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As I understand it, at the time of writing this (01/04/2025), AFDD's are not mandatory under the current BS7671 18th edition Amendment 3 in most typical domestic settings, however is it worth fitting them if a old place was getting re-wired, say a 3 bed semi detached house? (Yes I know it's the...

Waste plumbing is not my expertise by any stretch, so I don't know how feasible it is, but in the photo below, could the toilet be relocated to the main bathroom? I would imagine the main factor would be which way the joists run, but not sure how I would determine that? Regards: Elliott.

Of course I am grateful for and appreciate the help that those on this forum provide, just my life does not resolve around this forum and that I have a busy life. I hardly call not replying on here until yesterday a lack of manners. Not like I was having a go at or arguing with anyone on here...

Update on this, the Sky HD box has now magically fixed it's self! Went back a week later to install a new Wi-Fi system at their place, and when I connected the Sky HD box to the new Wi-Fi, I noticed that satellite signal on both feeds had returned and was good. They said they had not done...

Hi all, someone who I know has a old Sky HD box which they candled their Sky subscription a couple of years ago and have been using it to watch free channels ever since. A couple of months ago (when we had the bad weather in the UK) according to them it stopped working. I went over to theirs...

That may be it as I have never known smoke alarms to beep only when the mains power is off.

So why in new builds, are they often put on their own circuit and it's recommended to do it this way?

Can mains Smoke/Heat alarms share the same electrical circuit in the domestic distribution board/consumer unit as an Intruder alarm under building regs/BS7671/ what ever regulation covers mains smoke alarms? Just seems wasteful to waste two ways in a electrical distribution board, not to...

It's hard to say for sure, but your description makes it sound like the left hand one was the feed to the pantry light/switch, the top wire was the feed/supply from the bathroom and the wire on the right hand side was for the switch for the light you have removed. But without seeing how it was...

Because my filter (see below) does not have a input afaik, only a output.

Ideally it should be screwed into the wooden studs, but I'm not sure where the studs are in the wall.

So the other day, I needed to remove the bleeding vent from my bathroom towel rail so I could pour in the system cleaning chemicals to it, having just isolated both valves at the bottom and then drained the water from it. First issue was the hive TRV valve decided to open up when the the...

That makes logical sense, but the way I read it, was the surge protection specifically contributes to the voltage drop.

So according to this article: https://www.se.com/us/en/faqs/FA158852/ Plugging a UPS into a surge protected power strip can cause more powerful equipment plugged into the same surge protected power strip as the UPS, to draw necessary voltage away from the UPS, causing the UPS to switch over to...

So like many people of my generation, I was taught how to wire a typic UK plug falling under the BS1363 standard when I was younger and have seen so many people wire/re-wire the typical UK plugs over the years, yet very few if any use ferules with the wire cores, whether it be the uninsulated or...

Agree it is hindsight not the best way to light the room, but how would you light a room what measures 6.8m long by 3.75m wide and has a kitchen island at one end with a cooker hood coming down from the ceiling.

Are you saying that you prefer incandescent and halogen lamps over LED's and CFL's? I would much rather 17 x GU10 5W LED spots in my kitchen diner than 17 x 50W Halogen lamps. (85W vs 850W).

And what's the lowest "normal" voltage one has seen in person?