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Calm down, I'm not planning on doing any changes to anything, that is why I am asking on here for people who have more knowledge than I do. My knowledge is limited to changing a faceplate and I don't really want to or intend to go beyond that. I'm just trying to understand what I have uncovered...

Both circuits are 16 amp and both only feed these 3 single sockets (have tested with pluglights and trial and error). Is there anything unsafe about this other than being wasteful? Is another option to turn them into double sockets? Although obviously each side of the same double socket would be...

We have a radiator that weeps when cooling down (i.e. overnight) from the TRV. When the TRV is removed, there is no small puddle waiting in the morning, but when the TRV is on, the small puddle is there. I'm not sure if this is just down to the TRV preventing evaporation or if the TRV itself...

I have replaced some socket face plates in one particular room of our house and discovered that all sockets in that room are wired to 2 circuits. They are all single sockets, and each terminal has 2 wires going into it (2 earth, 2 live and 2 neutral wires). All 6 wires come into the socket from...

It could just be the scale of the photo, it just looks like more and thicker strands than what I saw. I will try to put up a photo at some point, just means I need to take the socket out again but don't think the wife will appreciate losing the TV at the moment. :D

No, it was much thinner than that, fewer strands and they didn't look twisted like that. Socket is all put back now though...?

Not sure if that was for me or for phatboy. If for me, I've no idea, just a casual DIYer changing face plates. Thanks for the replies everyone.

When changing a socket plate I found that the face plate was earthed back to the back box with a bit of earth cable which has multiple thin strands of copper inside the green/yellow sheath. I'd say there were about 8 thin strands. The earth coming from the main cable, together with the live and...

Thanks, I took it back and swapped it.

I have bought a new light switch from B&Q. Both the old light switch and the instructions to the new one have wiring to the Common and L1 terminals, as well as earth. However the actual new switch has nothing labelled as common. It has two L1 terminals next to each other, then underneath it...

I bought a big box of plastic packers from eBay and used them on some of the joists. I actually used on more joists than just the warped ones in order to achieve the gradual slope I wanted and they did allow 1mm precision. I glued them to the joists and then taped them with masking tape to stop...

That sounds like a good idea, thanks. Rot would not be a worry but what about driving the screws through them? Where do they sell them?

Due to warping to some of the joists used for my deck frame, I've realised that about 4 joists need raising for the boards to continue the gradual slope for drainage. Currently the boards that are down so far gather water around these joists because the slope goes down to them but then the warp...

Ok, so the cracking goes away with a bit of screw tightening but the dip in the deck due to warped joists really bugs me when it has rained as the water sits for a while and goes against how I designed it. Couple of questions: 1) How big an issue is standing/slow draining water on decking...

Nobody is forcing you to reply. There's only one person here displaying poor manners, let alone resorting to petty insults.

Thanks, will give this a go tonight.

That's funny, my first post in this very thread says thanks. I haven't finished on this thread but will duly thank those who have been helpful (but won't lower myself to your level with insults to those who can only offer sarcasm and false accusation).

Yeah it's raised decking (my other 0 reply thread asked about laying over wonky patio, in the end I raised it all up). Joists are 4 x 2, there are feet on the joists every 90cm and randomly spaced cross bearers too. Joists are 38cm apart, 3.6m long. The boards are around 28mm thick. It all...

Cheers guys, another 0 reply thread on this forum.

Hi, I'm coming to the end of a decking project. The frame is really firm and rigid with very little movement, but I have laid some boards on to it and when I walk on them, I hear a bit of a cracking noise sometimes. I can't feel much movement. I can't screw the boards down any more as the...