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I've been helping my joiner mate redo our garage roof into fibreglass and then replace a number of the exterior light fittings. However I drilled a hole in the soffits to fit a new wire through and my mate went bananas telling me that the soffits are most likely asbestos fibreboard and I...

This is a TNS installation - there is 16mm earth from the sheath to a earth terminal block and then out of the terminal block comes a 16mm earth staright up into the CU from a bottom breakout and 2 10mm earths for the gas and water. Just never seen an earth cable passed in from the bottom...

Just a quick question .. is there anything against feeding the main earth into the consumer unit from a bottom breakout and feeding it behind the bus bar and din rail into the main earth terminal bar in the consumer unit. Just didn't know if there is a common/good practice to feed it either...

Try Edmunson Electrical as they tend to stock a lot of MK stuff

There is Microsoft Visio - not sure of the price but is very good and simple for doing network diagrams and is also good for electrical.

You're looking at about £35 for the 2.5mm + VAT 6mm is likely to be around 90p per m + VAT

So is there any 'real' major advantage in using RCBOs rather than the possible inconvenience of resetting all rcd protected circuits if the RCD trips ??? The earthing is definately TNS - currently I am studying the IEE On-Site guide, Guidance Note 3 , IEE Part P Building Regs Book, the regs...

My electrician has advised me of the following for a rewire : Hager Split load Consumer Unit 18 way. Earthing system is TNS and the electrics are 1960's except for the earthing which was updated from TT to TNS about 10 years ago when a new ring main for the kitchen was installed. Even...

Basically my house is a 2 storey detached - the roof is all marley modern roof tiles but when the house was constructed, none of the tiles were nailed down, they were all just interlocked and then held at each side of the roof by metal clips. When the storms came about at the start of the...

Do I still have to adjust all the lockshields on the rads to sort out temperature imbalances?

The Voker boiler does have an in-built by pass so I am ok on that front. So do you recommend removing the TRV from the rad near the thermostat and then just going round adjusting all the lockshields to get the system balanced?

The bedroom radiator has not had its TRV fitted until I put the bathroom towel radiator in, as I know that if all rads have TRVs the system can end up completely locked for water flow. Also on another note I read somewhere that you shouldn't have a TRV fitted where the thermostat is - is that...

I always though that you didn't have to balance a system with TRVs?? Could I just set the TRVs in other rooms lower to restrict flow as some rooms will have them set lower as they are unused / used not as regularly?? Do i have to adjust all the lockshields ??

I have a Vokera Linea 28 Combi Boiler in the garage. The house is two storey with 5 rads upstairs and 5 downstairs. I replaced the cr*p valves on all the radiators (cheap turn valves) with Pegler Terrier 2 TRVs and new lockshields. I flushed the system, and removed all air from all...