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Worry not, I now have an electrician lined up to do some calculations and specify cabling, equipment, routing, etc. Running a new ring in is one thing this, as you say, requires someone with some experience.

I have a 125A rated 3P+N switch at the supply which currently feeds just the house CU. The workshop (wood and metal work) won't require anything like 100A but I have it available, if I can get it in there so much the better. In reality I'd estimate absolute maximum draw to be 40A but that would...

I've just had a new workshop built and I would like to get a 100A supply into it but I'd appreciate some advice on the best way to achieve this. All the cable run is internal to the house and will be about 10m total. The majority of the the cable run will be under an uninsulated suspended...

I've only taken the really soft outer layer of rot off. What you see there is still quite spongy. A wood hardener would probably work on it though. What concerns me is the line of rot that has run from side to side about an inch back from the drip line, I have a feeling that will keep spreading...

I've got a sash window that I want to fit into an extension we're having built but before it can be fitted it needs some renovation work done on it. I can't decide whether to attempt a repair or just bite the bullet and replace the sill. As the window is already out it feels like I should...

I've just finished making my first sash windows and I need to get them painted, at least primer and undercoat, so the builder can install them. The they are from meranti and currently just sanded smooth. I've had a bit of read around and people seem to really rate the zinsser range but I'm...

Cheers, I think I see a skip or ten in my future. Normally I'd have just hired a skip but it's going to cost a fortune to cart everything away. Access to the site is difficult so the biggest skip I can get on site is 4 yards.

Ok, I suspected that might be the case. They certainly aren't the toughest of bricks. Any thoughts on what I could do with a couple of thousand bricks other than bung them in a skip? I can clean them up but the face that has been cement rendered will have been keyed for the render. I'm...

I'm in the process of taking down a poorly built extension so that we can put up a well built one. I've got the roof off and I'm about to start on the walls which will result in me having a lot of bricks to do something with. The small section of wall I've taken down so far has been built...

At long last I've got around to repairing a door way in our old house. There must have been a leak from a drain above for many years as the upright in the wall that frames the doorway (a 3x3 oak post) had completely turned to dust. I've pulled the old upright out and removed the door frame...

Yes, there was sand (looked more like tiny chips of glass to me) in the fuse - it broke when I tried to lever it out which is how I know the fuse was welded in. The fuse was more of a pale cream than white, I think that's just the white balance of the camera messing with the colours a bit...

The fuse cover was in place, I removed it for the photos. We've had the machine from new and I've never replaced the fuse. The cover had actually gone brittle with the heat and broke into several pieces as I tried to remove it. The fuse itself is welded in.

The wife reported a burning smell in the kitchen the other day which we tracked down to the plug on the washing machine. The pug was clearly wrecked so I cut it off but I was interested to find out why it had failed so I cracked it open. I can't seen any obvious reason for the...