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I was changing the socket because the previous owners painted the hall, and most of the socket, mustard yellow and I'm redecorating. It didn't appear to be damaged in any way, just mostly a hideous yellow! The MCB doesn't feel any different with the main switch on or off. I don't think that...

From what you've said the only thing I can think of is possible pinching when the socket's screwed on. I don't think it is but would it be worth trying with the socket unscrewed from the wall (still connected though) and then seeing what happens? Or is that just plain silly? What would your...

My consumer unit is a MEM Memera 21. It has got an RCD and that has not tripped. I have also tried pushing the MCB all the way to off and tried pushing it all the way to on again, no joy whatsoever. An electrician friend is coming tomorrow afternoon to have a look but over the phone he thinks...

Hi, I've tried taking the new socket off, checking the wiring and starting again. I can't see any problems with the wiring, all the insulation is present and nothing appears to be pinching. Could it be that I've broken the mcb when I've turned it back on - it was quite stiff and now there's...

Good evening! I've been changing a socket downstairs and I've now not got any power to my downstairs sockets. On my consumer unit I turned off the circuit breaker marked 'sockets downstairs', took off the old socket and replaced it with a new one, like for like. Once I'd fitted it all I went...

Hi again gents! I've spoken to him again today and it will be laid on a wet bed with the mortar pointing. I'm also getting a gravel board. Thank you all for your posts as I wouldn't have known where to start without your tips and advice. Thank you all.

Hi thermo! The slabs I've got in mind are Marshall's Heritage Yorkstone. I haven't decided if I'll get 36 of them in 600x600 to replace what's down or get random size to make it a bit different. Would it be better to ask for a gravel board rather than just having a gap between patio and...

Hi again gents! Finally got all of my quotes in and the one I'm going to go for is fence £391.00 (incl VAT) and is as described in my first post but with a 10mm gap between slats. The patio is going to be around £1187.90 (incl VAT) depending on the slabs I choose when he brings example round...

Shenks, thanks again! Just so I can ask him, to what depth would yuo expect hardcore to be laid to? Also, what frost precatuions would you take? Thanks again for your patience, have a good evening.

Hi gents! What he meant about wet / dry mix was he'd lay the hardcore then depending of the weather use dry mix if it's dry or wet mix if it's wet and damp when he puts the flags down. I've never done anything like thsi beofre so was defering to his experience. He'd then point between the slabs...

Hi Steve. Yes, the meter looks very similar, it's a GEC meter according to the label. The concern for me is the loudness of the rumbling and the fact that it's not a constant noise so npower are coming to check it out when they get round to it. Thanks again!

I'm in the process of getting quotes for a new fence and patio for my back garden and now I've received the first one I'd like to know if there's anyone who does this for a living could tell me if it's reasonable or not. Fence: 21ft wide by 4.5ft high vertical slatted, minimal gap (5mm...

Thanks ricicle, I've spoken to the electricity board again who've said they will send someone out to look at it and repair or replace if required at no cost to me as it's their equipment. There's no heat, burning smells, damaged wiring that I can see or anything out of the ordinary apart from...

Their call centre says an engineer would have to come and have a look and as I'm in the Scottish Highlands it'd be subject to a call out fee, and they can't give me details of that as it depends on which contractor they'd send. Got to love npower!

Hi, hopefully I can get some advice on if my electricity meter has a problem or not. Currently my electricity meter makes a low-frequency humming / rumbling sound as the counter disc rotates under the numerical readout. Sometimes it's quite loud but at other times it makes next to no noise at...

Hi gents, forgive me if this is a noddy question but the radiator valve has a single arrow pointing into the radiator and the valve is on the outlet side of the radiator. Is this likely to be the cause of the knocking as I've previously said that when it's knocking and I either open it or close...

To any professional plumbers reading this, if you'd fitted a TRV on the wrong side and the customer asked you to rectify your mistake as it was now thumping, would you? I wish I'd spotted it sooner but I didn't get heating back until June and have since been deployed out of the country...

Thank you for the quick advice. I have a bypass radiator in the hall, I don't need to remove any TRVs from radiators. I've opened all the other TRVs up to maximum and I still get the bouncing on the bathroom one so it seems to me, and makes sense from what you've said, that it's been put on the...

Good morning! Recently the thermostatic valve on the radiator has been thumping when it's been shutting off the flow into the radiator and to stop it I have either had to open it further or close it further, either one cures the thumping. I have bled the radiator to no avail and I have also...

From your post Baxipoti, what's a boiler interlock and what does it do please? Sorry if this is basics but I don't know anything really about plumbing. I was going to see about getting a thermostat to try to do my bit for the environment and maybe save a few pounds on my gas bill over the...