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Thanks, yes it will be RCD protected

Doing a first fix in a solid floor high ceiling kitchen with all the sockets on their own ring. Currently the walls are clean brickwork. If I drop the feed from the ceiling to the first socket in capping can I continue down from that socket to the floor and then run the cables on the floor...

Hi thanks. That's encouraging, so you are saying that they can be as reliable as other makes as long as they are fitted correctly ? What sort of fitting mistakes by dodgy fitters could affect their reliability ?

Its probably been asked many times before but worth asking again. My son is renovating a 2bed terraced house and intends to live in it for a couple of years before moving on, at which time he may rent it out. Ordinary bathroom upstairs, water(not electric) shower downstairs, 2 beds, 2 lounges...

I had a look at my sons fuse box over the weekend and the feed tails go straight from the digital meter direct into the fuse box. On a 5 year old re-wire I have in my house the digital meter tails go into a separate isolator unit/on-off switch and the tails from that go to the Consumer unit...

Ok thanks . and its cement rendered walls :-(

Currently gutting a terraced house for my son and want to do a 1st fixing of ground floor sockets in front and rear rooms. Ground floor is solid floors with thick insulation and laminate flooring. The existing sockets are all surface boxes on skirting boards with cleats. The fuse box (to be...

Thank you, I have found this explanation after reading your post. Perhaps choosing a different tile will solve the issue. http://www.myredlandroof.co.uk/general-advice/why-pitched-roofs

A friend is planning a single storey extension to his semi as per this diagram. A newly qualified Architect has done the plans and has told him he can't have an extension that is 3.5m long (even if he gets planning permission) because the angle of roof won't be sufficient for water run off...

We have just had a new upvc front door and frame fitted to the storm porch of the house which has glass panels across the top and on either side of the door. The job was done by a national upvc company. We were asked to inspect the finished job and I queried the uneven gap around the door...

You can hire a damp meter from a hire shop and go round checking for damp. That level of dampness does look excessive for double glazed windows. Check that damp isnt coming in through the front door (or any door) Perhaps the CH system or a water pipe / drain has a small leak causing dampness...

2 blokes 2 days work £600 ... thats £150 per brickie per day labour only ?

I guess its about 3m each side and 4m wide, one of which will have a single upvc door opening in it, and the walls will be about waist height, ordinary brick, nothing fancy as the house is '30's clay common. Access is easy via the driveway, there's electricity and water close to hand and the...

I'd like to do some costing for a conservatory for my house. I will do the planning and all the regulations, materials buying etc. If I dig and lay the foundations how much per Sq Metre is a brickie likely to charge laying a dwarf wall for a conservatory, labour only ? How many sq mtr a day...

Great stuff, thanks for the advice guys.

The previous coat of paint has stuck to it .. but only peeled in 10 or so places so I assume those areas need priming ? Sounds like the 123 stuff is what's needed after a light rub down to feather the peeled edges ?

Hi, I have a galvanised up & over garage door that is flaking in places so I'm going to sand it all down and feather in the bare patches. Then I will need to etch prime the bare galvanised areas before going over it all with white gloss. What etch primer should I use ?

I found some FebProof+ in my garage that should do the job. The instructions on the tub are not very helpful: 1-2 lt per 100Kg of Mix How much do I put in a watering can .. a cap full ?

Its a 30's semi house and this is a single brick wall all the way to the roof space and plastered on both sides

OK, thanks for that, I'll get some of that Dri Coat and sort the wall out next week after giving it a few days to dry off from both sides. cheers Update the 2 builders merchants in my town don't stock Dri Coat and have never heard of it. As its cement based I assume all the builders...