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I had the very same issue couple of weeks ago. Old walls painted with really dark coloured silk. We were going matt white Very large open plan victorian house with tall ceilings which would have taken me all year to sand. Ended up doing 2 coats of zinsser 123 followed by 2 coats of dulux...

Does the same still apply in the scenario i have a fridge/freezer and a chest freezer on the circuit

I couldn't say. It was a new consumer unit fitted and i assumed it was all new

It is the one that says socket s that tripped

Many thanks all I would say a matter of less than 15 to 20 mins All appliances have been on since multiple times seperatly with no issues

Hi Quick question, recently underwent a full kitchen refurb. This included a full rewire and the kitchen is now seperate to the rest of the house Circuits are Lighting 32a oven circuit 32a ring main The other day, i thought i was being really efficient in doing the house work, i turned on the...

good afternoon all, just wanted some advice. currently having my kitchen refurbished and we are now on the second fix phase with the kitchen going in etc. part of the refurb has been to run a new 10mm/2 cable for the electric shower, however as the electricians said at the time, the shower was...

the wylex is the front of the house, kitchen is at the rear. we were going to undergo a full rewire eventually however the state of the kitchen is worse than the electrics. usual story, inherit a house along with its problems. for example, the previous cowboys wired a 8.5kw electric shower to a...

Good Morning just after some opinions, I at no point intend to carry out work, I am just clarifying something which has been mentioned to me. early in the new year, we are having our kitchen fully refurbished, this includes a complete gut out, back to shell, rewire etc. problem 1 - ancient...

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Its not an extension and there is no structural work involved. Due to my time commitments i want to stay realistic and have one contractor. I know kitchens can vary in cost but we are want to keep it fairly basic rather than hqving an all singing and dancing.

Currently in the process of having quoates from contractors to refurbish my kitchen. Size is approx 4mx3m Needs a full strip. Full rewire including new consumer unit Replaster and fit new kitchen. Going for a very basic kitchen as likely not a final home for us. Only itegration needs to be...

hi, we currently have a creda 550c electric shower, been installed best part of 8 years, never a problem. today, it seems to have developed this ever so faint buzzing noise when turned off, by that i mean, isolator is turned on but shower is off. it stops when it use but starts again when not...

Got this sorted in the end. Wired up the ceiling rose as it's supposed to be done which took the best part of 5 minutes which was quite pleasing as everything falls to bits when I touch it. Made sure it was all nice and tight On the note of the other light where the wires were short with choc...

thanks for the fast reply. i will swap the blue and brown around when there is daylight tomorrow. would the choc blocks in the ceiling be reasonably safe being left up there? am i wrong in thinking that the fuse in the CU should go bang if the switched live and neutral are mixed up in...

hi, long time reader first time poster. today i decided to connect up some modern lights instead of fluroscent tube lights that have been installed for the past 15 years and never caused any problems. problem one. in the first room there is no ceiling rose. easy i thought. took off the tube...