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I don't see there being any particular safety advantage of one type of heater over another. Stiebel Eltron are a reputable brand and so should be safer than some random unbranded stuff. Obviously maintain safe clearances. If you are concerned about bedding etc falling on the heater then you...

Bentleys should be owner-driven. Rolls Royces are chauffeur-driven.

Is this a house or ground floor flat where a socket might be used to supply equipment outside? Is there an electric shower? (I assume not from the circuits - cooker, sockets, immersion, light?) Is the supplementary bonding in the bathroom missing or incomplete? If any of those is "yes" then...

If it's required at all, it has to be interlinked. (Depending on which range of smoke alarms you've already used) you can interlink radio and hardwired alarms.

If you fit 20mm plastic conduit they may be able to pull the fibre through to where you want it. Or it is possible to buy SC/APC fibre and extension connections and extend at your own risk...

Currently anyone can call themselves an electrician, without the need for any qualifications or competency. The Scottish Government is gathering information and views on whether regulations should be introduced in relation to electricians. While the focus of the consultation is on domestic work...

Forget the bath, and in winter a 10-12kW electric shower is probably going to be a bit disappointing, certainly not "the stronger the better". I would look at a hot water cylinder with 2 x 3kW immersion heaters which would provide a reasonably quick heating-up time when first arriving at the...

Discounted Stamps have them at up to 6% discount, or more if you buy sheets https://www.discountedstamps.co.uk/product-category/1st-class-stamps They might not be the new colours but that doesn't stop them being valid

If the tenants changed to a non-Economy 7 tariff and you have a dual-tariff smartmeter or key meter, the E7 output may be turned off by the supplier electronically.

Probably a cam lock on the door, and either a groove or a little metal bracket on the carcase for the lock tongue to engage into. https://www.screwfix.com/c/security-ironmongery/cabinet-locks/cat810286 You can also get code locks intended for lockers and similar situations...

Suppliers vary. British Gas, in my experience, are free. Caveat - some suppliers cannot handle having different meters for gas and electricity on the same account, such as prepayment electricity and credit gas, or a new gas meter paired to an existing dumb electric meter. The smaller suppliers...

And "100 watts per point or actual load if greater" so the fact that most are now LED would be ignored. Is 250 watts for the amp the audio output or the power input? If the amp is for the kitchen I'd probably put it on the kitchen fan circuit, but not if it's elsewhere. Definately not the...

I assume there's a door to the right, so some space has to be left between the cooker and the door for safety. I would remove the worktop to the right of the cooker, and cut down the worktop on the left to an exact tile width, probably 2 tiles off. Cut down or remove the cupboard and door below...

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That's quite good for farm. Some places would have demolished the barn and left that lot tied to a fence post with a fertiliser bag over it.

The double-adapters-with-wire are part of manufactured extension leads. There's a one-socket one here but you will need to be able to solder. If that's not a master socket you could replace it with a junction box and an adjacent socket if needed. If it is a master socket I'd replace it with a...

I did mine on a Saturday. Secondhand ones are cheap on Ebay and it's easy to make up a demonstration board with the CU, standard circuits, etc, as would be used in a college training bay.

I am also seeing a lot of obviously student house-shares being disposed of by landlords; presumably a lot of students will be questioning whether studying away from home is worthwhile if lectures are on video anyway, or they'd rather pay for purpose-built student accom (PBSA) with en-suite...

Sorry; I know what I meant to say: There are some disputed areas, like the absence of RCDs on circuits, which an electrician may code as C3 or C2, depending on whether supplementary bonding is correct (C3), an electric shower is present (C2), or a socket is likely to be used for outdoors...

The government is fairly clear that landlords of privately rented accommodation must: Ensure national standards for electrical safety are met. These are set out in the 18th edition of the ‘Wiring Regulations’, which are published as British Standard 7671. Where the report shows that remedial or...