it. I don't have...

It was just a small job, it is finished now. For a bigger job then yes, I would buy a better cutter. Thank you very much

Solved it. First score the tile using the tile cutter. Then take the tile an put it on a flat surface with a 1/8" drill underneath the score on the tile. The drill only needs to be under the tile for the length of the shaft, maybe an inch or so. Then apply even pressure on each side of the...

I have a manual tile cutter, I haven't used it for about 20 years. When I looked at YouTube all the cutters had a raised line in the bed of the cutter and a u-shaped attachment to the handle. After scoring the tile the handle is drawn back and downwards pressure applied to the handle and the...

Thank you. Might I be correct in assuming that the profile of the item in the link below is actually more like the Double Arris as shown above? With the radius of the curve at the top and bottom of the front of the worktop being 6mm...

Thank you both. Another quick question about worktops. Is "radius edge" the same as "bullnose"?

Hi all. I have a gas hob build in to a worktop made of laminate, which has been there for 25yrs. I want to change it to an electric hob. When the gas hob is removed will it: (a) come out nice and cleanly or (b) pull the laminate to pieces due to glue or sealant or whatever is between the...

It has completed a cycle and spun properly at 800. The load in it was mixed stuff with nothing too heavy. Good, I will load it thoughtfully in future. If the heavy stuff stops it spinning it can go out on the line to drip dry. I read that the way some machines decide if the load is properly...

Yes from what I can see it is a case of it being too sensitive to imbalance when thinking about doing a final spin. It does the spins required during the wash and all the pumps appear to be working. And it goes into a spin without anything in the drum. I did a drum clean cycle and have loaded...

I have a Beko WTL72051W which is about 18 months old. It goes into spin if there is nothing in the drum. But with a single cotton t-shirt in the drum it does not go into the spin cycle after completing the wash and rinse cycles. It does slowly turn the drum one way then the other, but it does...

Outskirts of Edinburgh. Maybe half way between South Kensington and South Shields (in terms of price that is).

Thank you. The RCD protects more than the conservatory I know that because it has tripped out in the past. I remember that the guys who did the conservatory upgrade took off a lot of stickers that I had above the other fuses but left the "cooker" one. So maybe the cooker is the only thing not...

Here are photos thank you.

Hi, I'm considering changing from gas cooker to electric. The house was built in 1980 in Scotland. We had a conservatory built ten years ago and they had to upgrade the fuses to an RCD. I've attached a couple of images, I don't know if that fuse marked cooker is actually a fuse or not...

Thank you, disposal can do myself (I have a garden and a car to take to the dump). How much might that reduce cost by?

Thank you. I'm surprised at the cost. Do you mean £1000 for labour? Roughly how many days are involved and what is the daily rate likely to be?

Hi folks, I am going to have a worktop, sink and taps replaced. I am thinking that if I source a worktop, sink and taps then get a plumber or kitchen fitter to fit them that might be the way to go. Is that a good plan? Would it be better if I get the worktop and leave the professional to...

Hi, New motorised valve fitted, tested and working. Thank you all for the help.