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total size is under 2x1m - will cut around the old carpet as a template then following your advice. Thanks

I need to replace the carpet in an under stairs cupboard - first time I've done any carpet laying. Will it be easier if I use the old carpet as a template to cut the new piece to exact size first? If not, then should I cut to replacement about 30cm bigger? more/less? Thanks

Sorry by that I meant leave the fused switch but move it to right. Get rid of unfused one and put the armoured cable into a junction box with plenty of space as it’s very cramped in there currently.

Both switches were always there and they both did the same thing. Turned everything off - lights and sockets. That’s why I was confused. I seldom use that door to leave the garage so the risk of turning off the freezer as well as the lights by pressing the wrong switch is low but if nobody can...

But why the switch though? I understand the fuse but not why there’s a switch too

They are plastic yes. Why do you ask?

Here’s what it currently looks like. Work in progress. The way it was wired when I moved in was the light switch turned off the sockets too. DC92B00F-1CFC-40DE-B045-C73D6A4EB9AF by happyolly posted 13 Apr 2020 at 5:33 PM I’m not too sure of the logic behind the switch on the box with fuse in it...

Hmm 16 Amps is less than 4kw. I really will have to be careful what I have on at any one time if I’ve got a fan heater on in there

Perhaps the fuse was intended for the lights but it wasn’t connected up like that as far as I remember. I can change things around easy enough so that the fuse is just for the lights. I’ve used a junction box to break the wire between two sockets and branch off for the leg of the T.

Nah the fuse is after the input. It then goes to a switch we previously turned off everything. I already rewired the lights in two halves each with two switches. One of those was the original switch. is it bad to do a sort of T Shaped pattern for the socket wiring or should it all be in a row?

My new build garage is supplied from its own 16 amp MCB and protected by a 30ma RCD. After it enters the garage there’s a normal single use fuse. It came with a single double socket in the garage but I’d like 12 more double sockets. Light load. Only 3 or 4 things on at the same time. The...

This pipe screws into the bottom of the cistern. The "gland" is broken and it's been leaking very nicely. Is it called a gland? I need to find a 40mm internal diameter replacement but I'm not sure what I should be asking for. Thanks Gland by happyolly posted 31 Mar 2020 at 11:51 AM

I'm not. I read his comment as him not being sure. I've just bought a loft ladder and some boards and I'm going to sort it tomorrow. Zip it.

Sadly this is the first time I've been up there - and the builder's warranty was only for 2 years. The vent pipe and vent aren't even connected on our other Taylor Wimpey new build on the same estate. No nasty niffs in the loft though so I've left it.

...so it's definitely wrong then?

I live in a Martin Grant new build. I'm trying to find the source of a leak in the roof and this is the first time I've been up there. The soil vent pipe is connected to the vent cover on the sloping roof - I can see plenty of daylight, and having fitted Velux windows in the past, I can't...

Whilst I left a gap between my decking boards it wasn't big enough and they've expanded up tight to each other. The water collects and it's virtually airtight so things have already started to go mouldy 6 months after laying. I'm taking the boards up, spray the mould with bleach and then going...