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Actually there is enough room to get to the fuse. The condensate he has put into wastepipe as he reckoned it would be less susceptible to freezing in the winter - can't say I was convinced

When I had a new boiler fitted a few months back, they did something rather odd with the prv pipe... Yes, that bit off pipe that comes straight down.! Is there any good reason for it not being bent towards the wall? When I get this boiler in a housing, the boxing off of the pipes underneath...

That corner definitely did lack ventilation as the airbrick (just out of shot, 3 bricks from the corner) was both covered and not sleeved through the cavity. I replaced that a few years ago with a plastic air brick and sleeve. All the skirting in the area was fine, no rot. The earth under the...

Thanks, there are no signs of moulds and the rest of the boards around look fine underneath. Hopefully all will be well then :) Its a 1930s property but the joists were all replaced at some point as they all look nice and green and have their ends wrapped. Don't know when they were replaced...

I've just taken up a solid wood floor that had been laid over a suspended timber floor. In the corner of the room there were several completely rotten floorboards (they just fell apart with a light touch). I think the main culprit has been a leaking radiator, but also the subfloor ventilation...

I have a Stoves 900DFA range cooker - gas hob and electric oven. Oven and grill only give me 20 mins heating before overheat cutout so am suspecting the cooling fan has failed, hopefully just the well known resistor has failed. I cant move the thing though to get inside and look! The cooker...

yes, my question was over using the bare earth conductor as the switching pair in my boiler is not at mains level - but I wont be doing that now :D Any reason why flex is a better option - just because it has sufficient cores? For fixed applications I always thought flat cable was better...

I suppose 2 x 3 core might be ok, it is only small stuff iirc. thanks

ha - that is what I expected, but wondered about "the real world" and all that :D It isn't a problem using two cables, just have to buy some two core!

I have a Nest thermostat to wire up - the heatlink which goes near the boiler requires 240v and a low voltage switching pair. I have a load of 3-core+earth cable from a lighting project and was wondering if it is a reasonable to use two cores for the supply, and the remaining core plus the earth...

thanks Andy, switching the top to an intermediate could be the best plan to keep all bases covered

ha ha - thanks :) Funny how the simplest ideas often get overlooked! I'll have a think about that option - not sure about the routing. The LN feed to the top switch originates from somewhere close to the bed but the current junction point of the lamp/switches are far away (opposite wall). I'll...

I am thinking of putting a PIR in the attic bedroom to turn on the attic light automatically - currently there is a two-way light circuit with switches at the top and bottom of the stairs but I dont like having to find the top switch in the dark near some stairs! I am hopeful that sleeping...

We have a Stoves cooker hood in the kitchen and the lamps need some attention. They have no glass covers in (previous owners lost or broke them) and the bulbs are forever flickering and going off - a fiddle with the bulb brings it back on for while but then goes off again. I tried easing in/out...

will give it a shot - thanks :)

thanks - would you (or should I specify - a novice!) do it in two stages? I mean, does it make it any easier or harder to skim over both sides of the taped corner together or do one side first and then the second side when the first has gone off?

I need to replace a section of plasterboard in the top corner of a wall - about 2.5 foot square, then this will be skimmed over to blend in with the rest of the wall. What do I do with the other two sides of the corner (ceiling and adjacent wall which are skimmed and painted plasterboard)? I...

thanks for the input Ree and FlyBoytim - very useful stuff to bear in mind. I had a guy round a couple of days ago who thinks it looks like water is still coming in somewhere around the chimney area so he is coming back this week in the daylight to get on the roof for a proper look. The...

The front of this dry wall is drying out quite nicely now the paint has been peeled off. However I was a bit concerned about what was behind so cut a couple of holes to see... This is over the chimney breast area, board seems very close to the brickwork but nothing too scary here. The back of...

We didn't do the conversion, it was there when we moved in. I guess moving the switch lower is an option, maybe with a switch that glows? Some night lights might help too